4th of July and More

I don't really know what we have been up to lately, but I feel busy all of the time. I think the heat is just wearing me out, but we are still having fun swimming, and hagging out with friends. I am now in charge of the Relief Society Meetings/ Activities and I survived my first one. We had a purse party with games, food, and a little message and everyone seemed to like it, now it is time to plan the next one. I also taught for the first time in Relief Society and survived that also, I was really nervous but it went okay and I learned a lot.

Last week Reddin went to Havasupai with the young men and he had a great time. They left early Monday morning and came home Wednesday night. We said that everyone had fun and that everyone survived the hike. I think I want to try that sometime he makes it sounds like lots of fun. Picture of Havasupai

Payton and Kayda are becoming great swimmers and I am so proud of them. We usually end up swimming 4 or 5 times a week and I think Kayda gets better every time. Payton is already a strong swimmer and I don't worry about her she is learning back stoke and is a different girl in the water. I feel like she is comfortable and confident and I love that I wish she would feel like that all the time.

For the 4th of July we went to a movie as a family, went to swim lesson, went to lunch with my parents and brother, and then went swimming and had a BBQ at Reddin's parents. We finished the night with sparkler in the street and both my girls where scared of them, maybe next year will be better.

I don't have to work this week which is a nice little break. We went to the zoo today and it wasn't too bad. We went mainly to play in the splash park there, but we saw 7 or 8 animals along the way. After the zoo we went swimming and then came home I am hopping we all go to sleep early tonight because I am tired.

Kayda, Valerie and Payton at the zoo