June

June was another busy month around here.  It began with girls camp.  My first as YW pres.  It was really fun and really well-organized by our incredible camp directors.  We camped at Glenwood Springs and it was lovely.  We had a long stretch of campsites where all our tents were set up in a row and at the top of our site were bathrooms with flush toilets and showers.  Spoiled.  We drove up on June 11th, Wednesday and Kenzie's 18th birthday.  Here we are forming an assembly line to carry in all of the supplies.

Mom, Mallo and I put together 18 little gifts to give Kenzie throughout the day.  They were all wrapped up and Mal had written funny things on them that went along with each gift.  It was funny and I think it helped Kenz feel special on her big day even though she was at girls camp.

Three of my favorite ladies.  Emily LeMasters, Alisa Adkins, and McKae Gonzalez.  Some of the most incredible YW leader's I've ever met.  I hope our YW know how lucky they are.

Here are some YW and leaders learning to make necklaces from our Camp Director Emily McAllister when we saw a crazy paddle boarder go by down the freezing river.

We had a great girls camp.  The second day we went rafting down the river together and the next day we hiked a beautiful and steep hike up to hanging lake.  It was gorgeous and fun.  Then we went back to camp and changed into swim suits and took the girls to the hot springs to swim for the afternoon.  It was a pretty cushy girls camp and I think the girls had a good time.  There were a few mishaps along the way but overall it was a really good experience.

I had found out I was pregnant a few weeks before camp but thankfully hadn't felt too sick yet.  It hit pretty hard though the day after we got back which unfortunately was Father's Day.  It was pretty awful but hopefully my dad, who was in town for the weekend, and Glenn still know that I appreciate them very much in spite of the vomiting!
The following weekend was Glenn and my 9th anniversary.  Mom watched the boys while Glenn took me up to Vail for the weekend.  We stayed at the Arabella hotel and it was incredible.  So nice to get away for a couple of days.  We relaxed and walked around and took the tram to the top of the mountain.  We ate delicious food, which I occasionally threw up, and went swimming and got some sun.  It was the perfect, chill, relaxing weekend and we really needed it.  Thanks honey.  Well done, once again.

Another fun thing we tried in June was making a "water blob", an idea we found on pinterest.  It's just a huge painter's tarp that we ironed around the edges and filled up with water.  The boys had a great time playing on it for about an hour.  Our neighbor boy, Matthew, came over to play on it too.  

The following weekend, the last in June, we took the boys on a little family getaway.  Glenn was running a half marathon on Saturday and we took of on Friday morning to Breckenridge fun park to spend the afternoon playing together.

The boys LOVED the tram ride.  It was a very long tram ride to the top of the mountain and I think it was Finn's favorite part.  He kept saying "I want to go back in the glass box!"

My sweet boys at the top of the mountain!

We bought passes that gave us unlimited access to all of the attractions so the boys had a great time and could repeat their favorites.  A favorite for both of the kids was the bungee trampoline.  I was a little surprised at how adventurous and brave our boys were.

Finn didn't make it quite as high but it was still pretty high for such a little guy and they were both thrilled.

We rode the alpine slide a couple of times and the boys both loved it.

Glenn and Tate riding the chair lift to the top.

The other favorite which we rode over and over was the alpine coaster.  It was pretty amazing.  Like the alpine slide, but on a track system instead of a slide.  You get on your sled and it takes you to the top and then you get to slide down on the track as fast as you want.  It's got tons of turns and twists and dips and we got going VERY fast.  The boys loved it.
That night we stayed in a motel and got to bed early so we could be ready to go early in the morning to get Glenn to his race on time.  We dropped him off at the starting line at Loveland ski area and then we drove to the finish in Georgetown.  The boys and I found a little diner to have breakfast while we waited for Daddy to run.  Then we walked around the little town, got some hot chocolate, and then cheered for the racers at the finish line.  It must have been a beautiful race running down the canyon.  But really hard on the knees!

Glenn killed it, as usual.  He was really fast and except for some sore knees, recovered really quickly too.

At the end of June the boys and I stumbled upon a new park nearby.  We found it one afternoon and brought Mallo and Glenn back another day to play with us.

Here's Finny, ready to catch Auntie Mallo at the bottom of the slide.

The boys loved this little spinny thing.  We couldn't go too fast or Finny would go flying off.

Another favorite was this little "take-out" window.  Both Finn and Tate loved to pretend they were making food for us.

We tried out a new backyard sprinkler just once this summer.  The boys got bored with it really fast. Maybe if we have over some friends next time it will last longer.  Tate got a little brave after a few minutes.

Finn, not so much.

This is one of my favorite pictures from June.  Tate and Finn at Centennial park with their buddy, Sawyer Garlock.  He's such a great little buddy.  So much like Tate.  Very sweet and polite and just plain nice.  I sure love the Garlock family.  We have so many incredible friends in this ward.  I just really love it here.