Sarah and Megan left us this week to go to EFY!  Aren't they adorable?  I dropped them off Monday around 12:30 and Kevin picked them up Saturday at 7am.  Sarah texted us every night with her biggest lesson of the day.  They both had a terrific time and learned a ton and made new friends and learned more about themselves and the gospel.  They loved it and they learned a cool new chant:

Mariah left us this week to go to basketball camp with her team at the University of Utah.  They played in seven games.  Mariah played mostly Varsity but also played a day with the JV.  She's gaining confidence.  Kevin went and watched her play one day and said she played well!  She came back to us Thursday about 1:00.  We gave her lots of hugs!  She's totally adorable, too!

As for the rest of us, on Tuesday, I finally took Ben to get his hair cut.  Isn't he adorable?

That night, Kevin, Cali, and Chey had a softball game, so Ben and I ditched his T-ball game so Bethany, he, and I could all go!  It was a beautiful evening at the ball field.  Cali and Chey both got hits and I got to watch Calianne pitch a great inning.  It was tons of fun!

On Thursday, I took the kids to see Jungle Book in the theatres.  It was live action and sometimes scared Beth and Ben into hiding their faces in their mom's lap, but as Mowgli pulled through in the end, they decided they liked it all in the end!  Yay for Mowgli and for fun times at the movies and adorable kids!

On Friday, we had Bethany's birthday party!  The idea to have the party this week in order to cut down on stress next week when we'll be camping and having the baptism, only occurred to me Tuesday!  Everything fell together so beautifully, it all seemed like divine providence to me.  My second counselor in RS has an above-ground pool and when I asked if we could have Beth's party there, she said yes!  Mariah helped me make sure no one drowned and those little girls (and Ben) had tons of fun!

 

 

Yep!  This adorable one is Bethany!

Sweet girl turning 8.

 On Saturday, my sister, Maggie, and her family came through town to take their family to the amusement park at Lagoon!  They stopped by our house and took Megan and Mariah with them!  They had tons of fun being with their cousins.  What a treat!  My sister is pretty adorable, too.  :)