August - back to school and fall sports and "See you Soon!" to Audrey

 

Here are our August events! 

Kate begins Alta Soccer - they are doing really great this season. They have won almost every game!

Audrey is doing Home MTC

Here is her MTC in a crate

Working on Zoom all day

The girls and parents take a hike to Cecret Lake.

Doing a little Hammocking.

The 2021 Bair Gutsman!

Kate and McKell handing out bib numbers.

The start line - Chad talking to participants

The cousins

We did it! Another year in the books!

Audrey is off to Boston, sad day for parents....

Carson drumming at the Alta Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

First day of school!

Jason, Graham, Camden and Jack

Carson playing pep band

Graham and team at Alta football game

Sherry and friends hike Mt Timp - the start

 - at the saddle

At the top!

Bagel with his long hair!

The trimmed up doggie

Graham shows his football toughness against Freemont.

Kate playing with friends at Alta soccer - Lilly, Sydney, Kate, Carmen, Koko and Brikelle

Graham and football team at Lagoon. Carter and Graham are in matching Walmart outfits!

Working on a quilt for Jen. The little squares are ones that mom King pieced together and I finished the pattern and added the larger squares to make it into a quilt.

July - summer parades and sun

Carson marched with the Canyons All District Band this summer. Here they are at the 4th of July Parade

Hammocking and relaxing at Blood's Lake - we return 2 years after Kate's foot injury.

Kate goes Crawfishing with her soccer team

Enjoying the crawfish boil

Carter and Graham at Cowabunga Bay

Kate plays in the Summer Night Lights tournament

Hard battled tournament

They won in the second overtime, to win it all!

Kate, Carmen and Emily

Audrey's mission farewell - Hanging out with her friends

Chad's birthday

Turns 49 years old

Carson performing with the MegaBand at the Drums along the Wasatch

After the Butlerville Days Parade

Lagoon with Samantha, Cristal, Chad

Kate

And Carson!

 

June - the Summer Gateway to fun!

Chad and I do the Daybreak Triathlon. Chad does the Olympic and I do the Sprint. I wasn't sure I was going to survive the swim, but I came on strong with the bike and run and finished first in my age.

Audrey finishes her HEFY trip to Belize and arrives back in SLC with some fellow builders.

Audrey goes to the temple to get her endowments with family, including Breanne

We are off to Costa Rica!! Here we are near our 1st house

The volcano Arenal

Getting ready to go Canyoneering - repelling waterfalls

The view from the El Avion Restaurant in Manuel Antonio

Graham and family go horseback riding!

Let's go!

The Nauyaca waterfalls!

Audrey gets set apart for her mission to Spanish Speaking Boston. She is now doing home MTC.

Kate has a birthday party in Little Cottonwood Canyon