Utah

Anna got to go to an EFY session with a group from our ward, and be room-mates with Zoey Edgmon, Jen's daughter!  And Jen and I got to rebond that week as well and visit all our favorite places, near BYU.

Provo Airport

Heritage Halls, her dorms for her week at EFY Provo Session!!!!

The first picture they sent us of them together!

Reunion with my friends from LA1 Ward!  15 years and 13 kids later....the most awesome girls ever!

I loved catching up with Lauren, meeting her kids and laughing with Trejan, her husband again.  They treated me to Lagoon, outlet shopping, and showed me the most delectable sandwich/salad place, Kneaders.

I got to stay with Jen the rest of the time and we drove to our/my!!! favorite outlets in Sugar House.

We picked up our girls and our tour of favorite places continued...

Sundance makes me feel so high-end rustic/ourdoorsy!!!

Totally my scene with horses around!  haha

I never tire of this barn, the water, and the wildflowers...my type of landscape getaway

We got to visit Erin diConza and enjoy her backyard against the mountains, we oohed and ahhed Vanesa's estate and the Bergman's farm too.

The white house, where we lived as BYU co-eds.  I guess its yellow now.

Not too much has changed since we lived here almost 20 years ago..haha

Anna and Zoey can take over now...

Black Widows

The sweltering International Polo Fields in Wellington, Florida

surrounded by crocodile infested water!

The moms were ripping off their shirts during the games and rolling up their pants to get through the heat.  July in Florida...wow!!!  is all I can say!

The best part was hanging out with Ella, on our red-eye flight with her team-mate Katie,

watching Joanne and Chip in our hotel room together during off times,

and of course, watching her team shred on the field!  They played so well, and had so much crazy fun with each other!

The first day they got a chance to be on a mixed team with girls from all over the US.  

Her best buddy on her team was this girl from the East LA Compton Team

Their next game was nothing less than a shock.  They played the team from Hawaii that didn't seem at all phased by the heat or competition.  It was a shut-out!  

Our team shut-out every other team they played, North Carolina, Texas, but our team didn't get to move on, because our sportsmanship points were too low!?  Whoops, what's the supposed to mean?  Maybe we were supposed to be like this Hawaii team which didn't even clap or cheer.  Mellow people there and great athletes.  There team came in first.

Even though it was disappointing to not be able to move to the finals or semi-finals, even though we had enough points to score first or second if we had been in the other brackets, it's all about the experience, right?

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Olivia's summer of new beginnings!

Olivia was busy and out and about this summer!  She was even in a play for the first time.  It wasn't an easy thing to do...but she made it through...and here are my 500 videos to prove it!

Peter Pan with our friend, Amelia!  

Soccer practices and hanging out on the fields!

We got a few beach /boardwalk/lake swims in as well!

Passing  off a gymnastics level and getting ready to switch schools for 3rd grade with Caitlin

Feeling sad about leaving and missing friends from old school classes too.

A free day to spend at Happy Hollow!  My big and little kids love it there...

Colton and Liv, BFF's this summer!

Olivia's Mermaid Birthday Party!!!

Delicious burgers, beautiful pool at Grandma Dee's, 8 beautiful mermaid girls.  A little bit sad because Olivia head had 3 staples from a cartwheel on her birthday/baptism day...and she had to watch the swim party from the side.  bah

Her wonderful daddy

Happy Birthday Olivia!  Sorry about those trick candles.

The most beautiful part of turning 8, the chance to be baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

The newest church member in our family!  Her baptism was wonderful.  

She got to get baptized with dear friend and Church classmate, Lita!

My heart is melting!

We love our Visiting Teachers!  Look at that corsage she brought her for her special day of being all in sacred and pure white.

How can one girl be so lucky!  Her grandpa, 4 uncles, and her dad were all able to be there and give her the Gift of the Holy Ghost.  This is one-loved-and-cared-for little girl!

Wow, we had every single person from my side of the family there, even Corbin and his family that flew in from Hawaii that day to be there.  WOW

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The wonderful grandparents

We wish we could have had Eric's parents there, but they were fresh off a shoulder surgery and had to recuperate at home.  bah  again

So many new beginnings this summer, baptism, membership in the church, new level of gymnastics, first ER visit, a new school....hopefully lots of exciting and growing experiences this year..and more good than bad!