Swimming

Tonight Ashley asked if I would take her and friends to the pool. It was a nice night so I thought it might be fun and I would get some reading in while they swam. They swam for almost three hours. I don't know how they kept going so long but they sure had a lot of fun.

Ashley has made some good friends in the neighborhood. It was fun watching them play.

Storm rolling in

I have always loved watching storms. Growing up Texas would offer such beautiful storms to watch. I have often commented on how much I miss a Texas storm over the last 20 years. I have started to notice though that Idaho has a lot to offer when it comes to storms. We have had many beautiful summer storms this year. I love to sit and watch them roll in.

Family Movie Night

Tonight we surprised the girls and headed off to the movies. Kevin has had the week off. We wanted to get out of town and go somewhere but we couldn't make it work. We have had a lot of family time together this week but thought we would surprise them with a movie tonight. Inside out looked cute so we thought we would check it out.

It was a cute movie and a fun night.

Dancing in the rain

We have been having some crazy rain storms this week. Allison has become fascinated with dancing in the rain and she convinced Ashley to join her. It was fun watching them run around and dance in the rain. They got soaked it was raining hard but they had fun.

It rained so hard our yard flooded a little.

4th of July

This year we went to the Ewings for the 4th of July. We had a great feast and had a great time socializing with great people. We always have a great time with everyone that we don't get see much during the year so it is always great to catch up every 4th of July. It is weird to think that we have been doing this for so long. Ashley was barely two when we started this tradition. She was so little then and now she is playing games with the grown ups.

Ashley had a fun time. I love how comfortable she is with the Ewings. She is so at home in their house and with all of them.

It was a fun evening. We all had fun socializing and then with the fireworks. The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays because of the traditions that we have with dear friends.

We missed Madison but we thought it was important to let her choose what she wanted to do. I hope next year she will be back with us.

Capri's Wedding

Today was one of the hottest days of the year so far and we attended a wedding outside. It was miserably hot but the wedding was beautiful and we would not have missed it for anything. Capri was such a beautiful bride and she was so happy with Weston. I can't wait to see these two grow over the years. It was a beautiful ceremony. It was short and sweet because of the weather but still beautiful. The girls loved seeing Capri in her dress and talked the whole way home about what they want for their wedding day.

I can't believe Capri is married.

Girls Camp

Today we got home from girls camp. I have loved that I could go with my girls these last two years to camp. I was nervous about going this year since we are so new to this ward. The women that I serve with are great women but I just don't know them that well. Madison and Allison are still getting to know the girls too so I worried about how they would do. Everyone has been great in the new ward but I still just worry since we are so new and there are also many other new people. Will the girls get lost in the crowd? We left for camp early Tuesday morning. Sister Terry assigned what cars each girl would be in so Madison and Allison were in different cars and I had a car full of girls I didn't know that well. It was a fun ride up getting to know the girls in my car. I am not the best with directions so I tried to stay with someone the whole way so we wouldn't get lost. About 5 miles from camp I got stuck at a light in Ketchum and got separated from the rest of the cars. I was nervous but made it to camp. Madison and Allison also made it camp fine and enjoyed there ride up with the girls in their car. We camped at camp Manapu which is about 5 miles out of Ketchum Idaho. It was beautiful in the mountains and the weather was perfect.

I was so impressed with the girls and their willingness to jump in and get camp set up. Everyone helped unloading and setting up the tents. A lot of hands makes for lite work. Once we had everything set up we had a group picture.

These girls are a great bunch of girls. I was impressed that we didn't have any fighting or back biting. The girls did their best to try to include everyone in the activities. It was a great week and we had a lot of fun with all the activities that were planned. I could not believe how much there was for the girls to do. It was probably one of the best camps I have been to.

I hope that I get to go again with my girls to camp. Madison only has one year left. She is not a camper so I hope that she goes her last year because so much can be learned at camp and testimonies are strengthened. Allison has learned that she is a little allergic to camp but I am sure that she will go back. She has a great time and is sad when she misses out on things because of her asthma or heart palpitations like this year. Maybe her third year will be the year for her for it to go off without a hitch.