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!

Yosemite Day 5 (Sacramento day 1)

Well, it wasn't really Yosemite anymore, but it was the same trip, so we will give it the same title. Our last day, Trent, Melissa, Denelle, Devin and I spent the day in Sacramento. None of us had ever been there before and we had fun eating breakfast, exploring the adorable old town area, and seeing the train/railroad museum and the famous golden bridge (that none of us knew about. Ha). We walked across it to go to the Athletics game, which was the real reason we decided to fly out of Sacramento instead of Fresno, which is the way we came. Dev and I are trying to hit all the MLB stadiums and have a picture map that has the A's in Sacramento, which is their temporary home, so naturally we needed to see them while they were there. The first few innings were blazing hot and we almost died, but we made it through and when the shade hit us, we were happy campers. The food at that stadium was quite good AND they had free ice cream sandwiches AND free shirts (bet you can't tell!!) I looked a real good part- an Angel's t shirt, my Travis D'Arnaud Braves jersey over that, and then the A's jersey over that. Repping three teams, no problem. We cheered for both teams, to the chagrin of the A's fans near us (who knew they actually had fans?). The Angels pulled it out in a really fun game with a lot of scores and several home runs. The game ended in time for us to head pretty much straight to the airport, with a short drive by the state capital, since we were there. Great time, all in all! 

The Sacramento River

Denelle's first MLB game. Isn't she cute!

Another picture that makes me laugh and laugh from the trip. Denelle and Melissa look like a couple and I looe like I'm deciding between Trent and Devin. Hahahahaha

Did anyone know this bridge existed and is famous? no? Me neither.

Yosemite Day 4

 Day 4, we tried again to get away from the crowds in the valley. We went to Glacier Point and stopped along the way to hike Sentinel Dome and Taft Point Loop on the way. It was gorgeous and a different view from the other side of the park. We took our time, had snacks when we wanted, let Zach and Trent wander off to climb some rocks for a while, and watched a couple people on slacklines across the massive canyon (crazy!) We then drove to Glacier Point, which was pretty, but so crammed packed because there was a wedding there that day. We stopped at the Mariposa Grove on our way out of the park to see the massive sequoia trees. After that, we added a few passengers to our car and headed toward Sacramento. We were jammmmmmed in there and could hardly see Denelle in the back seat. Poor dear. But we made it. All in all, a fabulous day seeing another gorgeous part of the world. Again, I had problems narrowing down the photos, so here we go.

We saw a mama bear and her two cubs on our hike!

I inlude this photo because every time I look at it, I laugh. The random groupings of people-- Holly posed all cute all by herself, and the two total strangers that made it in (the lady taking the picture in the front and the guy in the orange on the right, though he could pass for Zach since he is wearing Zach's siganature orange)

our cozy ride to Sacramento 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yosemite Day 3

 Day 3 took Devin and I exploring through a more remote area of the park to get away from alllllll the people! My mom would be so proud, we got out our physical map and decided on a path and then went for it. We had a great day together with several beautiful stops along the way. My favorite was Tenaya Lake, a beautiful little lake where we stopped and had lunch. We wished we had our paddleboards! 

Upon our return to the valley, we met up with the others for dinner and then walked to lower Yosemite Falls, which was gorgeous. It was a slower, but fantastic day.