My sister, Diane, came to stay this week with three of her kids:  Ezra, Roxabelle, and Jocelyn! Diane needed to take a teacher training class from BYU, so she went to school everyday and her three kids hung out with my kids! We had a lot of fun with them. Diane was always fun to talk with every evening and during the day, her kids hung out with Beth, Ben, and Avery. They went to work with Ben one day at his pool and on another day went with Sarah, Cali, Megan, and Mariah to play at Mariah's pool. It was Art City Days this week so on Thursday night we went to the carnival and that was fun, too!

On Friday, all the cousins on the Elton side of the family gathered at Kayla's farm for a cousin reunion! By all accounts, they had a great time! None of the older generation planned or attended. What cool kids that they wanted to do that! Savannah was the oldest at 30 years-old and Jocelyn was the youngest at almost 8. They also had cousins once-removed (babies belonging to cousins). I think there were four of those little littles but overall, 29 in attendance. Wow! I hear they talked, played party games and night games, and even went on a hay ride around the farm. How cool that they have this group where they all belong.

Ben wasn't able to go to the cousin reunion because he went to HOBY this week. HOBY stands for Hugh O'Brien Youth leadership seminar. Kids are nominated by their schools throughout the state and come together for training and activities on leadership, service, and living by your values. Ben did not know what to expect but ended up having a great time! We dropped him off at Wasatch Academy on Wednesday morning and picked him up Saturday afternoon. He made lots of friends (and friends who are girls) and has new ideas on service and living that we love.

Kevin and I were completely alone Friday and Saturday! Friday I watched Avery and Lyla until their daddy was off work. On Saturday morning, Kevin and I hiked to the Timpanogos waterfalls. It was a BEAUTIFUL morning and a BEAUTIFUL hike!