Celebrating Matt's 29th Birthday

I'm so glad Matt chose to have his birthday dinner at one of my favorite places, Genji's Japanese Steakhouse! The food is always so yummy. We had a great time, except Averi kept getting surprised by the fire - and she didn't like it very well. After dinner we walked around Easton and then took Averi home for her bath and bedtime while Matt and Kate went to see Inception. Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary Matt and Katie!

These guys are eating everything in my yard!

The culprits - pretty, with some great racks, but destructive!

Youth Conference 2010

The T-shirt Design!

Waiting to raft!

The people of importance! Sister Martyn, Lyn Yost, Lyle, Mark Pumphrey, and President Birch.

Sean and Melanie

A little swim in between the rapids!

Relaxing in the cool water!

One of the 4 busloads headed back to camp!

The Rock Hard dance!

DarrLynn and me in all of our 'bling' ready for the dance!

Sean with his Hard Rock 'bling' and great friends, Paul, Sean, Alexis, DarrLynn, Alex, Cy, and David.

Our Stake Youth Council including President Yost and myself.

Trying to climb the 'iceberg'. Sean said it was tough, but lots of fun!

Sean and Cy on the 'satellite'.

We just got back from our "Do Something Hard" Youth Conference in West Virginia. The main event was a white water rafting trip. We camped - some in cabins, some in tents. We enjoyed two dances, a fireside with our stake president, a 'fire dance' program, team building exercises, toys on a lake, and a wonderful Testimony Meeting. Sean served on our Stake Youth Council to help plan and facilitate. He designed the T-shirts and conducted the Thursday night Fireside and Dance. I got to go as the Stake Young Women President. Lyle was there as the Bishop of the Zanesville Ward. So it was fun to be there together. Most of Lyle's time was spent at the grill cooking either breakfast, lunch, or dinner for two and a half days. Everyone raved about the steak, the dutch oven potatoes and cobblers, the french toast, the breakfast sandwiches, the bbq pork, and so on. I organized all of the food and just made sure we were running things on time. We had 141 youth and adults in attendance. I thought it was a great time! Would do it all over again this weekend, if it didn't mean coming home and cleaning out all of the coolers and 'stuff'.

Vacation 2010 - Trip to Utah and Idaho

Camryn and Brooklyn
Sean playing with Brooklyn

Brooklyn and Ashley

Nic, The Nana, and Brooklyn

Ashley and Camryn

Sean, Brooklyn, Nic, and Camryn

Sean and Camryn

Nic, Steff, Camryn, Ashley, Brooklyn, Ryan, and Sean awaiting the Marley sliders!

Nic said this has never, NEVER happened before. They have never both fallen asleep in the car at the same time. We couldn't get them to wake up when we got them home. Just put them in bed and they slept 'til morning.

We only have 1 week - not nearly long enough, and we are missing Matt, Katie, and Averi. They couldn't be here now because Matt started his 4th year of dental school last week. Sad that we won't be all together; we'll do it sometime soon, hopefully!We started the fun off with a quick trip to Logan on Sunday, June 27, to join the family for dinner after Britten's missionary farewell. Great company and food! Monday we headed off for Linden's Aquatic Center and enjoyed the lazy river, the shipwreck pool, and the 'Flowrider'! Lyle, Nic, Steff, Ashley, and Sean braved the surfing and were very sore the next day from the tumbles! After the swim, we ate at Marleys, a division of Harley Davidson. Brooklyn and Camryn were exhausted.

Vacation 2010 - At the Lake with the Clarks

A fun, pretty place!
Here is proof I can get dirty!
Ty, Brooklyn, Camryn, Lily, Eli, and the Nana playing in the sand!
There can never be too much water or sand!

Eli, Brooklyn, Lily, and Camryn - Fast Friends!

Enjoying the company, the water skiing & wakeboarding, the great food that Clarks always have, and building sand castles!

Vacation 2010 - Swimming in Lava

Ashley took good care of all the little girls. Here is Ashley, Camryn, Brooklyn, Aliyah, and Makenna.
Brooklyn and Camryn being taught how to swim!

The Nana with B & C!

Many of us enjoyed the warmth of the sun and the coolness of the water at Lava Hot Springs: Colleen, Zachary, Lia, & Chloe; Michael, Yvett, Jordan, Cameron, Aliya, & Rachel; Karen, Reggie, Morgan, Makenna, & Brinkley; Ashley, Brooklyn, Camryn, Sean, Tyler, Britten, & Me! Most did not want their pictures taken!

Vacation 2010 - Campout, Campfire, and Minute-to-Win-It

Reggie and Cameron ridin'.
Makenna, Aliyah, Morgan, Jordan, & Cameron. Girls proving they can drive too!
Cute, cute Camryn! Brooklyn must be on the swings or the teeter-totter!
Great volleyball!
Ashley, Camryn, Tyler, Brinkley, Sean, Britten
Karen enjoying Derris and Yvett trying to get those pennies from the bottom of the pantyhose!

Kyle and Sean making the attempt!

Nichole, Heather, Ashley and Camryn

Just enjoying the company! There were 60 of us! The nights cooled off and so the fire was a welcome necessity. Karen pulled together a great game that had us all involved and all laughing! The "Razor" was a hit with all of the kids.

Vacation 2010 - 4-Wheeling with the Schenks

Get Ready! Get Set! Go!

17 machines full of Schenks, Clarks, Andersons, Kings, Condies, Mosers, & Gibsons

Karla & Ashley
Brooklyn & Ashley
Laurie, Bailey, & Angie on the motorcycle.


Karen

Friday, July 2, we took seventeen 4-wheelers, motorcycles, 'The Razor', and one truck to the top of Baldy! After the hour-long ride, enjoying the most beautiful scenery, many played in the snow, many of us sat on the hot, sun-soaked rocks so that we could stay warm and be protected from the cold wind. We all enjoyed the majesty! We could see clear to the Grand Teton!