Girls Camp 2010

Girls camp was the last week of June this year. Miranda did not go this year because she went on a trip with my parents and cousins to tour some church history sites and national sites. I will talk more about that trip in another post. Kylie was able to go to Girls Camp though. It was at a different camp this year. Kylie was a little hesitant about the changes, but was a good sport and went. She ended up having a great time. She said it was the best year yet.


Sign coming into camp.


Kylie's age group with their counselors getting ready for the hike.



all the groups getting together before meal time.


More 4th year group pics.



All the Cottage Park ward girls with the Bishop and his wife.


spending the day at the lake.

Trip to Idaho and Utah

This week, Warren and I decided at the last minute to make a quick trip up to Utah and Idaho. Matt stayed behind to go to summer school. Kylie had girls camp this week and Miranda is on a trip with my parents touring the United States. So it was just Warren, Carlin and myself going on this little adventure. We left Sunday for Rexburg, Idaho to meet up with a few of my sisters and their families. On Monday, we went to Yellowstone National Park. The next day, we went to Teton Canyon and hiked Devil's Staircase. It was a 5.4 mile hike. The last half has a lot of switchbacks going up the mountain, thus the name Devil's Staircase. We made it though. The next day we traveled to the Logan, Utah area. We went to the Aquatic center and then camped out in my niece Katie's backyard. We also went to Hyrum lake and had a picnic and let the kids play in the sand and water while we visited. We had a great time catching up with family. It was weird only having one of our children with us, but nice to spend some time alone with Carlin. Here are some pics of our vacation.


We couldn't resist stopping for a pic with Carlin under this sign.


A coyote we saw wandering along the road.


One of the many geysers we saw at Yellowstone.




One of the beautiful waterfalls.



Some of the wildlife that we saw at Yellowstone.



Old Faithful


A bald eagle if you can't tell.


Teton Mountain range on the Idaho side.


Family pic before we started are hike up Devil's Staircase.


Resting on rocks along the way.




View from almost the top.


Pictures at the top. We made it!!!!



Carlin playing in the snow at the top.


On the way down, we ran into this little guy!!


Carlin feeding the goats at Katie's house.

Tricks Summer Recital 2010

Carlin has been in a jazz/tap/ballet class at Tricks since September of 2009. She had a nutcracker recital a few months after she started and now a summer recital. The theme was broadway musicals. Her class did Welcome to the 60's from Hairspray. They did a great job! Sorry I can't show you the video. It is too big of a file for the blog, but here are some pics of her and her friends who were in the dance with her.

Business Trip to San Antonio, Texas

Warren had a conference in San Antonio for the business he works for. I took the opportunity to tag along with him. My sister watched the girls for me and Matt stayed at the neighbors since he needed to be at summerschool early each morning. We hopped on a plane and left the kids in good hands.

This is the resort we stayed at.



We had several guest speakers, including George W. Bush. Just kidding! It was an impersonator. He had us fooled for a minute.


Warren and I outside the ballroom before going in to the awards banquet.


Warren and I trying to look tough in our Mr. Rooter sunglasses that were given to us.


We went to the river walk and this stuffed lion was outside one of the many shops.


This giant oak was inside the Alamo.


Warren and I in front of the Alamo


Warren and I found the San Antonio temple.



Warren and I met up with Dee Gardner, a friend from high school, and he showed us around San Antonio. This is an unusual restaurant. You would probably never find a restaurant like this in California. California and its building codes!


Me and Dee posing with our Macho burgers from Chris Madrids. I split mine with Warren. They were huge!



Warren and Dee posing outside of Chris Madrids. Warren just bought these boots. Yes, I made him take them off after the picture. Serious fashion faux pas! People were honking and yelling while we were taking this pic!!