Crew

We've added a third member to the sailing crew. Tadpole.

These kids have had some crazy adventures- like the time that Superkid was left in charge of the boat so that the instructors could go rescue a capsized vessel and crew. Superkid guided the boat, with the aid of his crew, safely back to shore. The kids have skills-sailing skills. You don't get those in Utah, at least I didn't.

Make Them Stay.

We are trying to coax Andrea and the girls to take up permanent summer residence at our place.

Did I mention that we picked a few boysenberries along with our blueberries?

This berry buckle is sure to do the trick.

I think we're on to something...

It gets Tadpole's seal of approval.

We all had to go to church.

 Superkid delivered an excellent talk in sacrament meeting.

Then we were off to commune with nature again...

Mother of the Mountain and Father Nature...

And of course Pops' Sunday dinner with creamy mashed potatoes. 

They are the silver bullet to take Andrea down and make her our captive.

As for Boo and Tiny, they never get to Nerf battle at home, so we are selling them on the sport.

And why not bring out the swords while we're at it?

We love them so much we never want to let them go.

Primary Graduation

Today is Abizella's last day in Primary. We will be driving up to NY next week to take her to girl's camp so this is it. We are all going to miss her. She has spent the summer as an assistant Sunbeam's teacher. Jaws loves having her in his class.

I'm not going to lie. 

I don't take these Primary graduations well, especially when it is my ow daughter. I was in the Primary Presidency when Abizella came in as a Sunbeam- wasn't that yesterday? It is crazy how a childhood can flash before your eyes.

Abizella is definitely ready for Young Women's. She is sad to leave behind the activities for the Primary girls. She has loved her leaders (Sis. Kinney, Sis. Openshaw and Sis. Olson) so much. They will be hard to top! The Primary isn't going to be the same without her- but I will still keep her on as my Sharing Time prep assistant!

Swim Team Dudes

Blueberry Buckle

Hi. This is Tadpole. 

He is a Blueberry Buckle Monster. 

When July starts to turn to August he has an insatiable desire to eat nothing but blueberry buckle. That is all he talks about. 

And no matter what, we must have it for his birthday.

So we must search high and low, near and far for as many blueberries as we can carry.

We even recruit our friends...

This year Pops even came. It was his first picking.

Soaking It In

Lucky for Us!

Lucky for us, Andrea, Boo and Tiny were waiting for us! 

Nothing could cheer our hearts more than our favorites home waiting for us!

We were so happy to have "The Mother of the Mountain" back with us!

We celebrated with Baked Alaskan!