June adventures

 Our adventures continue from our home base in Draper.  Audrey had a wild girls' camp the week after we got home from Costa Rica.  It snowed 8 inches on their tent, and they had to leave for home.  The leaders improvised, and I think everyone still had fun, though they never returned to their camp site.  Meanwhile, we played at the Children's Museum with the little kids.  Bob the Builder is one of Graham's favorite - and it was fun to check out their Bob exhibit.

 In the midst of it all, Graham learned to ride a bike, and he is very good at it.  Here he is, riding very easily.

We had a girls' night at Grandma's house.  That was really fun.  The girls loved craft projects, hanging out, and eating at a restaurant.

The next day, we all had a family get together, and played sports, laughed a ton, and had dinner.  It was a tremendous time for us all to catch up with each other.

June is Wasatch Back, and this year, we did it Ultra Style.  Half as many people, same distance to go.  I can't believe the six of us did all of the nearly 200 miles of back-country mountain climbs and passes.  What an accomplishment.  It was so fun.

We got our re-visit of the aquarium in.  It was fun to see all the animals in their exhibits, and share it with Kate for the first time.  We also did the 4-D theatre, which was really cool.

We have done 7 peaks twice now, and we are going strong to hit it a few times more.  Here is Audrey with her friend Morgan at 7 peaks.

We went to the former Incredible Pizza turned into All Star bowling - and had a fabulous time.  However, it is not so much a pizza place anymore.  We ended up getting lunch at a pizza restaurant, and then buying passes for here.  The kids had a ton of fun, and we had to hurry home to beat dad there at 6:30 pm!

Fourth of July festivities:  We ran the Sandy Classic 5K - ALL of us!  Even Graham ran it.  They all did really well.  Carson and Kate have been training, and Audrey's soccer keeps her in shape.  Graham just worked his heart out, and he did so well to finish.  We are so proud of these little guys!  Graham got 2nd in his age group, and "won" his race. He was very proud of that.  Audrey got 4th, so just missed a medal.

Then we partied at a carnival in Riverton.  It was fun to ride the rides and watch the kids have fun, but it was VERY hot.  We brought spray bottles to spray ourselves with, but in the end, we all decided to leave and go to the reservoir.

Here we are playing at Herriman Reservoir.  This is such a fun activity for the kids.  We could really spend more time here!  We had to leave for dinner, but we could have stayed longer.

 And finally, the most exciting thing this whole year - Kate was baptized!  July 5th, surrounded by family and friends, our sweet angel was baptized.  It was so peaceful and beautiful.  I know the Holy Ghost testified to us about the sacred and important nature of baptism that day.  What a wonderful memory.  Thank you everyone that shared it with us.