June 2017

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Adam found a dead fish.

Sarah was very excited to study its anatomy.

After visiting my parents we headed to Cerritos to see Aunt Luise and Uncle Van.

Bumper Pool

Uncle Tory came boogie boarding with us at Huntington Beach. Adam is poking Tyler's belly.

Fun in the waves.

Uncle Tory is so fit!

Adam is so silly!

Just like his mom!

He loved this mound of sand.

Aunt Luise's library is awesome.

But it was torture to be at such an amazing library and not be able to check out any books.

Making friends with the snails.

Another day at the beach

Adam dug a great hot tub.

The girls

Time to relax after a tough day of playing at the beach.

The girls tended to the flowers around Aunt Luise's new tree.

We had such a fun visit.

When we got home it was time for simultaneous Scout camp and Girl's camp.

Tyler took the Scouts towards Zion's but stopped at the visitors center for the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints in St. George.

The St. George Temple

The tram in Zion's

Adam was so happy he got to go. He loves hiking with Dad and the Young Men.

This is Adam with Justin, Kevin Jr. and Kevin Sr.

A nice swim after a day of hiking.

Lunch on another hike.

Emerald Pools.

Weeping Rock.

The Narrows.

Father and son.

Adam James, Gabe, and Joseph

Meanwhile, Rachel was with her friends at girl's camp.

Sarah led the huge service project for all the campers. They cut out "Sole Hope" shoes for kids in Africa.

All the girls her age.

Adam's cool Hot Wheel's set up. We had just a day to play before company came to visit.

The Cole Family came to visit and we hiked the hill across the street from our house. 

Suzy looks ready to fight crime. Quick, flash the Suzy Signal in the sky. 

Cousin time. 

Seeing the train downtown. Ross was all excited to teach us how each part of the train worked. I knew my brother was smart, but he really impressed me. There is nothing he doesn't know!

 Adam and Seppe snuggled up in the "cold room" 

A goodbye breakfast.

Adam teaching Sarah to play chess. 

We went to the Peter Pan play put on by the community theater group. 

Adam's friend and my little piano student Redd was one of the lost boys. 

Tyler's boss Aaron Demke was Mr. Darling and his son was Michael. 

Father's Day 

He is such a great Dad to these great kids. 

Having a fun Lego game. 

We went down to Phoenix to Tyler's Law Conference. Our first stop was the Phoenix Temple. 

We've had an exhausting June, and it just keeps going. 

Time to relax at the roof-top pool. 

Our posh room. 

Tyler woke us up at 4:15 to hike Camelback Mountain. 

The sunrise was gorgeous. 

The hike was pretty tough. 

At the top! 

He's mine! 

He's mine too! 

Time to go back to the hotel 

and cool off in the pool. 

The next morning we hiked the tiny mountain with the A on it you can see behind the pool. 

Tyler's boss Aaron hiked with us. I thought he was wearing one of his medals from running a race, because he is always wearing his medals. But I see it is just his name badge for the conference. 

That evening we went to the Mesa temple before driving home. 

Back at home Tyler is sharing some knowledge from the conference about self defense. He only has one month left to prepare Sarah for the rigors of dating.

Adam wanted to go to sonic to redeem a school award coupon. 

He chose a yummy shake!

We had to pack quickly after that trip as the many trips of the summer continue in July with us heading to Utah. Let's count the trips of this month: Ventura; CA then Cerritos, CA; Scout Camp and Girls Camp; Tyler's Law Conference in Tempe, AZ. Luckily the Cole's took a trip to us and saved us from a little more driving:)