July

 We are doing a dress rehearsal at the Stadium of Fire.  Girl Scouts turned 100 years old this year.  They needed more Girl Scouts to represent the flag ceremony, so Alicia and I volunteered to join Amy and Mom for the performance.  July 3rd

We are waving our flags to patriotic songs.

It's the Fourth of July!

 We are at Brighton Ski Resort for breakfast.

 They also put on a parade.

It was so fun.

We are ready to go on a hike, too!

 We hiked to the reservoir.

 The scenery is so beautiful.

 That night we performed in the flag ceremony at the Stadium of Fire.

 The Beach Boys performed; it was so cool.

Cute little Daizy loves to play with Charleigh.  July 6th

We are canning apricot nectar!  July 10th

We are on our way to Iowa and Illinois!  Granny, Aunt Dianne, Mom, Amy, and I stopped in Winter Quarters to see the museum.  July 17th

 We are in Iowa at Carl and Ruth's house.  We're just swimming away.

 We are in Nauvoo, Illinois, at the Visitor's Center.  July 18th

 We went to a buffet at the Hotel Nauvoo for dinner.

Mom is giving Amy and I a ride in a handcart at the Nauvoo Pageant Pre-show Activities.

 We also sawed a log which was fun.

We saw Cami and Courtney King in the Nauvoo Pageant!  They were great.

We went on a wagon ride through Nauvoo.  July 19th

We are in Carthage Jail standing in the room where Joseph and Hyrum Smith were martyred.

 We saw a lot of shows all day long.  This is after "Sunset on the Mississippi."

 The Wise's, who are serving a mission there, were in the show.

 We visited the Brigham Young House.  July 20th

 Then we went to Mount Pisgah, a temporary way station for the Mormon Pioneers.

 We went to the County Fair in Winterset, Iowa.  July 21st

 We are holding the new kitties at Carl and Ruth's house.

 We are all wearing purple and pink.  July 22nd

 We are in Fontanelle, Iowa, at the Cemetery visiting our family graves. July 23rd

We have two girls from Chengdu, China, staying with us for two weeks as exchange students.  We are playing Spot It.  July 26th

June

 Alicia had her 14th Birthday Party!  We played a fun game of crochet.  June 9th

 We had a blast.

 Then we played some board games.  Our favorite game was Portrayal!

 Then we all had banana splits!

Alicia is licking her candles.

 We are on our way to Stake Girl's Camp at Heber Valley!  Mom is our Ward Camp Director, how exciting!  June 11th

We are painting cute magnets for a fun craft.

 Our theme for camp is "Happily Ever After" :)  My magnet is shaped like a crown.

 This is our ward flag.  "A Princess Worth Waiting For."

 We are playing Missionary Tag; I love games.

Katie and I are ready to canoe. June 12th

 Here we go!

 We are playing "And It Came To Pass."

 I am going down the zip line at the Challenge Course.  June 13th

 Our ward is serving lunch for the stake.  Yum!

We are playing a fun game to get to know each other.  June 14th

We are singing a fun camp song called Jellyfish.

The 9th Ward is so cute.

 We received awards, and I got the "Sugar Pie" Award.

 We are playing the Animal Game!  We had such a fun week :)  June 15th

I made Dad pretzels for Father's Day.  June 17th












 Daizy is so cute!

 She is getting so big.  We love having a fun kitty.

 We took Mary to the Highland Fountains.  June 18th

We also went to the bridge by Art Dye.

Daizy is in a cute princess outfit.  June 24th

We hiked Ensign Peak for Youth Conference; it was so fun.  The next day we went boating on Utah Lake.  It was great.  June 29th