Monday, June 18, 2018

Monday, June 18, 2018


School is out and the kids are so happy.  We made treats for the teachers as a thank-you.  I hoped they enjoyed their apple cupcakes.

Life has been so busy so I am taking my lunch break to write in my journal.  We had the opportunity to clean a cabin at camp Piuata.  It is located 30 minutes east of Kamas.  We decided to make it a camp out with the family.  It was so beautiful.  When we arrived, we went straight to work.  There was a lot of mice droppings (gross!).  I was saying a silent prayer that the haunta virus would not get us.  After cleaning the cabin, we went exploring.  I loved the smell of the pine trees.  We had a great time looking for fossils and catching frogs in the pond.  When nightfall came, we mad hot cocoa and saw a bat.  Tim got a fishing pole and swirled it in the air to see if the bat would go after it.  Sad to say, the bat knew better but Teagan thought it was the neatest thing.  There was no cell phone coverage so we got to enjoy the great outdoors.  We slept on cots in the cabin.  Around 3:00 am I had to go potty.  Stepping outside and gazing at the stars was amazing.  I was so tempted to wake Tim to enjoy the beauty with me.  But, I let him sleep and I walked to the bathroom. 
                The morning was gorgeous.  We were making breakfast as the other ward members arrived to clean the other cabins.  Tim was making egg, ham, and English muffin sandwiches.  I was getting warm by the fire.  I was thinking about how beautiful the day was and the fun time we will have fishing.  My thoughts were over taken by McCabe coming over and saying, “I got some bad news.”  I wondered to myself, “now what in his 11-year-old mind could be bad news.”  “I locked the keys in the car.”  Yep, that was bad news.  Plan B went into immediate action.  We bummed rides off other ward members.  Once home, we got the spare keys and drove 1.5 hours back to camp.  The boys went fishing and I drove back home.  I was so tired I fell asleep.  After my nap, the girls (Soli, Jacinda, Xadia) and I went to the Mandarin restaurant for a nice Chinese dinner.  Then stopped by avalanche snow for a Sno-cone.  It was a fun evening to spend with the girls.
                This past weekend was father’s day and celebration of our 19th wedding anniversary.  Tim and I went to Wendover and watched a tribute to the beach boys.  It was fun to dance and sing along to the music.  I also got to eat a hug éclair.  It was sooooo good.  Margaret stayed with the kids.

                Sunday we celebrated Tim and the good job he is doing as a dad.  He got candy bars, letters, and a tie (with the kids on it) for father’s day.  The kids are very fortunate to have Tim as a dad.  He is very loving and does a good job teaching the kids about the gospel.  I hope one day the kids realize how good a dad Tim is.