Adventures in Pinetop...

These two were well taken care of at grandma and grandpas house while we were on the trek.

Piper really enjoyed her time at Grandma Rena's.

Trek...

Jer and I got asked to be a Ma and Pa for the stake trek. We didn't even have to think twice about it. We both said yes. It sounded like a fun adventure with Jeremiah. We nearly backed out a few weeks before because I was so sick with morning sickness and wasn't sure I could do it. But Jer told me to tough it out ;)

We figured I'd be about 15 weeks. That meant I was over sick and not getting big so it was a good time.

In the end I am really glad my husband had more faith in me than I did. It was great and we'd do it again in a  heart beat.

Our before and after. Yikes. We were so dirty and stinky. It was 25 miles and 4 days. The first day was hard. Hard, hard, hard. We walked until about midnight. We got to a point where the  "mob" turned us around and made us go another way. Not going to lie. We were beat. There were a few tears shed.

We got to the camp were we were given a cup of broth and a biscuit. We were hungry and it was so good. 

That night we rolled out our sleeping bags under the start and slept. Well some slept. It was cold!

I froze and was worried that our family was cold and slept horrible.

The next day we pulled the cart a bit further to "zion". We set up camp there for 2 days where we did fun activities, learned to square dance and bonded with our "family".

These kids were great! We were lucky to have such a fun group of kids. There were tired but never gave up.

Jer was quite scroungy in the end. Turning 30 really made Jer's facial hair really come in ;)

I personally like the clean shaven look. The mustache made me chuckle when I saw him. I really couldn't take him seriously with it on his face. 

It was hard. We were tired and sore for days and days! But like I said, we would do it again in a heartbeat.

Dad camping...

The girls packed bags to be farmed out for the week. In Piper's bag...She's got her priorities in line.

Had to do lots of things around here to prepare for the week. Jer took the kids on an overnight camping trip. I've been packing, doing laundry, and a little bit of relaxing.

Bode took a dive head first into the lake. Didn't slow him down.

The girls threw rocks, collected pinecones, and made wild flower bouquets.

Piper pet all the fish they caught. They all slept in the back of the car. Good memories with dad!

Random life...

Sacrament meeting doodles from my 8 year old. Gold star to who can name the movie these characters are from.

Not sure why she did this face but it's cracking me up. Found this gem on Jeremiah's phone.

Chores...

Summer chores are a must. I write them out everyday. I wonder when they will notice if they would keep their rooms and closets clean and pick up after they make a mess, it would cut their chores in half?

In an effort to reduce the boredom snacking around here I locked the two food sources. It did not go over well with our youngest resident. Today she took matters into her own hands. Just push the dork off the track. Graham crackers are just delicious.

Curls...

Pink sponge curlers. Saw them in the store today and laine asked what they did. Told her they would make her have curly hair like piper. She said we had to buy them. I predict her waking me up in the middle of the night to take them out.

She does not like it.

Summer maddness...

I like to fill up the summer days with things to do. My heart is much happier when there is a solid routine. Summer is pretty chaotic. It stresses me out. Not going to lie about that.