June Miscellany

(published 1/30/24)

Did you know that Luke is obsessed with stuffed animals?
But even he thought the $140 price tag was too much for this crane.

When the promise of screen time isn't enough to motivate Luke to practice piano,
I resort to consequences. For a while, that meant sitting quietly by himself. But when
that wasn't enough, I changed tactics and had him write sentences. He wrote a lot of
sentences over the summer.

Baptisms at the Provo City Center with this handsome fella.

The Battle of the Basement

Lindon Pool with Luke's best buddy

We got a doorbell camera.

Banana Pudding!

Why are thrift stores so much fun??

While I was still in Mexico City, Ben repeated the
Johnson Hole hike with the kids, plus Andy and Sawyer.

Looks like a beautiful day!

I was more than ready for a hike in the mountains when I got home from Mexico.

And it was that much better because Cat joined me!

Sharing surprises from Mexico... I expected the kids' size mask
to fit Luke better than it did. Oops!

It was fun finding candies and cookies with different
flavors and textures to bring home.

I love that she's wearing her Xanadu shirt in this picture.

Unfortunately, I was just guessing at how to tie the knots for this hammock.
And... I was wrong. Not too long after taking this picture, the hammock fell. With Jack in it.

There was a lot of grumbling about having to go to the Saratoga Springs Temple open
house. But once we got over that, it was a really beautiful experience, in a really
beautiful place. I love getting to see the different temples being built around us!

The Broadway Tour of Les Miserables at the Eccles in SLC.
It was wonderful, and I am so glad we all saw it together.

Luke wanted to make paper masks, so I got out the elastic I'd bought
to make fabric masks during Covid. All he had to do was untangle it...

Cat and I went for a jog on the Murdock Canal Trail and passed the
Lindon Temple. So cool! (Cat had more fun than this picture depicts.)

Liza's good friend breeds puppies and had a new litter in June.
Here's Liza with Boone, the runt of the Bernadoodle litter.
It's hard to believe how tiny he is!