We took Savannah to the temple this week!  It was so great!  Great that she wants that in her life.  Great that she has lived her life to be worthy to go.  Great that she will have those blessings to strengthen and protect her as she continues forward doing God's will in her life!  How wonderful to be with her!  Both her Grandma and Grandpa Elton and her Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik came to be with her, too.  How special that was!  What a great, great day!  Yay!  Let's do that again!  Over and over and over.

That night we had another momentous occasion as Megan received her YW Personal Progress Medallion!  What great timing as she could have her grandparents there for her event, as well!  Way to go, Megan!  Way to finish everything up.  I knew you could do it!

What a great day!  That all happened on Tuesday.  The rest of the week was busy, too!

To begin with, Mariah had Cross Country camp Monday through Wednesday!  They ran nine miles Monday and again on Tuesday and "only" four on Wednesday.  Interspersed with all that running, they had motivational speakers, clinics, some great food, and some fun bonding time.  She also got a t-shirt!

Wednesday we had dentist appointments all day, but only one small cavity that got filled during the appointment so we are officially done for 6 months!

Thursday Sarah and Megan played their first tennis matches in an all-day tournament.  Megan and her partner, Maisey, played five matches to 8 and only lost once!  Sarah and Allyson played four matches to 8 and won all!  They were pretty worn out when they got home but they loved it.  Friday morning Megan asked, "Is it weird that all I want to do this morning is go play tennis?"

Thursday night we put up our old large tent that we used before Ben was born.  Cheyenne wanted to see it before the summer was over!  So, the four youngest slept out in the tent and convinced their sweet sisters Sarah and Mariah to sleep out with them, too!  Sarah was pretty exhausted that night but she said, "I'm going to be gone soon, and I won't get many more chances to do things like this with them. So I better do it while I can!" Sometimes my kids are so cool that it makes my heart burst.

Also on Thursday night, Savannah took a group of friends and went star gazing.  There was a meteor shower that night and she really wanted to see it!  They found a great place out in the desert and saw the Milky Way and hundreds of shooting stars!

Before the summer was over, Sarah wanted to take Cali and Chey river walking and Friday, before work, was her chance!  They went and took Mariah and Beth along, too.  They all found walking sticks somewhere along the way and they told me I needed to take a picture when they got back.  I did so quite willingly!

Saturday Ben went to a birthday party and after that, Kevin and I took the four youngest to the Spanish Fork Pool!  Cheyenne told me that she had set a goal to go to the SF Pool more times than we did last year.  Since we went once last year, we had to go at least once more!  It was fun to be there with the youngers and go down the slide with them and watch some of them jump off the diving board!  (Ben looked on wistfully.  "I wish I could swim by myself!" he lamented.)  It made me a bit nostalgic, though.   I used to take my four oldest when they were my four youngest.  Kevin and I decided that these growing up years sure don't take very long.  It was good to make some more memories!