Summer Fun Thus Far

The weekend school got out, Tim and Carter headed off to the Father and Son's campout.  Our little boy was in heaven.  Fires, s'mores, hot dogs, other dirty little boys, water and sleeping under the stars.  Yahoooo!!!

While the boys were away, we held our annual Quilting Bee.  Yep - at the risk of being the neighborhood dork, we invited our neighbors and tied quilts all night.  Between yummy salads, chocolate cake, chatting and tying quilts, I didn't get any pictures.  After all the ladies had gone home, my dear friend and I sat on our front porch and talked all night.  The kids played night games and it was a picture perfect night.  We didn't even think about going in until 10:00pm (an hour after my bedtime!!!). 

Delivering the baby quilts to the humanitarian center
 

Cooking lessons - can't go wrong with chocolate chip banana bread

The cute gal below was our designated "Carter holder" during church after the triplets were born and we were living in Arizona.  She got married and we attended her reception last weekend.  They had a live concert at their reception.  Many of my favorite local singers were there.  It was beautiful evening!

Cori Conners, Nancy Hansen, Peter Brienhold and some other dude

 Annie has become my ironing helper.  I've been making a new quilt (Spools by Thimble Blossoms....she is such a great designer) and Annie has been ironing all my blocks.  Bless her heart!!!!

While Tim was running the Ragnar Relay (Go Tim!!!), the kids and I headed up to the mountains!  They were a bit freaked out by the "wild life" warning signs but I was more freaked out by the potential belly achin'. 

 But everyone did a superb job!  We packed breakfast burritos that everyone carried in their own backpacks.  We chomped on our breakfast after 400 yards.  We sure had worked up an appetite!!!

Carter attended the high school basketball camp with a school friend.  Lots of fun!  We've been doing lots of house jobs, working in the house garden and the ward garden.  My basil is struggling this year....what is a girl to do without basil!!!  We've been going to the dollar movies and start swim lessons soon.  Best of all....cub scout camp is next week.  And I am the lucky one who gets to be a parent helper...yeah (catch the cheekiness!!!).