On Sunday last week, YuLing and her family came to visit us!  YuLing and Kevin met when they were both missionaries in Taiwan.  YuLing still lives there so it was a rare treat to see her and to meet her husband and 8 yr-old son.  We had a great time eating, visiting, and taking our traditional Sunday walk together.  Lots of Mandarin speaking floating around our house that night!

On Monday morning, we had a ward breakfast to celebrate pioneer day!  The food was yummy, there was a good turnout of ward friends, and the kids played pioneer games.  Good times!

On Tuesday, I took Cali and Chey to the optometrist and found that Calianne needs glasses!  They both had piano lessons that day, Bethany went to the dentist to get her other two cavities filled, and Megan and Mariah went to the reservoir for Young Men/Young Women's to ride in canoes and try out paddle boards.  Afterwards, Sarah took all of her sisters to see Finding Dory and stayed out late.  Ben wanted to stay home with me!  Sweet boy!

On Wednesday, I finally got the last things unpacked from our trip the week before.  Mariah ran 11 miles for Cross Country (they started 2-a-day practices) and got invited to go the Folk Festival that night.  That night, Kevin and I escaped to Salt Lake City for a quick night away to celebrate our anniversary (22 years!) before he had to leave for a business trip to Florida Thursday morning.

On Thursday after saying goodbye to Kevin, I did some visiting teaching, and took the kids to the library.  Thursday night we had Relief Society and Cali and Chey came to babysit.  Afterward, Cali, Chey, Beth, and Ben helped me pick a bucket of apricots from our neighbors.

Friday, I went on a hike with my friend, Robin.  2.7 miles up the mountain to a lovely, pristine lake, then 2.7 miles back.  It was gorgeous!  Then I took Meg and Mariah to the doctor for sports physicals and then collapsed for the rest of the day.  Sarah and Megan worked together that night and Cali and Chey went to a party for their friend, Logan.

Saturday, I delivered bread for the Relief Society, made 5 batches of apricot jam, and finished my book that was overdue at the library but couldn't return because it was the last in a trilogy and it was so good!  We had pizza for dinner and the kids continued to be great kids and we can't wait until our dad gets home Sunday night!