Summer Break

I had a G-R-E-A-T summer!

Hiking with Frank, Rosie, and Stephen in the mountains by Salt Lake

 

 

Hiking with David's Family up the canyon from Vivian Park

 

 Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum

"This looks like a tasty morsel!!"

 

 SANDPOINT!!!!

Every year Schwitzer has a free chair lift day. 

We rode up and had a picnic and a few hiked down while others rode.

 

Notice the fashion: cupcake socks, polka dot pants, striped top, leopard spot hat!!

 Listening to Grandpa tell bedtime stories!

 

Reading is a MUST activity! It's even better when you have a baby with a ba on your lap!

 

COUSINS!

 

4th of July

Pre-parade Parade!

Flag raising

 

The "real" parade

Hike to Gold Hill

 

Very Handsome! 

Blowing Bubbles!

 

Emily got baptized this summer!

 

Canoe trip 

I didn't go on it but this is a cool photo. (I like sleeping in my bed too much!)

We hosted a pioneer Day 5K run.

Mom coming in the finish line. It was her first 5K

Playing in the Pack River.

Chocolate Milk is always a part of Summer!

 

The Farm can be soooo exhausting!

 

 Am I handsome or what!?!!!

 

Farm food is sooo tasty! 

 Beautiful!

 

 The Aunt Mel Monster strikes again!! Attackkkkk!

 

The kids LOVE the hot tub!

Jess, Mare, and I did a 3 day Musical Theater camp.  We had 35 kids from the 2 wards sign up!

 We arrived in Sandpoint 22 years ago on August 1st. We ate lunch at Dubs. So, August 1st this year we made a lunch trip to Dubs to celebrate! They have the most tasty fries I've ever had!

 

 Annual Princess Party!

 

Grouse Creek! 

The river was REALLY swift so Aunt Mel help the kids across and held them in the current!

 

Walk to the back forest. 

 

It was a GREAT summer. Thing and I leave tomorrow to drive back to UT :(   

I'm grateful that Mom and Dad still live in such a beautiful place and that the family comes back every year to create good times and memories! 

My Birthday

My Birthday was Yesterday-

Here is What I Did:

1. Zumba

2. Breakfast (cold cereal with COLD milk-yum!)

3.Worked on Musical Theater Camp

4. Worked in the Flower Beds with Two Gorgeous Girls!

 

5. Ate lunch-boring

6. Went on a walk at Dover Trail (it was WAY too hot so we only did the cool boardwalk section, turned around and went back to the lake so the kids could swim-in their clothes!)

7. Had my birthday party. It was a SUNSHINE PARTY

What time is it Mr. Sun

Wet T-shirt relay

Fill a bucket with water from cups relay

Aunt Mare started a water fight!

8. Ate Homemade pizza and ice cream-yum

9. Read until bed

The Pirates of Penzance

Okay, for all you Jr High students who have been checking my blog-I've decided on The Pirates of Penzance for our musical this coming year. I'm excited; it's one of my all time favorites! I'm hoping to find a live pianist again (if any of you know any one...).
Still working on the Fall straight play...have a GREAT idea that I think you'll love but am trying to work out the logistics.  I'll let you know when I know!!! 

Joseph Photos

Here are a few photos of Michael and I doing Joseph.

Joseph

As noted in a previous post, Michael and I are in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Deramcoat up at the Murray outdoor amphitheater. Michael is Isaacar and I'm Dan's wife! The show runs June 15-23, every night except Sunday at 8:00 PM. Here's a website where you can get more info:

http://www.nowplayingutah.com/event/detail/441576498/Joseph_and_the_Amazing_Technicolor_Dreamcoat 
 
I would suggest dressing warmly (you sit on metal benches) and it gets cold when the sun goes down.

Anne of Green Gables

I had a gift card to Amazon so decided to buy the Anne of Green Gables DVDs. It's been a number of years since I've watched the movies. I have REALLY enjoyed them. If you haven't seen them for a while-or never-I HIGHLY recommend them. The values in the show are superb. Whenever one of the main characters makes a mistake they are really quick to admit their faults and ask for forgiveness. This happens a number of times during the show. Man, wish we were more like that now-a-days! There are also a bunch of great lines that speak truth:
Marilla: To despair is to turn your back on God.
Miss Stacey: Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it.
Marilla (referring to Anne): She's no good for us Matthew. (Matthew's response): We might be good for her.
Anne (commenting on city vs. country life): I think I would probably come to the conclusion that I'd like it for a while... but in the end, I'd still prefer the sound of the wind in the firs across the brook more than the tinkling of crystal. 

The production itself is also fantastic. Usually when I watch plays and movies my mind in constantly critiquing and thinking, "they should have done that different, or this." I haven't thought that once. The music is great, acting, script, cinematography, sets, costumes, etc, etc, etc-ALL great! It's just a well done movie! I'm part way through the sequel and am still loving it!!! (I'll admit, I'm apprehensive to watch The Continuing Story...I purposely have never seen it but now that I own it I'm going to give it a try.)

Ballroom

I teach an early morning ballroom class for 2 months with one of the scene teachers here. We always go to a competition. We did really well this year! All the teams get placed Bronze, Silver, or Gold. We took four teams: 2 were placed Bronze and 2 were placed Gold. We had two couple recieve medals for Top Scores (meaning they got a lot of points) and another couple recieved Top Performance (to be honest, I'm not sure what that means!) Then our school recieved the Spirit Award (I think we were the best cheerers because a good chunk of the team are drama students...hmmm!!)Here's some photos of the dancing. You can tell they're having FUN!!

Couples Who Got Medals

Part of the Kids, Me, Mr. Shelly with our Spirit Trophey