Granite Flats

Our second camping trip of the summer was at Granite Flats. We left Sunday after church and stayed until Tuesday after breakfast. It was just a quick trip up the canyon, but very beautiful and we loved being with our friends.

Janna brought Emily Simpson, Brooklyn Dahl and Hannah Jones. Cammie brought Julie Jensen. Jeffrey had his friends McKay and Rhett there with their families. Amberly started her new job and only came up for dinner Monday night. We hung out at Timble Fork on Monday and the kids had fun in the water. Then after lunch the boys went up to Silver Lake and the girls hung out at camp. We had great weather, but the trade off is lots of mosquitos. Yuck! Delayne and family joined us for dinner Sunday night and the Criman Family joined us for dinner Monday night. Love having family night with our friends!

Daniel Family

Wright Family

Farrer Family

Barney Reunion

We had a great reunion for my mom's family on Saturday after we got back from sister retreat. What a great few days of lots of chances to be with the family I love.

Sister Retreat in Park City

For sister retreat this year I found a condo in park city on the vbro.com website. We headed up on Thursday and stayed until Saturday when we came down for the Barney reunion.

According to Frances this is our 9th sister retreat. This year everyone except Sherri was able to make it. (back-left to right: RaeAnn, Ruth, Maria,Frances; front-left to right: Lydia, Jenny, Janice, Sarah and Mom)

Sarah beautified our toes for us.

Ruth beautified our hair and eyebrows (with chocolate wax) for us.

Jenny made sure we had plenty of movies although we ended up renting the one we watched at the redbox.

We swam a little. Or maybe I should say we laid out and watched chipmunks and squirrels a little.

We shopped at the outlet stores a little.

We played silly games.

And we laughed a lot.

I look forward to being with my sisters every year. We lift each other and recharge each other and help each other remember what it's all about. Then we're ready to go back out into the world and share the amazing love we have for each other and the Lord with others. Thanks sisters and mom. I love us!

Locks for Love

Well Janna has been growing her hair for a long time and wanted to donate it to Locks for Love. Yesterday, my sister Janice came over and cut Janna's hair so she could send it to Locks for Love. Janna loves her new haircut and I'm sure whoever gets a wig from her beautiful red hair will love it as well.

Canyon Glen

Monday night we went to Canyon Glen in Provo Canyon to hang out with family while my sister Janice is here from Kentucky. We want to get together as often as we can while she's here. It was fun to drive just a few minutes and BBQ like we were camping. We really do live in a beautiful place and I love hanging out with my family. Glen and Sarah and girls, Frances and Todd and kids, Janice and girls, mom and dad and Rusty of course and our family were able to attend.

No Room to Receive it.

You know that promise about tithing? If you pay your tithing, the windows of heaven will be opened and you will have no room to receive it? Well I proved the Lord herewith. Kevin and I have always paid our tithing as soon as we are paid. And the Lord has truely blessed us so much it feels like there isn't room for all our blessings. Here is one example. My wonderful mother taught 1st grade for years. When she retired she gave me all her stuff. It was my second year of teaching and I was just starting in kindergarten after sharing a room my first year with another teacher and using her stuff. It was ideal timing because I now had a place to put everything. Now I am going to share a room again and teach first grade with another teacher who has been teaching first grade and has everything we need so I cleaned out my kindergarten classroom yesterday. I did leave alot for the new teacher who is an intern, but still after loading 4 huge garbage cans and taking 5 boxes to DI, I ended up with this pile in my family room. Where oh where shall I store this blessing? Hopefully Kevin can clean out his office a bit and we can pile it in there since he doesn't ever use it anymore. Thanks mom for being an instrument in the Lord's hands and providing this teaching blessing!

Happy Father's Day

I am so blessed to have the fathers in my life that I do. First of all, I have a great dad. (guy in the BYU hat) He raised me right. He loved me, taught me, provided for me and plain old is a great dad. Happy Father's Day dad.

I am also married to a fabulous dad. I feel so lucky to be married to a man who takes fathering seriously with a laugh. Thank you Kevin for always being there for me and the kids. Thank you for providing the priesthood of the Lord for our home and being worthy to use it in behalf of your family and others whenever it may be needed. Thank you for providing for us and just being with us. We love you very much.

I also want to thank Kevin's dad for the great influence he is in all of our lives. Even though he didn't have a father around as he grew up, he has made sure to be there for his family. I'm so glad to have you in our lives Leon.

Happy Father's Day!