Week Number 1 of Summer Vacation

What a great week!!  We didn't have a lot on the calendar so we got to do some playing, some relaxing, sleeping in, a few late night movies and lots of reading.  Rachel is reading the Harry Potter books voraciously and discovering lots more inside information than the movies give.  Rebecca is hiding out in her room most of the time quickly reading through the entire "Selection" series of books which I like as well.  Adam spent most of the week outside with friends or inside with friends.  Just the way summer is supposed to be.  And of course, it was David's birthday!!!  We had a birthday dinner and then last night we all went to the Bees game to celebrate and it included fireworks so it was extra fun.  Here are some pictures of our week.

 The garden is growing in spite of the hail storm that ripped all the little leaves to pieces and in spite of all the little crickets that love to eat all the leaves.  Anybody know how to get rid of crickets other than seagulls?

 

Adam and his friends, Skylar, Benjamin and Josh, kept cool on the Slip 'N Slide

 

Just had to share this beautiful rose because I love the colors.

 

Home Improvement Project..... put a frame on the mirror in the bathroom.  It turned out pretty good and wasn't too difficult so I think I will do the other bathrooms (some time later in the summer)

 

Gotta love the game of CLUE

 

Happy 49th birthday David!!!

 We managed to make it up to the Draper pool for a while as well.

 Celebrating David's birthday at a Bees Game in Salt Lake.  The Bees won!!!!

 

 

YW Personal Progress Medallion

I received my YW Medallion yesterday at church.  It's actually my second one since I did get one when I was a Young Woman.  But we were challenged in our ward as women to work on it and I was able to finish mine recently.  They presented it to me in a combined RS/YW meeting on Sunday and they had my husband, David, come in and do the actual giving of the necklace to me and then they gave me these beautiful flowers.  I felt very special.  I loved working on it and was able to accomplish  a lot of goals.  Maybe I'll start over and do it again.

Rock Climbing

We've decided to do rock climbing for the summer!!  We used to do it in San Jose and we loved it but haven't done it in Utah.  So we went to Momentum on Friday and Rachel, Rebecca and I all got certified to top rope belay.  I didn't think I'd remember anything about how to do it but it came back really quickly.  I suddenly remembered the knot as well as the lingo and the procedures.  I'm glad to know that my memory hasn't completely left me.  Anyway, we are all set to go for the summer.  The bouldering was pretty fun too... for the kids.  I like having the rope on me.  :-)

Gaylene

Rachel

Rebecca

Adam

Rachel

End of Year Party for Adam

Adam's whole 4th grade class walked to the park near the school to have a field day/pizza party to celebrate the end of the year.  They had all sorts of activities but I only got pictures of him at the station I was running.  We were doing relay races of various sorts and it was tons of fun.  Rachel also went to help and she helped run the water sponge game station.  The kids especially liked that since they got wet and it was a very HOT day.

Piano Recital

Yesterday was Adam and Rebecca's Spring piano recital and they both did a great job!  I have included a little clip of Adam playing and Rebecca playing.