Kade and Tenley

 Kade and Tenley made it home from camp today! It was so good to see them and have them back! We picked them up from the church and headed straight to the lake to go boating. It was so hot today and it was so nice to be at the lake. Kade, Tenley and I wakeboarded and Kade also skied. We all got in the water multiple times to stay cool. It felt so good. It was also nice to hear so much about camp from Kade and Tenley. They both loved it and had so much fun. It was definitely hot but they still made a lot of great memories. They were both exhausted though and fell asleep pretty early. I hope they’re able to get plenty of rest tonight in a real bed and in a house with AC running.

Pictures from Stake Camp

 One of the leaders from camp sent a picture to Brad and it made me so happy to see Tenley playing volleyball! She’s so cute! I wish I could have seen a picture of Kade as well but I at least know that Tenley is doing well.

Ryder and Luke had a busy day today! They played at their friend’s house on the slip n slide for three hours this morning, then came home and played with another friend for another three hours, then had a soccer game tonight! They faced a really good team but they played hard and Ryder was still able to make a goal and Luke had a few really awesome defensive plays where he blocked the ball. The two of them played well together passing the ball back forth. We were proud of them!

Stake Camp

 Kade and Tenley both left for stake camp today. I took Kade up a few hours early because he’s a youth leader, or a part of the ‘hype squad,’ and he needed to be there early to prepare for all the campers. He’ll be great at hyping people up! They both seemed really excited for the week! It’s going to be hot and there isn’t a lot of shade where they’ll be, but there is a river close by so that should be refreshing. Kade fit all of hi gear in or on top of his overnight backpack. It was really heavy! I will miss my big kids a lot! They don’t even have their phones with them and I think that will be harder on me than it will be for them. I love being able to check in on them all the time.

Ryder, Luke and I had fun tonight. Luke broke his cleats at his soccer game last night so we went to the store and bought him some new cleats. When we got home the boys set up the soccer net and practiced. Brad had interviews and meeting tonight so the boys and I watched a movie.

Family

 My brother and his family are visiting for a few days! Ryder and Luke literally set a timer for when they’d be here today. They are so excited! They played with their cousins all night tonight! My phone wasn’t with me much so I missed photo opportunities again! I will do better tomorrow!

Kade and Tenley are at camps until Saturday. I dropped Kade off to head to his high adventure and then I dropped Tenley off to head to girls camp. They’re both excited and I will miss them again!

Awesome Youth Leaders

 More pictures from Kade’s camping trip! He said he had a great time. It’s good to have him back! I’m so grateful for the leaders who were willing to camp up there and spend time away from their families and with the boys and cook yummy meals for them and take care of them. Even in the rain they made it fun!

Kade

 I sent Kade off to a stake church camp today and we are all missing him! He’s been so excited though and I know he’s going to have so much fun. One of his teammates mom’s sent over some photos she took of him during the soccer season and it just made me miss him even more! I’m such a silly mom.