4th of July 2026

We have no established traditions for the 4th, so we wing it every year. This year, we went to Lost Creek with Jana and kids and then had some friends over for a BBQ- Annette and Truyen, Jana, Brandi and Tim, and Brandi and Trent. Glad we have some buddies who will spend some time with us!

Bear Lake Annual Photo Progression

We started a tradition of lining up the kids from oldest to youngest in 2020. Look at how they have grown! We missed 2024 because we didn't go that year; instead we did the Canada/US national park tour. 

2020

2021

2022

2023

2025 (Minus Mishell, who was in Ecuador)

2026

Bear Lake 2026

 One of our favorite places!! We had a quick trip to Bear Lake in early July. I had just had eye surgery and was a bit miserable, but we had a blast being together with the fam. The first day was so cold we didn't even go boating, but we had a great time puzzling, playing games, and watching movies. The second day was cold still, but we braved it and went boating. The blue water is a dream, is it not!? This is one of our favorite annual traditions. Hopefully we get one more year out of it before kids start leaving for missions, etc!

And now, a million pictures. We never fail to take a bunch, even though we are there for just a couple days.

Their "prom" photo 🤣

Till next year!

June Misc

 Other than Yosemite, it apparently wasn't a very eventful month. I only have a few pictures. 

Naturally, there was the weekly hiking....

Lizzie and Mishell spent A LOT of time at Lagoon. They take themselves on the bus & have their own passes and it has been a dream. Sometimes Gretel goes with them, Lizzie's bestie.

Mishell went to an overnight camping trip with the YSA..

We had a bishop's youth night here, which was a lot of fun...check out Melissa trying to guard Devin. hahah. 

And Dev and I took a quick trip to Idaho for Carter's wedding! No pictures of the bride and groom, of course. ha.

But look at that cute mug!

And...my YW did a clothing drive service project and we stocked the supply closet at the hospital!

That's all I've got! No pictures of Jace, Hallie, or Flor, but I promise they exist as well. Flor is thriving in her day program and I wish we had some pictures of that- she does fun things every day! Hals is working a lot at Swig and hanging out with friends, and Jace is working every day with Devin, which has been really great for him!