My long lost friend!

On Monday one of my best friends Jessica came into town from Utah with her little girl Elle. They, as well as Jess's mom Jan, came over to my house and we had lunch and chatted for a couple hours. It was so great to see them. I hadn't seen Elle (or Jess) since she was blessed in December. Though we haven't kept in touch as much as we would both would like, I know I can always count on her. She's always been a great friend and an amazing person. I look up to her and she makes me want to be better.
Elle is so stinkin' cute and Jess is such a good mom. It was fun to see her little personality. Love you guys!

Wigs and Sandy Point

We found these hideodeous wigs in my moms closet last weekend, so we had to have a bit of a fashion show.
Nice Wayne.
My beautiful grandma-husband.
Hello gorgeous.
Who knows what I was doing, but this looks like an awesome mullet.
Later that day we went to Sandy Point. I hadn't been there in forever. We took a picnic and had a blast. Johnny stayed in the raft most the time because the water was pretty darn cold.
Heidi and dad in front of the fountain. It was sweet, first we threw the frisbee in the fountain to see how far it would fly, then we tried the volleyball, and then we mastered the art and threw the tube in. It was so fun.

Liv got in the water for about ten minutes and was freezing, so she got out and laid on her towel in the sand. About five minutes later she was sleeping.

It looks like Wayne is holding Gavin by his legs, but really he's just getting ready to catch him. He had Gavin going so high, and Gavin loved it.

Grandma and Gavin.

Jake decided he needed water wings. We had to deflate them, yank them up his arms and then blew the tiniest bit of air back into them. Needless to say, they did not keep him afloat.

Jake leaves on his mission in 3 days! I can't believe it. I am so excited for him and can't wait to hear about all his adventures. I will miss him tons though!

Jake went through the temple

Saturday Jake went through the temple. It was awesome to have everyone from the family there. We were just missing Heidi. I think Jake enjoyed it. He was excited to find out that he didn't have to ride a goat after all, even though Sherstine told him he would.

After the temple we went to the Cheesecake Factory with the fam. Yum!
Livi was thrilled with her mini cheeseburgers.
Ma and pa waiting for their food.
Jake trying to shove the TONS OF FUN burger in his mouth. I think all the boys in our family ordered this burger. The picture doesn't do it justice, it's HUGE.
Uncle Mark, Aunt LuAnn, Apes, Toby, their little girl Megan, and Alicia came to Boise for the weekend and met us at the Cheesecake Factory. This is Livi and Megan who became fast friends when Sherstine's family went to Utah a few weeks ago.
Alicia and her MASSIVE plate of chicken. Once again the picture doesn't do it justice. I think there were 3 chickens on that plate.This was Sherstine and Wayne's last day in town. :( We were all sad to see them go, but mostly grandpa(who still has pink toenails and may just leave them pink until Liv comes back at Christmas to re-do them).

Grandpa's Day At The Spa

The other day I was at my parents house and I started to paint my toe nails. Livi came in and wanted me to paint hers, so I did. Then she wanted to paint uncle Jake's, he said no. She asked uncle Johnny, he said no. She asked daddy, he said no. So she asked grandpa, and he said sure! She was so excited. She actually did a pretty good job.


After nails, they got in the tub (grandpa fully clothed).
Livi scrubbed his back.
Washed his hair.Gavin hopped in and LOVED all the bubbles and the warm water.And then Livi brushed grandpa's hair until all the snarls got out.
The funniest thing about grandpa getting his toe nails painted was that he thought it would come off in the tub. Not so, in fact, his toe nails are pink today! Needless to say, this girl has my dad wrapped around her little finger!

Oregon Coast

This week we went to the Oregon Coast with Johnny's family. It was the first time since our wedding that everyone had been together. We had so much fun. We went to Otter Rock Chalet near Newport and rented beach houses. It was so fun to relax on the beach and spend time with everyone. Thanks to Lana and Mark who planned the whole thing and thanks to Johnny's parents who got us all there. I want to go back already!

Camping

Last weekend we went camping up in Idaho City to Hayfork. We had a blast just relaxing by the creek, taking small hikes, roasting mallows, and playing games. It was fun to have Sherstine and her family with us. We've been going camping up to that area since we were little and it was just as great as ever! The only thing we were missing was Jake :(

4th of July!