A little trip to Logan

I was in desperate need of a break after Camp, and Mike and the boys needed to get out of the house so we headed to Logan. We stayed in Logan the whole weekend, August 10th-12th. Mia and Nate joined us on Saturday morning. We enjoyed going to the temple and being instructed from on High, good food together, games, swimming, and laughter. The boys had a ball with their grammy and grampy and aunt and uncle.While there we made plans for a fabulous getaway to Yellowstone National Park with Mia and Nate. Thanks Grammy and Grampy for putting up with all of us, we enjoyed every minute of it!

Girls Camp 2012- Route to Eternity

This happened within the first hour of arriving at camp... crazy beehives

August 7 to August 10th
Girls camp was just what I needed, the Lord always knows! I am so grateful for those precious few days with such amazing girls! They lifted and inspired me to be a better woman and to live my life as they do, reaching upward and outward. I hope that I can go to Girls camp many many more times in my life, those girls are not the same when they return, they are forever changed by their experiences.

The priesthood made sure they were represented at roll call, thanks to president Jensen.

Leaders, L-R: Jenn Jeppsen, Kim Taylor, Leslie Jones, Me, Cherene Bates

I walked into camp when Jenn was preparing dinner, she had sliced her finger. So I jumped in where she left off and sliced my finger, and then Kim jumped in where I left off and yup, you guessed it, sliced her finger. Crazy!

Matching Laurels!

Setting their pet cricket free! They had a ceremony

Late night personal progress work:)

These girls went for a dip in the mud lake, they smelled so horrible! I had the privelage of hosing them down

Group pic of girls

Girls and leaders

I love my beehives, so sweet...

...and sassy

Last night at camp, eating woof 'ems

Akayla and her mom Angela downing a woof 'em

Woof 'em champs?

Ned measuring the newbies for coffins

Exhausted!!!!!!!!!!

Getting a little wild

The day before I headed off to girls camp, my mom wanted to go to the Idaho Falls Zoo. We had quite the group, me, mike, our boys, my mom, Matt's 3 kids, Corey, Daymi and their 4 kiddos. It was a blast, the kids enjoyed their time and so did the adults. I love the Idaho Falls Zoo, so much better than the Poky zoo.

The kids were excited to drink from the lion's mouth

The three year olds

The five year olds

The eight year olds

Chickens in a nest

I never knew so many crazy chicks could come from a single egg!

They boys

The girls

The matusek boys

How do you measure up Brianna?

Girls night!

And the tradition carries on...

Moore Family Reunion 2012

I love the Moore Family Reunion. It was held this year on July 6th and 7th at the Mountain River Ranch near Heise hot Springs and was hosted by the Vaughn Moore family. Here are some of my favorite moments from the great weekend!

Brandon decided to lay by Grandpa and have a siesta, but the siesta turned into story time.

Going fishing for prizes

Balloon popping, Cheryl and Brianna had an especially difficult balloon to pop

The water balloon toss

Lined up and ready to go for the 3 legged race

And they are off!

Another heat of the 3 legged race

Semifinals

3 legged race finals

Gunny sack races!

I love their faces, such determination

Those girls were catching some good air!

Going on a hunt for the lolly pop tree

The lolly pop hunters

We found it!

They couldn't wait to open their special treat from a very special tree