Mariah spent the week at EFY! She loved her experience so much last year that she begged to go again. We were happy that we could comply! She went without a friend, just like last year, with the faith that she would make new friends while she was there. It worked! She met a great gal from Texas who was her roommate and she had a great time with all the people in her company. She expressed her gratitude for us many times during the week, had super-great spiritual experiences, and learned to CHOOSE JOY! We love that joyful girl of ours!

Savannah had another full work week. She is still working on her class, training others, and special projects. When she is home, she likes to get all her siblings excited about her new TV show craze, Miraculous or post in her writing groups. She has also been entertaining us with the dreams she has been having about breaking into the MTC to see Megan! We are all pretty commando when we need to be apparently!

Cali and Chey plowed on alone in all their sport practices without Mariah! They missed her (as did all the people who asked about her!) and we missed Mariah giving them rides! Ha ha! Still, they continued with basketball, cross country, and tennis. They went to the rec center at least once to swim and had friends over and went to friends' houses a couple of times and still managed to get bored once or twice too! Cheyenne did say that at least when school resumes, she'll get more sleep! LOL!

Beth and Ben had a karate belt exam on Saturday this week. They are officially in solid-color belts and went straight to the gold belt. That makes them 8 belts away from a black belt. I watched the end of the exam when they were fighting. I flinched a lot! Still, they are getting better. After fighting, they broke boards. Ben asked to do a double board, so it took him a few more tries but he got it! Oh, and with their new belts, they also received their own bow staffs. (Savannah got really excited about that! She wants one, too!)

 

 

Kevin has had a very bad week healthwise, but a very good week in the stock market. He is really getting into stocks and options and is having a lot of fun with it. Despite his bad health, he still managed to play tennis with the twins and then take the twins and Mariah to the rec center to play basketball on Saturday. He is dedicated to his family!

I went on another hike this week this time in Maple Canyon and then to Dripping Rock in Spanish Fork. Robin and I brought Beth and Ben again. It was beautiful!