Folsom Lake

Father's Day

In May when the girls were home sick from school for way too long, I decided to put on the movie "The Other Side of Heaven" about Elder John Groberg's mission in Tonga in 1953. It is a WONDERFUL movie and I LOVE it! At the end, when the Elder Groberg sadly boards the boat because his mission is over, he takes his sandals off and leaves them there on the doc. It doesn't say why-- it doesn't say if this is to let someone else wear them because of the extreme poverty and they would need them, or if it's a symbolic gesture, since he has completed that chapter, and is now moving on to walk some miles in different shoes. Whatever the case, it reminded me of something neat I hadn't thought about it a long time. Something about my dad. It reminded me of when I went with a teacher, Lynne Moquete, and group from my high school to the Dominican Republic and my dad came with us. We spent weeks in a tiny village called Duverje doing projects such as painting homes and putting roofs on wooden shacks for families. I remembered that when we left, my dad left his boots there for a Dominican man who lived in the village, and who had been helping us work and who likely had no shoes. The boots were pretty new and in great shape. It was really no big deal to my dad, and he did it quietly. I had forgotten all about this thoughtful act of kindness until now. I am so thankful to have a wonderful father who has a generous heart, and who has done countless things like this for others throughout his life. Happy Father's Day, Dad!

And of course, Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband,

and awesome Father in Law Byron!

Wicked Birthday!

My 30th birthday is coming up and Alan surprised me a couple of weeks ago with tickets to see Wicked! He gave me a birthday card with a picture of Scarlett O'hara from Gone With the Wind and he had colored her skin green. (He said it was the closest thing he could find. How creative!) Inside he had written that he got a babysitter and we were going to see Wicked-- that night!!! I had hinted to him a couple months ago that I really wanted to see it but I knew the show was leaving Sacramento before my birthday, and I thought it had already left and he had forgotten about it. It really was a surprise! 

We were in the 10th row and it was just as good as everyone has been saying! We LOVED it! Thank you Alan for a wonderful birthday present!

We also went to Macaroni Grill -- my new favorite!

We Had Our Own Bees

In April we realized there was a huge group of bees gathering around one of our upstairs bathroom windows. Emma wanted me to make sure she gets proper credit for being the first to notice. We also realized we had honey dripping into the inside of the bathroom from the top of the window. We finally concluded there were bees
IN THE WALL!
We had a bee keeper and a contractor come and remove part of the ceiling as well as the bees and honey comb they made. It was a pain but kind of neat! Unfortunately, the bees had been eating the honey and there was none left for us. . . 

Movin On In

We've been helping Grandma Kari and Grandpa Jeff paint their house so they can move in! 

It's A LOT of work, but it sure is fun!

Auntie Carli took Brookie on a walk and she found this HUGE dandelion!

I felt like the house was officially their's when the first Diet Coke was there over night. Maybe I will bring them a 24 pack as a house warming gift.

Aunt Nicole came to help but we got distracted and had to go thrift shopping for a while instead of unpacking. :)

Rock On!

Pool days

I love summer days, just chillin at the pool. 

Emma got this book for participating in our library's summer reading program. Brooke chose "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie."

Here we are at the Summer Reading kick off:

Emma got to play the drums with Music Matt.

And here's another day at the pool: 

Ikea

 We went to Ikea with Grandma Kari and Auntie Carli and the girls got these cool wooden dolls. They painted them and really wanted me to take photos because they were so proud of them!