We started this week with Memorial Day!  Savannah had to work, but the rest of us spent a little time in the morning with Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik putting flowers on the graves of some pioneer ancestors.  It's kind of neat to realize that Kevin has come back to the place that his ancestors settled in over 100 years ago.

That afternoon, Kevin, Savannah, Sarah, her friend Allyson, Megan, Mariah, and I went hiking!  The little ones went to Grandma and Grandpa Gazdiks to help make a picnic dinner for us when we got back.  We actually got to holler to them all in the middle of our hike, since we hiked the mountain behind their house -- Round Peak.  We called them and we all had a virtual wave at each other.  We couldn't see them but they could see us with their binoculars.  We had a great view of our beautiful city!

On Tuesday, the girls put the tent up in the backyard.  What a great way to camp!  They sleep in the tent, and I sleep in my bed!  They do all the pulling out of storage and all the putting away!  You don't even have to drive to get to your destination!  Camping in the backyard definitely has its perks.

Friday night was our ward's Father and Sons' dinner and campout up the canyon.  It was Ben's first time going.  Kevin got him ready and Ben followed him around the house saying, "Go?"  When we asked Ben if he was going with his dad, Ben hugged Kevin's leg and said, "Yep!"  It was awesome.

They just stayed for the dinner and I think that wore Ben's daddy out plenty.  Maybe next year they will brave the overnight.

This year, though, we had the Nestle Art City Days 5K in the morning and we all ran except for Beth and Ben.  We had to be up early for the 7:30 am start!

Mariah even won a plaque for finishing fourth in her age group.
Way to go, Mariah! 
(She also out raced everyone in our family except for Dad!)

Afterwards we met up with Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik who ran it, too!

 So, who was watching Beth and Ben while we completed this great annual family tradition?  Why Grandma and Grandpa Elton, of course!  They arrived late Friday night for a visit.  Yay!  The official reason for the visit was because Grandpa was delivering a bookcase that he made special for the little girls' room at my request.  I wanted a bookcase that was also a bench.  It turned out beautiful and the twins (and I) are so excited!

It turned out that yesterday (June 2nd) was also the day picked out in 2012 to fish for free (or without a license, anyway) in Utah!  So, we packed a picnic dinner, loaded up the canoe, and headed up to Payson Lake -- which we love because it is so beautiful -- and was even better because we had two sets of grandparents with us!

It was tons of fun and so, so, so beautiful.  Yay for grandparents coming to visit!  Yay for fishing and canoes!  Yay for summer!!!