Sunday, August 26, 2007

A CAMPING WE WILL GO!!


Well we had a great time camping this week. We went on a ward camp out this weekend at camp ground that the church owns. It was absolutely beautiful. The place had about 15 camping areas. Some had these A frame buildings that you could sleep in. All of the spaces were somewhat close together but you couldn't see them because everything was so overgrown. We got there Thursday and were actually the first ones there so we got the best spot. There were alot of others who came that night. The girls got to cook there own dinner Thursday. We roasted hot dogs over an open flame. They really enjoyed it and I really enjoyed teaching them. Of course after dinner for dessert we had smores. Sam had asked me why I didn't want any marshmallow. I told her I didn't like them and you think I killed her favorite toy. Her eyes bugged out and her mouth was hanging open. She was in total shock that I didn't like marsh mallows.


The girls found some new friends to play with and were gone all day Friday playing with them. This place had trails, playground, volleyball court, a confidence course and even a fort that the kids loved to play on. They also had a bunch of activities for the kids to do. The leaders had set up some quilts to be tied. I was sitting there with some other ladies tyeing the quilt when Alex came up and offered to help. I was SHOCKED. The ward provided dinner that night and breakfast the next morning.


Even though the ground was hard and I got next to no sleep we had a great time. Being out there made me realized how much I really missed camping. I feel bad that this is the first time my girls got to enjoy camping. I know that we are going to do a lot more of it next year.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Fishing


Greetings y'all. Well we had a great time fishing Saturday. It was the first time we got to go fishing as a family and have the girls remember it. We went to a lake not to far from the house. Alex taught the girls how to cast their lines and Ashley really got the hang of it. In fact she is better than me at it. We had a few nibbles here and there but no real bites. The girls both lost their poles and Alex had to fetch them. After Ashley tossed hers in Alex decided to cast her line in for her. Her pole was still wet and when he casted out he lost the pole. What sucks about the whole thing is I just finished video taping right before he tossed the line. The girls really enjoyed it and want to go again. We hope that all is well with all of you.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Newest Church Member




Hey everyone. Sorry it has been a while. We had some great things happen in the last couple of weeks. As you can see by the pictures Sam was baptised. She was soooo excited for the big event. She was the only girl in the whole stake to baptised this month. Mom and dad came down for the weekend and Dad was the one to baptise her. We did have some problems that day. The stake didn't know about Sam and the little boy from our ward so they weren't on the program. The bishop was late in getting there so we weren't sure that it would even happen for the kids in our ward. But all did go well.

Sam really wanted to test the whole sins being washed away thing. A couple of days before she was baptised she left her scooter out over night and it was taken away from her for a few days. Well before we walked into the Church she asked me that when she is baptised that all of her sins are washed away. I told her that they are and then she asked if that meant she gets her scooter back. Since she got in trouble before she was baptised and after she's baptised she's trouble free. How can you argue with that?

Afterwards we went to lunch at Sam's favorite place (all you can eat Chinese) and then mom and I went to IKEA. Mom's favorite place. I had never been there before and it was nice to go and see what all the hoop-la was about.

There hasn't been much going on. I have been busy with my church calling and Alex has been busy with work. He's taking a week off next week so we will be able to do some family outings before school starts. He wants to take the girls fishing and we have our ward camp out next week. I am really excited about that. Well we will talk to you all later and I will let you all know how the fishing and camping goes.