Summer vacation week 6

 Summer is flying by, just a few more weeks. 

- another week of perfect summer weather

- homemade ice cream after dinner

- Lydia passed her driving test, now she just has to wait until April 

- girls camp for Lydia. She left Wednesday morning and we picked her up Friday night. She had fun with friends, had fun in the lake, learned survival skills, acted in a play, sang a lot of songs, watched and cheered for the race that they did, she said it looked like a lot of fun but her back has been hurting, overall she had a fun couple of days.

- a hike for Marc and I- we left after work on Friday and did a quick hike and then picked up Lydia 

Provo

- the kids all ran a race for Pioneer Day, sounds like it was a lot of fun, Kyle took them all out to breakfast after

- some fun dates for Hailey 

Summer vacation week 5

 Highlights from another fun summer week

- perfect summer weather

- homemade ice cream 

- a new bike for Lydia, she outgrew hers so we were able to trade it in for a bigger one

- a bike ride and milkshakes one night after dinner

- Lydia passed her written drivers test

-Lydia dog sat and was able to use the pool

- some great running practices for Lydia

- finished a couple fun summer puzzles

- a swim party with friends for Lydia 

- making zucchini bread

- and a hike with the young women

     They take the girls from church getting ready to start their sophomore year of high school on a fun hike together, they needed another couple to help, so Marc and I volunteered. We hiked on Friday it was about 5 miles, we stopped at the campground, and got our tents all set up and then we took the girls up to the hot springs it was another half a mile. The hot springs were a lot of fun, we stayed quite awhile just talking and having fun in the water. We went back to camp and cooked dinner and had a little devotional and then as it was getting dark we went back to the hot springs with glow sticks. We did face masks before bed. The next morning we packed up and hiked out, we stopped for lunch on the way back and then got the girls home mid afternoon. It was a lot of fun Marc and I were glad we were able to go and help out. Lydia had a lot of fun with her friends and making some new friends.

Updates from Provo 

- Hailey spent most of the week in at a friends house in Idaho, they went boating and hiking and had a fun few days.

The twins worked a lot

Katie hurt her wrist biking and got stung by a bee biking

Nicole found a dentist office that will let her get her job shadowing hours there

Ready to go talk to dentist offices

Hot after a long run

I know Kyle worked a lot, he has been working his regular job and then doing some extra jobs on the side, so he has been very busy

Summer vacation week 4

 We had another fun summer week, the weather has been really nice, here are some highlights 

- lots of running and gym time for Lydia

- swimming with friends one afternoon for Lydia 

- Marc worked on a talk in all of his spare time, and gave it Sunday

- tennis lessons for Lydia

- enjoying the produce from our garden, zucchini, cucumbers, and tomatoes 

- a bike ride for Marc and lydia

- and our big adventure this week was attending a music festival, we have been wanting to try a concert, we all enjoy country music, so when we heard about this music festival in Pendleton that had 3 of our favorite country musicians we decided to try it. It was a lot of fun, and definitely a new experience. It was very hot and loud , and maybe a little too long, but overall we are glad we went. It was so fun to be at a live concert and we loved how patriotic they were, they played all of our favorite songs, and we loved experiencing it all together. Our favorite three performers were Cody Johnson, Riley green and Ian munsik, we loved dancing and singing along.

Pictures from Provo

Cooking for all those missionaries 

Pushups during a workout 

The girls were pretty excited about their purchase of a ninja creami, they will enjoy trying all kinds of fun recipes in it

Summer vacation week 3

 Highlights from another fun summer week

-blueberry picking 

-running with friends at cross country practice

- lots of time at the gym working out

-puzzles in the evening while we watch tv

- back to school shopping for lydia

-and the biggest event from this week was grandpa camp. We left Thursday after Marc got home from work, we stopped on the way to try another milkshake for our summer milkshake competition, this one was the bottom of the list so far

Grandpa camp was Friday and Saturday, we only stayed until early Saturday afternoon, but it was a lot of fun, there were cute new tshirts, scavenger hunts, pickle ball tournaments, lots of yummy food, sparklers after dark, fun new yard games, talents, plays. Even tattoos and the best part lots of time with family, the cousins love each other and love spending time together, it was a great weekend, I’m thankful for my parents for putting this on every year

- the other big event this week was Marc turned 47 on Saturday, most of his birthday was spent at Grandpa camp, when we got home we quickly made his favorite oatmeal cake and gave him some gifts.

Highlights from Provo

- Kyle got his truck all ready for the 4th

- the twins and Hailey enjoyed the parade and went out to payson on the 4th, they did dinner and fireworks with some of my extended family and had a great time.