Sadness

Sadly, Summer brings fires. These 2 homes in our stake boundaries, about a mile from us, caught fire after an explosion in a shed I believe. It's so unfortunate that this had to happen and families were displaced. One family had 6 kids! It was across the street from our friends house, the Findlays, so we are happy there wasn't crazy wind and that the firefighters got there in time! A week later 3 more homes caugh fire in our old neighborhood. No losses besides a shed were had. 

 

Weekend with Cousins

 Taylor went into labor a few days early and I knew my brother was happy to have his son, but I knew he was wishing he could still attend his high school football camp. I wasn't doing much so I offered to take the kids and we met up half way and grabbed them! 

They are the cutest kids, except when Tuck wakes up in the middle of the night. I was sure he hated me. He has night terrors and only had struggles 2 of the 3 nights. We made sure to really wear them out so they would want to sleep! We had plenty of summer fun. Ice cream of course!

Marble tower and all the toys

The fair happened to be going on so we made sure to hit it up and do some activities. These things were so fun when I had littles, now they could care less!

There was a petting zoo to go to

And we got to meet and pet this giant cow. 

We did crafts and corn hole

And of course makeup!

Indoor picnic.

We hit up the Grantsville splashpad and park

And swam in the pool

Had music lessons and candy. 

And we of course had to go play at my gym!

Well, I think we did well at wearing them out!

And everyone survived! And we all had fun. 

And we got to meet the cutest little man at the end of it all. Koen Gene, named after my grandpa D, born on July 24th, his wedding anniversary. 

Park City Cup

Ahhhh, the Park City cup. NOT my favorite tounament. We have some bad blood with them. But this tournament was different! They played like a team and did so awesome! The weather was great and we even had a few extra visitors join us!

Chet's family was in town doing some pictures for Morgan's Senior year and they asked if we could meet up! We had a game and they wanted to tag along! I was a nervous wreck because we were playing PC and I wanted it to go well and for no one to get injured. After all, high school soccer tryouts are next week! 

Sadly, Paisley walked away from this game with a concussion. Such a bummer. Mol made sure she got to enjoy the celebration tunnel though! 

At the 2nd game,  Mollie actually got a concussion. She was knocked pretty good. So we were down a few players for the final game. 

These girls played so awesome and despite the nasty fouls and few injuries, we came out on TOP of Park City! I was ecstatic. I just wanted to beat them on their own turf so badly! And it happened. 

If I'm remembering right, I think we took 2nd at this tournament. Didn't pull out the Championship, but they fought so amazingly hard, and we didn't lose to park city! 

It was such a beautiful evening and we were the last game, so we hung around and played volleyball for a bit. The kids even talked Chad and Chet into doing some cartwheels. Laughter ensued as you can imagine. We love these people so much! It's only when we are together that I nearly pee my pants from laughter. If I have to pee my pants, I guess its best to do it from laughing. 

 

And we even found Zhane in PC. He's finally taller than her! So cute. 

 

Some July randoms

I think the kids favorite thing to do is torment Chad. They often do things to him they know they could not get away with doing to me....exhibit A....

Bri made a cake! She loves to decorate cakes and did pretty good!

Dropped Carter off at FSY at Weber this year. He didn't have a roomate and I felt a bit bad for him, but he never seems to care and really enjoyed it actually. 

J-dog turned 5! Happy birthday Jilly Bean! We can't imagine life without you!

 We love summer!!!!

No boating day

We planned to go boating and take Carter's girlfriend, but there was a big storm forcasted, we've dont that before and its seriously so dangerous! So we opted for some indoor fun and headed to Provo Beach. Chad and Brekkyn and Carter tried their had at surfing. Oh it was hilarious to watch them crash over and over again. I couldn't believe it didn't hurt because they wiped out pretty good. Brekkyn was smart and stayed on her stomach. 

After the 200th try....Chad and Carter were starting to get it! 

Of course Carter is just a natural in the water and he was mastering it by the end. Looks fun, but not for me. I couldn't handle crashing over and over! There was a group of teens who we were sharing with and they would just jump in and ride the wave like they were born to do it. It was quite fun to watch! Me and the girls did croquet, bowling and the ropes course. Not to bad for a no boating day! 

 

YW camp

 I was so happy that Bri and Mol got to experience camp together this year! I was a bit jealous I didn't get to go. But I'm so happy for leaders to take and share pics so I can be a fly on the wall a bit. They had it at the most magical place on Earth! Heber Valley Camp, where you can have a camp fire, but also a warm bed, flushing toilets and a fridge and freezer! It's so beautiful and you really are sitting on top of the world! Here's a few pics I recieved of my girls. 

Up and attem! Mollie was a YCL and so she had to leave at 5am! Bri had a much nicer time and left a few hours later. Bye girls!

The water fight on the lake is seriously the funnest time! 

And I know the magic that happens in the cabin. Love all these smiling faces!

Testimony meeting down at the beach. This was Mollie's idea I guess since they couldn't have fire.