They survived!

Trevor and Megan returned home safely from their Handcart Trek. They arrived a lot earlier than everyone expected on Thursday evening. There were only two cars in the parking lot when they got here. Luckily we were one of the two. They were happy to be home. They had lots of fun stories to tell. In Sacrament meeting they had the Youth come up and talk about their experiences.

We had high hopes of doing some room makeovers for both the Boys and the Girls rooms, but it took a lot more work than we expected so we just barely got the boys room done. They chose the colors of our local BSU football team. We still have some finish work to do but it's mostly done. After we spread the ten yards of bark sitting in our yard, we will start on the Girls room.

Chokecherry Picking

In the past few years chokecherry picking involved, packing a lunch, gathering buckets, water bottles, bug spray, sunscreen and long pants to keep ticks off. Then we would drive an hour up the canyons nearby and hope we could find some Chokecherries still left on the bushes. This year however, we only have to walk out the front door. We didn't even know what kind of tree the builders had planted when we moved in but luckily they left the tag on it with the species name. I looked it up on the computer because it was in Latin and to our surprise, it was a Chokecherry tree.

Our tree is just loaded. I've already picked 3 gallons worth and there is still more to pick. We also have a couple of smaller Chokecherry trees in the back yard that are a couple weeks behind in the ripening process as the tree you see in the picture. I think we'll get at least five gallons or more before we're done picking. I'm going to freeze them all for now and then when the weather is cooler, I hope to make some Jelly and probably more syrup.

Trek Has Finally Arrived

Last night at about 11:30 we brought Megan and Trevor to the church for their 14 hour bus ride to Martin's Cove, Wyoming. They left shortly after midnight and hopefully they will get a little sleep on the bus. They looked so cute in their Pioneer outfits. Except for the tennis shoes, they looked pretty authentic to me. I bet the Pioneers wished they had tennis shoes.

They will complete the Trek on Wednesday and then drive to a campground near Salt Lake City where they will shower and get to swim and play miniature golf. Then on Thursday they will celebrate the 24th of July in Salt Lake City. After doing the Handcart Trek, I think Pioneer Day will have a whole new perspective for them. They'll get back to Kuna sometime late Thursday.

We can't wait to hear how it went.

4th of July Fun

Emma and Logan Finished up their swim lessons on Thursday. They both improved a lot. It's nice to know that if they are out with friends, that they can at least tread water and float if they ever fell out of a boat.

We went to the nearby town of Melba to watch Fireworks this year. It was a nice show. Since I'm not a photographer, and since taking pictures of Fireworks is tricky, I took these pictures of the flowers in our yard. They look like Fireworks to me.

Saturday we decide to take the kids to visit with their relatives at the Zoo. It was a nice day, not too hot so we were able to see most of the animals. We had a picnic in the park and walked through a Rose garden. It was a fun day.