Summer Adventures

I'm finally playing a quick game of catch up for our summer. We had a lot of fun this summer, so I feel I need to document it, even if that means cramming it all in to one long overdue post.

In June, Kevin & Michelle & Kendall & Grace came to visit from New York. (Kevin is Nate's cousin) We love to have them visit. Since Oliver didn't have any 1st cousins until last month, I've always loved all of the time he gets to spend with his 2nd cousins. Grace is only a few months younger than Oliver and it was especially fun to observe the way they interacted at this age.

For us, the highlight of their visit was a trip to the Zoo. It was our first time seeing the baby elephant (so cute!). Oliver totally loved the bird show! Nate's other cousin Jacob and his family (Amberly, Adelyn, Eleanore & Bridger) also went to the zoo that day. We made a good sized crowd and had lots of fun.



The last week of June was my stake's girls camp. I finally got my dream calling this year of being camp director. I had a blast and I hope the girls had a good experience too. Camp in this stake is a lot different than the camp I grew up going to. It took a little adjusting, but by the time it was over I really appreciated the way things work in this stake. The following picture shows all but one of my girls, and both of the leaders that were there the whole time with me (I know not everyone is looking at the camera but it's the best picture I have of the group). These girls were amazing, they impressed me time and time again. I hope I get to do camp again some time!



Right smack dab in the middle of July Oliver and I got to go to Lagoon with Jacob, Amberly and kids. Lagoon is Lagoon. In the first couple of hours I took Oliver and Eleanore to most of kiddie rides while Jacob, Amberly and Adelyn did a few of the best big rides. I didn't really go on any rides because I hoped I was pregnant and didn't want to take any risks - and well, I was, so I guess it's good I stuck to observing. Oliver's favorite rides were the carousel (no surprise there) and the Dinosaur Drop (or egg drop in his words).

We had hoped to go camping several times this summer, but only made it out once, for just one night, and not until August. We went up into the high Uintas with Josh and Sara. It was drastically cooler up there, which was a wonderful break from summer heat. Josh helped Oliver do some fishing. And I think this was Nate's first time actually fishing for real, meaning not at a fish farm. No one caught anything, but it was fun anyway.

There was more to our summer, but this all I have pictures of, so this is all I'm going to write about now. It was a good summer. A busy summer. A fun summer.