Thursday, July 22, 2010

summer camp 2010

The happy campers with mom
Camp counselor MIM...She was amazing and a great leader for the kids!
The crazy banana boat...what a blast!!
saying a prayer before lunch with parents

Tess on the water trampoline
Cameron won the regatta for his age group in sailing! way to go Cams!!
Tess kayaked and sailed alone and loved it!

The kids had a great christian camp at rockport reservoir this week. We met a wonderful counselor named Mim who runs camps for kids and she was amazing!! Tess sailed a sailboat for the first time alone!! The boys had regattas, kayaked, rode seadoos, wakeboarded, sailed and river rafted!! It was such a great experience. I loved hearing the stories at the end of the day!!

Each day camp began with a message and prayer...monday was "walking on water"- courage and prayer, tues was "calming your storm"-peace and patience, wed was "fishers of fish and fishers of men"- wisdom and integrity, thurs was "what happens when your life is dry?"-Hope
Mim was a great leader. It is so great to meet people who are dedicated to bringing God to young people! She was a blessing and gift to our kids this week!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

...nothing is impossible with GOD

I love how God is with the beautiful people of Africa when we cannot be! I love that he gives them hope and courage and lifts them up! I love that they find strength in their everyday lives through his grace! I saw this photo on a friends blog weho had just been to Ethiopia and it really made me smile and warmed my heart!

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Lovin' mountain life!!










spent the day up on the mountain at Deer Valley. It was spectacular!! The boys went mountain biking. They ride the chairlift up and mountain bike down. Tess, Jeff and I hiked for over an hour and then had lunch while we waited for the boys. One of my all time favorite ways to spend the day...

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

rafting the Weber river...





My Aunt and Uncle and their son are visiting from Portugal. We took the group river rafting on the Weber. It was such a beautiful day! One of our favorite things to do up in the moun tains!!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

...Driving to the Ranch...



We are blessed to be heading out to our ranch for the month of July. We are all looking forward to time in the great outdoors!! So... 3 kids (Bennett is playing lacrosse back east), 2 dogs, my Aunt Lili,Uncle and cousin all hit the road for a 2 day drive to Utah!! Yippie-kay-yay!!
We have rodeo tickets for tomorrow and can't wait to hit the mountain to hike, river raft and eat good grub!!