july thus far

birthday celebrations for miss amanda.

 utah on fire.

 pre-4th of july party.  look who was there.  i love bachelorette.

 4th of july hike to stewart falls.

 stadium of fire with my favorite 2nd sisters.

beach boys.

6th grade classroom.  i have my work cut out for me.

 sunday tradition reinstated.

orem city softball champions. 

who would've thought?  we were 1-8 in the regular season.  we peaked at the right time.

 power outage for a night.

 spending time with my 3rd family.

summer's the best.

san clemente, california

family vacation.

so.much.fun.

thanks, mom & dad!

newport temple.

 lazy days at the beach.

 birthday boy.

he threw up his cake 5 minutes later.

 knott's berry farm.

 dead car battery and flat tires.

 rebekah was greatly missed.

 met up with these great friends for an afternoon.

i think she wanted and liked the starburst.

the rest of june

in pictures...

 ward service activity

 visit to arizona

 hall & oates kept playing in every store and radio station

 weekend at the cabin with the parents

 father's day

 made huge progress 

[update: it's all ready to go to the quilter.  completed pic forthcoming.]

 weekend in st. george

 apparently colored skinnies with zippers are so cool

 fellow passenger in the shuttle to las vegas

 flight to orange county

since I've been done

For Relief Society meeting, I did a cooking night.  I taught the girls how to make a Mexican dinner (Cafe Rio).  We made cilantro lime rice, chicken, guacamole, and tomatillo dressing.  I did it cooking show style, and several of the girls did the prep and cooking.  We had fun!!

 Lovely assistants.

 Sunday tradition.

 We went up to City Creek and visited Amanda at work for her lunch.

The doctor gave Amanda the ok to eat chicken and nuts again.  Woohoo!!

 I busted out the sewing machine and made some headway on my quilt.  I'm excited to go home and have my mom help me with the last couple of steps.

 Megan ran and completed this marathon!!

 Amanda joined her at mile 21 and ran with her the rest of the way.  (My job was to be the photographer. ;))

 Give that girl some Diet Doctor Pepper!!

 She's amazing!

 Firework season is back!!!!!!!