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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Gone in a flash!

June was one of those months where you are planning for and looking forward to things and then you look back and realize that the whole month flew by in a flash. Girls Camp was the huge event that month but along the way we fit in many fun things.

The first event for June was the end of the school year for Dallin!! His class had a fun little graduation ceremony which they did early for him because we were headed out for another fun event on the actual last day of school. Congratulations on completing the first grade Dallin!


Next we headed out for a fun beach getaway with friends. Summer forgot to show up so it was a little chilly and rainy but not enough to dampen anyone's spirits.


Then there was more fun and silly times with some friends.





Lauren always has time to fit in a few crafts in her busy life.



Jonah decided to try walking in someone elses shoes for a day. He thought it might be fun to see how Dallin and Lauren's shoes would feel.




Then one day he must have been really hungry so he got himself a snack. That is a determined baby. You can put things far out of reach, but he seems to have go-go Gadget arms, and a chair always helps. He was so pleased with himself.




The Johnstons invited us along on trip to Gizdich Ranch in Watsonville to pick Ollalieberries. I have heard all the folklore surrounding the amazing taste of these berries and the stories are true. These berries met their reputation head on. The little pickers got busy picking and eating and saving some to store up for winter. Dallin and Lauren love the book "Blueberries for Sal." They kept talking about how they were picking berries like her so that we could store them for winter. We were just planning to make jam. We did make one batch but with Girls Camp looming days away we smashed the rest and froze them where they sit today (August 14th) waiting to be made into jam. Hmmmm, something for me to do when school starts.




Jonah was trying to escape his stroller prison. It wasn't working out so well. Nor was having him grab the thorny berry bushes while we tried to get enough for a few batches of jam.


Then off I went to Camp. Leaving Todd with work to do and three monkeys to tend to. I don't think they really missed me all that much, they were having fun with Daddy. I'm glad. Things were wet and wild in the backyard sprinklers.




Here is a photo of the 4th year hikers coming back from their 3 day trip. I sadly don't have very many photos of camp. The one I really wish I would have had taken was a photo of our camp presidency. I loved working with those ladies.





I love girls camp. I love being up at camp for a week with the girls and feeling the Spirit along with them. It is selfishly a boost to my own testimony. Besides that it is a lot of hard work getting it ready for an entire stake but a whole heck of a lot of fun too. We had a fabulous week filled with many small miracles and lots of good times.


After camp it was on to getting ready for the next adventure in Utah..........

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