Girl's Camp Birthday

I turned 39 at Girl's Camp in Mammoth, CA. The first-year girls in my camp made a banner for me and Lauren bought me the book "The Host" (completely without my knowledge, she got it at the BYU bookstore!") and brought it up to camp. She ran to my camp on the morning of my birthday with that gift and a sweet card from Alyssa. I got lots of songs and treats from the girls and leaders. I went on a beautiful hike in the mountains, had all my meals prepared for me, ate treats from a yummy bakery sitting by the litlte stream in our camp, took a nice shower and had testimony meeting that night with many stake visitors. A great day really, but the best part was that I got to see my family the next day.

Alyssa's Spring Dance Recital

Alyssa's dance recital was called "A Walk in the Park." She danced beautifully and it was a joy to watch her!

Park City trip

Ryan and I went to Park City, Utah for a day before picking up Tommy and Lauren in Provo from EFY. At Ryan's request, we went on the zipline and alpine slide. Even though I have done both before, it was really scary for me when we started going up the ski lift. You can see from the picture how high up it is. Despite the fact that I really prefer to have my feet on the ground, we did the zipline once and the slide twice and it was very fun.

Alyssa's violin recital

Alyssa started playing the violin in Feb. 2008. I know I'm her mother, but I think she is really good. This is her playing at her recital. She played a solo and a trio. (Next time I'll video and post that so you can listen! I'm still learning.)

Take me out to the ball game!

We had fun watching Ryan play baseball this year. He wasn't sure he wanted to play this season, but he had fun once he got going. This is Ryan at bat and again on first base.

Campaign Photos

We had a family photo shoot so we would have something current to put on some campaign literature this summer. I was happy with how they turned out, so I am posting a few of them for you to see. Don't be surprised if you see one on our Christmas cards; that always seems to sneak up on us.

School's Out!

Hooray for us, school is out! We had a half day on Friday and I was home by 2:30 taking a quick nap! We are looking forward to a few summer projects, some campaigning, a few small trips and a few visitors. Hopefully some good weather and good books too!