Grandma Wyatt's 90th Birthday!

Grandma Wyatt celebrated her 90th Birthday!  We had a big party in Brodie and Alison's back yard.  We ate, played a jeopardy game about Grandma's life and watched pictures of her childhood on an outdoor projector.  She has a big family!  There were a lot of us there.  It was fun to see cousins that I have not seen for awhile.

Grandma has lived a great life and is a wonderful person.  She is a great example of service and devotion to her family.  I have so many memories of playing at her house, seeing her in the bleachers at my many sporting events, and spending time with her and Grandpa.  We hope she had a great Birthday and feels very loved!

Grandpa and Grandma Southwick's 50th Wedding Anniversary

Wow!  50 years.  Happy Anniversary to two of the best people we know!  Grandpa and Grandma Southwick celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary this year, so their kids and grandkids threw them a party.  While most of us were together for the Southwick family reunion in the summer, we decided to spend the last day having a party for Grandpa and Grandma Southwick.  Grandpa thought it would be fun to have it in his new nicely redone yard.  We invited their friends, decorated the yard and had some food and cake.  They loved it and we loved celebrating with them! 

The best part though, was the surprise present that we gave to them.  Debbie and Hillary worked for months to help a lady in their area complete a beautiful quilt for them.  It had their wedding picture as well as a current picture of them together.  I also had each of their children's family pictures on it, as well as each family's favorite quote or scripture.  It was so fun to watch them open it and see how surprised they were.  Debbie and John and their families could not be there, so we skyped them in on the present opening.  They loved it so much that Grandpa figured out a way to hang it on the side of the house so that all of the guests who came could look at it.

Happy Anniversary Grandpa and Grandma!  Thanks for being such a great example and wonderful parents and grandparents.  You have a great posterity!

Kade's Scout Camp

The best week of the Summer for Kade is Scout Camp!  He loves it.  A week in the mountains...no Mom, no sisters, or girls at all for that matter!  Just him and all of his buddies!  We have a great ward with a great group of boys his age and some awesome leaders.

They went to Camp Bartlett this year. His Dad always goes up with the boys on Monday and stays until Tuesday evening.  I'm pretty sure Chris enjoys it just as much as Kade does!  

He comes home very tired and super dirty...the mark of a good week for a boy!

A week with Dad!!

What do you do when Mom leaves town...go to Peach City for burgers of course!!!

In our ward it is tradition that the RS President goes to Girls Camp!  Crazy, I know...but it is one of the best parts of the job.  I LOVE girls camp and I wasn't going to miss the chance to go play with all of those cute Young Women.  So Em and I headed off for a week at camp.

Kade went to spend the week with Hunter and Spencer and Hallie stayed here with the girls.  They played most days at Grandma Barb's while Dad was at work.  But...on Dad's day off they ended up at Peach City.  No surprise there!!  It looks like they enjoyed themselves.  Good thing Mom leaves town once in awhile and Dad is in charge!!

Sharon is leaving!!!

Oh how I love these ladies!!  They are such good friends.  On July 1st Sharon and her hubby Barry left to go to the Philippines so that he could serve as the Mission President there.  The only problem...he took Sharon with him for 3 YEARS! I will miss her desperately but I know that the Lord needs her there to do His work.  That is the only thing that makes this OK!  We talk daily and it will be quite an adjustment having her gone.  I hope I survive!!

Summer Games

 This was the first time our family went to the Summer Games in Cedar City.  Kade played a soccer tournament there for 4 days.  We rented a condo in St. George so Kylee could come join us whenever she wasn't working.  It was great to have us all back together again for a few days.  The condo had a pool that we enjoyed, and Kylee took us to some fun spots that she has discovered since living there.  Kade's team did well in the tournament and he had a fun time playing.  It was like a mini family vacation!   

Hike to Waterfall Canyon

The first Tuesday of Summer we went on a hike up Waterfall Canyon in Ogden.  It was a little harder than we all expected and took a little longer than we thought it would, but overall it was great.  We took a lunch that we ate along the way.

 We came across this SNAKE on the way!  Ewwww!!  I was grateful it stayed curled up and didn't bother us.  Brinley was a trooper.  We had to stop and take a few breaks but she made it all the way.  It cracks me up to look at her face.  She had dirt smeared all over it.  She definitely looked like she had worked hard to get to the top.

The waterfall at the top made it all worth it.  It was beautiful and the mist was cool and refreshing after a hot hike.  Em and Quincy climbed the rock cliffs to the side of the waterfall.

I think it was a great start to our summer!