The kids didn't have school on Monday for a teacher development day. So, we took the short hike to Battle Creek Falls. So beautiful! Then we tried a place called Purple Turtle for lunch and had Kevin meet us there since we were near his workplace. Great food and fun times! And great kids!

In tennis news, on Tuesday, Cali and Chey had a tennis match against Spanish Fork High School. They both won pretty quickly. On Wednesday after practice, they had a team night with dinner and fun hanging out talking. Thursday was their last home match! So, they honored the seniors with big bouquets of flowers. Chey and her partner won, but Cali and her partner did not. They both were playing super-fun-to-watch tennis! On Friday we found out that Cali's partner will change for the finals and state. Cali and her dad think that will be a good change and give her a better chance at winning. We will see! It's been an exciting week.

Bethany had a good week with school, karate, and cross country and also young women activities! She had two YW activities this week. Wednesday night they played wiffle ball with the boys. On Friday night they had a sleep over at the YW president's house where they played games, made s'mores, and learned how to bake bread. She ran really great at her meet on Friday, staying with her friend, Siena, for most of the race and finishing sixth on the team.

Benjamin has had a cold all week. Poor stuffed-up guy! He didn't want to stay home from school, though, because he didn't want to get behind! He still ran for running club on Tuesday and Thursday, too and went to karate on Thursday, as well. His friend, Kyler, came over on Saturday while his parents did stuff, and they had a great time sword-fighting, fort building, and catapult-making--my very favorite kind of play!!

Savannah struggled with her health this week, but still managed to work most of her shifts and get a lot of her honey into jars. She also went on a double date with Meg and Ammon (and her friend, Kirk) to see a Marvel movie on Tuesday. Fun times!

Saturday was Sarah's birthday!! She told me last week that she'd really like to go with the family to Payson Lake to celebrate. What a great idea! Everybody opened up their schedule so they could go. Even Grandma and Grandpa came. We really missed Mariah, but the spot made us feel closer to her probably because of all the memories. We walked around the lake (which was very low, but still there!) We had a picnic dinner and played some games. We also took lots of pictures. It was a beautiful, beautiful day! Sarah had wanted to see the yellow Aspens reflecting in the lake and she got her wish!

I went to the kNOw Poverty Summit on Thursday for morning speakers. I love what I am learning about poverty and ways to help. I also received a proof copy of my book from Amazon and made some changes, I'm hoping for it to go "live" next week! On Saturday, before our Payson Lake adventure, I got together with some old friends from Brookside (Emily, Gwen, and Jen) for lunch. It was so good to reconnect!