Weekend in Idaho

This weekend I travelled to Twin Falls Idaho with my parents to attend a wedding of my cousin Jeremy to Jessica. My cousin Jessica also blessed her beautiful baby boy while we were there. I love being with the Mortensons. I just wish we weren't so far away. While we were there we stopped to look at the Shoshone Falls. So beautiful, and I loved the rainbow at the bottom. I left the kids at home for this trip. Chelsea was at EFY in SLC, Brianna had to stay in Vegas for dance, and I left the boys in St. George because most of the trip was just riding in the car. I'm sure they had a lot more fun with their cousins. On the drive my mom and I sat in the back of the van watching Gillmore Girls while my dad played with the satelite radio. He discovered the Elvis station, bluegrass, and opera. So we were all happy.

Pioneer Day

Several stakes got together to host a fabulous celebration for pioneer day. It included a parade with lots of primary kids throwing candy and otter pops. We especially enjoyed the bagpipe band. In the park there were all kinds of games and booths for the kids. They could do activities that would help them appreciate their pioneer heritage. Cord loved being a "cowboy" and was super excited when he roped his calf. It was a fun morning.

Donny's Dance Forum

On The Las Vegas Strip, July 22, 2011, Donny Osmond and more than 1000 participants descended upon the Forum Shops at Caesars. The dancers at Fern Adair got to preform on stage as his back up dancers. So much fun and a great opportunity. Donny even came to the studio to practice with them before hand. It was sort of like a flash mob in the sense that all the shoppers at the forum shops had no idea what was going on as all these people showed up with the cameras and started dancing. They ran through the dance a couple of times after getting set up. It was a super late night too. The dancing didn't start until midnight and we didn't get home until after 1:30. I'm not sure if Brianna even knows who Donny Osmond is, but I thought it was pretty cool. If you want to see the dance you can go to youtube and type in Donny's dance forum.

Girls Camp

Girls camp 2011 was held up at Kolob this year. Chelsea was a YCL (youth camp leader) for a 2nd year while this was Brianna's 3rd year at camp. There were a lot of fun activities at the camp that included shooting, archery, zip lines, canoes, and a contraption called the "flying squirrel". The theme this year was Seeking his Treasures. The girls also learned about all the women in the scriptures. But one of the hazards of having girls camp the week before the Harry Potter release was that it was very evident on all the girls mind. They were talking in British accents all week and every stick became a wand. As soon as they got home, all they could talk about was #1 A SHOWER and #2 what time they were going to to the movie. I guess it might has well be part of camp. I'm grateful to all the leaders for the great work they do for my girls. We have the largest group of YW and yet they all get along and are such a great group of girls.



































All cleaned up and ready to enjoy Harry Potter part 2