GIRLS CAMP!!!

Ok, so I had the GREATEST opportunity of going to Girls Camp FINALLY! The last two years of being 2nd Counselor in Young Women's Presidency I haven't been able to attend. Two years ago, we were in Germany and last year I was 7 months pregnant. I LOVE our girls SO much. It was seriously so amazing to be out there amidst all the beauty at Camp Mia Shalom wilderness where I went in my good old Young Women years. Talk about walking down memory lane. I loved seeing how the girls and leaders bonded so much and could share in each other's fun personlities, great spirit, and testimonies.
If any of you knew me back in my young women years know how much I LOVED camp and what a goof I was (imagine that). Our stake theme was 'Olympics' and our ward chose the country India. We were AWESOME dressing up in our Sari's, bindi dots, big earring, etc... All the wards had to sing "I am a child of God" in our language and since Hindi hasn't been translated in the song, I taught the girls the song in sign language. Our ward mascot was a big Indian Elephant, her name was Sheeba! She was beautiful and was included in our crazy ward skit. I had the opportunity of re-living my crazy dancing moves in the skit with one of our young women Danielle. We also had a fun Olympic games like 3 legged race, canoeing, tube toss, relay races, etc...
At 5am Thursday morning (Pioneer day) we were awaken by the 'mobs' and were taken on an amazing hike to watch the sunrise and be spiritually fed. I love our Young Women so much and feel so grateful to have gone and experience camp with these girls!
Maybe I'll find some old camp pics from my old days and post them too...maybe! :)

This is Derek. Some of you have probably seen the beer commercial with Kirby Heyborne (Singles Ward, Best Two Years, Saints and Soldiers). Yeah, we were disappointed too, but he makes some good points about his decision in this article. Anyway, he's in another commercial now and I just wanted to share it. I like this one a lot better.

Dancing with the PHAIRS!!!!!

*July 16th- Ok, for some reason this post wasn't allowing comments to be made, but now it should work. So feel free to leave your comments, we always love them!! :)

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I love my family! We have SUCH a blast when we are all together. As you may know we had ALL our family together the week of the 4th and we danced long into the late night. My brother Greg and his wife Steph and kids were in town from Arizona. My other brother Mike and his wife Jen and their kids just moved this morning to Seattle. Mike got a assistant coaching position for the Seattle Seahawks. He's been a scout for them for about 5 years. We are going to miss them greatly but we will be seeing them soon. We are SO glad that we could dance the night away like the good ole' days. We SO CRAZY and know how to have a FUN time!!!
We also enjoyed Mike's family's last days here in Utah before they moved. Here are some pictures to show! WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

Emma=10 months....last Saturday

"Eye of the tiger"

I've been a little behind in my blogging with family being in town, the 4th, cleaning up, etc...
I had to mention that Emma turned 10 months last Saturday. She is so great. She is making the funniest noises and has the funniest language. When she's 'talking' she growls..she's our little dinosaur and has a total of 6 teeth that are completely broken through. Her teeth are hilarious....I think she might have her Mommy's teeth. Also, she has learned to pull herself up to stand. It's SO cute to walk into her room when waking from a nap and she'll just be standing up in her crib.

We love you so much Emma. You truly are the greatest blessing in our lives.
love, Mommy and Daddy!!

FUN WEEK of the 4th!!

We had SUCH a blast having all my family in town the week of the 4th. Here is a picture montage to show how much fun we really had!!