Car Troubles, Camp K, YM Camp, FSY, Father's Day, Running

In the last two weeks here is some of the things we have done. We were able to go to a local Farmer's Market. At that market they had a permanent jewelry booth. Sarah and I decided to get permanent matching anklets. Wahoo! All they do is get a length of chain with whatever design you choose, get an o-ring and solder it on permanently. 

Crazy enough Aaron, Josh, Noah, Matthew and me are planning on running the local 4th of July 5k. Everyone else will do fine. As for me I am just hoping to finish and not die. That is always a good goal to have--haha! That is why I am wearing running clothes. I have been trying to build up some endurance. Wish me luck next week--I am sure I will need it.

With it being summer and the kids out of school, they have been doing a few things together while Aaron and I are at work. They went out for breakfast one morning:

Another day they went to Classic Waterslides for fun:

Sarah and Josh even did some baptisms at the temple:

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square did a worldwide broadcast. They made a big deal of it in Omaha and invited all the surrounding members and friends to the broadcast outside. Daniel has been serving in Omaha for almost two year (he comes home next month Wahoo!) and has never served in Aaron's cousin's area. They were finally able to meet up at this gathering to say hi.

Daniel and his companion also had a baptism this past week. Daniel is in his last transfer and looking forward to coming home and starting school in the fall. It is crazy that his mission is almost over!

Two Sundays ago it was Father's Day. Josh had left to go to work at FSY the day before, but the kids all worked together to put together something for Father's Day while he was here. Sarah and Noah got up early to make breakfast in bed and then gave Aaron a cool Hydrojug and Maverik gift card. 

I'm grateful for the amazing examples of Father's I have had in my life--from my own Dad and husband to others. They truly do make a difference.

Later that day for dinner Daniel called because of Father's Day. Grandma T was here and was able to talk with Daniel:

Matthew has sworn off soda because that is not healthy for athletes. He only drinks water or gatorade/powerade. We also had Matthew's annual meeting with all his service coordinating staff a few weeks ago. We set some good goals for him to work on throughout the next year. 

Josh has been busy as an Assistant Area Coordinator for FSY.  He did two weeks in Provo and Texas and then came home for a week. The past two weeks he spent one week in Missouri and then flew to Provo   (BYU) again.  Sarah actually is attending FSY this week at BYU, too. They will both come home Friday night so we can be together for the 4th of July the next day. He will be home for next week then leave again to go to Arizona for a few weeks then back up to Provo and Orem for a few weeks. Here are some pictures he shared of his adventures so far:

While Josh was in Missouri he found they have Casey's gas station. That seems to be a favorite of Daniel's in Omaha so Josh had to take a picture of one to show Daniel that Josh has been to Casey's too. They say it is the equivalent of Maverik here in Utah.

While in Missouri he found some Blue Bell Ice cream and bought some to eat. That is only a southern thing so he was excited to see it:

Getting some sweet tan lines:

Josh has always wanted to be the DJ for the FSY dances and he finally got a chance this past week. Hopefully it went okay. I think the sunglasses make everything cooler--haha!

With all the crazy schedules Josh is exhausted. He was flying from Missouri to Salt Lake airport. He then had to catch transit down to Provo. Unfortunately, Josh accidentally left his carry on bag at the airport gate and realized his mistake as the plane was making its way over to the runway. DOH!  He let the flight attendant know and they were able to locate the bag. He is now trying to see if they will ship his bag to him. I hope they will because it contained all his electronic stuff. 

The airlines have been pretty accommodating for Josh. He will let them know that he is 6'6" and most of the time they have put him on an aisle and occasionally up in business class to help accommodate his ginormica size. 

Sarah is going to FSY alone without a roommate this week. She was a bit nervous, but glad that Josh will be there even if they are not in the same group especially since she is an attendee and Josh is an employee.

Matthew got to attend his second week at Camp K this summer. I dropped him off last Monday morning. He always looks forward to that every summer. He is lucky enough to attend in person came three different weeks from Monday through Saturday. He has his last week next month.

Last week Noah and Aaron had Young Men's Camp. They went out to Currant Creek over by Strawberry Reservoir. They had a rough few days because they had some crazy thunder/rainstorms go through their area while they were there. When it wasn't raining they had a good time. Here's some pictures:

They got to see a double rainbow after one of the storms:

Aaron is not a camper, but as a YM leader he got to go. It was nice to be there with Noah, though:

The YM camp went from Tuesday to Friday. Aaron and Noah left Friday morning so Aaron could make his Temple volunteer shift Friday afternoon. So Friday afternoon Sarah was at work, Aaron was at the temple, Grandma T was at the temple, and Josh was in Missouri and I was at work. Noah took the car to over to the park to go running. So it really stunk when I got a call at work saying he couldn't get the car started and was stranded. We are really short staffed at work so it was really looked down upon if I had to leave early, but there were no other options. Aaron and Grandma could not be reached while they were at the temple. I felt terrible, but I had to leave work early to pick up Noah because he had to get home and then be taken to his work. After I took Noah to work I went over to see what I could do with the car. I took the battery out and took it over to get it checked. It was bad so I got a new battery and drove back over and installed it in the car. Unfortunately, it still didn't start. So when Aaron got home we went to tow the car home. The towing strap broke. That is when we found out towing is part of our car insurance benefits. They will tow for free up to 15 miles. We got it towed home and Aaron is now working on seeing what the issue is. Boo! I guess that is what happens when you let your kids drive cars that are 24+ years old--haha! Wish him luck!

Noah is continuing with Cross Country this summer. They all did a night run with headlamps and glow sticks Saturday night: