We celebrated father's day last week! We had a really nice dinner at the pavilion behind Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik's house. Julia came and Megan, Mariah, Kolby, and Sarah with her little girls. We enjoyed the food and visiting! That night we gave some gifts to Kevin one of which was a hat that he says he won't ever wear in public which I think is a terrible shame. He is a great dad and I'm so thankful for him as well as my own dad and all the dads in our lives!

Bethany had driver's ed this week! She reports that it is not nearly as bad as she was afraid it would be. On the whole I think she's liked having something to do and learn about. It was three hours a day Monday through Thursday and she'll do it again next week. She hasn't had to do driving range hours yet as that will be in July. Overall, she had a good week except on Thursday karate she hurt her shoulder. It seems to be ok, but initially, it caused a large jolt of pain and that reminded her of the hospital and that brought on a panic attack. She rallied and was doing better by the end of the night. We've also had Claire and Annaliese with us this week and Beth has enjoyed having them here to play games with. They even were her buddies for a driver's ed assignment that had her watching the intersection outside the library. Good times!

Benjamin and I worked hard on the kitchen this week! It was time to switch out the sink. He and I worked three hours on Wednesday getting everything done as close to the sink as possible. Then Thursday it took us four hours to get the old sink out and the new one in. Even then, we needed some help from Kevin in the evening to get things hooked back up. It really doesn't look that hard from a conceptual standpoint. Reality, though, is a bit different! Ben was a great help and I'm glad he is willing to have this as his project this summer! In addition, Ben ran cross country in the mornings and had tennis afterward. He played two matches this week losing one and winning one. He also had guitar and karate and lots of computer time. On Saturday he spent the day with his friend, Ben, and they earned money spreading gravel. What a hard working kid!

Savannah had work this week. She had Wednesday off for Juneteenth and thinks it would be ideal if all her weeks could be structured that way! Her car is in the shop getting a new transmission so she has been driving the van which comes with all its own challenges. She and Kevin went to Deer Creek for a multi-ward singles activity. They reported that the weather was hot but the food was good.

Kevin is busy with the YSA ward, work, website and content development, and all the stuff. He thinks that eating potatoes might be making him feel sick. This is very bad news for our Idaho boy.

I spent all of Friday with finishing touches on the sink/countertop install to make it look decent in order to lower both Kevin and my anxiety over the fact that Thursday night it looked a wreck. All part of the process, right? I'm happy to report that I'm feeling good about it again. (Not so sure about Kevin!)

On Saturday we got to be part of something fun! Cheyenne sent us a message midweek that someone she had briefly met in Taiwan had a sister in Springville and was being baptized there this week! She sent us the info and said it would be fun if we could go. The service was half in Chinese and it kind of felt like we were sharing a bit of Chey's mission! It was so special.