Sheriff's Cheer Camp

V was a counselor and Kate was a participant. They both really enjoyed it.

Katherine got an award for great jumps!

Shrek the Musical

Christian wasn't able to go to Trek with V because he was performing in the summer musical the same weekend! 

Christian was a narrator and 

the Captain of the Guard.

He was so good! They were all so good! We were so proud of all that they could accomplish in just a few weeks! We look forward to Christian being in plays at the high school!

Pioneer Trek!

Before leaving home

 

With the kids from our ward- Before

A professional photographer from the stake, Shannon Busse, took pictures along the trek. There were some really cool ones.

With the kids from Piedmont- After

Victoria, you should write this post.

Walmart Scavenger Hunt

There aren't too many things to do in Culpeper, so sometimes we get creative.

Day Camp for Grant

 Grant went to a Day Camp for the Fredricksburg Stake Primary

It was an outdoor camp, but I took with picture of the kids who we carpooled with- Pete, Jack, Ainsley, and Annabelle.

V is a lifeguard!

Victoria got a lifeguarding  job at a nearby neighborhood pool. It is pretty and peaceful and not crowded at all! I think she has a pretty great gig!

My dad's (Grandpa's) 70th birthday!

We had a surprise 70th birthday for my dad in the hospital a few days before his birthday! Thankfully, I am writing this much later, and he survived, but at the time he was very very sick. We weren't too sure if he would make it and  neither did the nurses so they thought that going ahead with the party would be a good idea. We definitely had planned to do this another way- at my parents' house with food catered for dinner. The reality was, that we set up a surprise party in the lobby and it was very quick, like 15 minutes. My mom still found a way to make it special and memorable.

We waited until my mom and a nurse brought him out.

 We were all very happy to see him and yelled "surprise!"

He was very sick and felt exhausted and miserable with a fever, but was a good sport, opened a few presents and felt glad to see us! 

My brothers and I stayed and visited for a bit while Danny, the sister-in-laws, and the kids went to my parents' house to have dinner and play.

We know that these past few months have been super hard, but hope that 70 will be a year of healing miracles for him!