Spoken Word

While we had Jane and Lucy we tried to get them to go with us to spoken word, but couldn't get them out of bed. I guess thats what happens when you let teenagers have coke at midnight the night before and they stay up all night.....

The Girls

From July 22 through August 4th, we had the opportunity to house 2 foreign exchange students from China. Lucy (14) is on the right pictured below and Jane (13) is on the left. They would go in groups everyday from 8:15 am to 5:30 pm and we would have them at nighttime and the weekends. The picture below is the first day I drove them to their group in the convertible. They were fans!

Playing the Wii became a great go to!

I took them to the 24th of July fireworks where they watched from the back of the convertible. Later I found out that Jane was totally freaked out they were going to hit us because we were so close. I thought we had the best seats in the house!

 They were home all day on the 24th so I took them to the Pioneer Days fair in Bountiful. 

This is what happens when you let two girls go on a spinny ride at the fair..... they did not feel well after,  mixed with the heat and fair food, and not to mention jet lag, did not go over well....

This was taken at their Banquet Dinner where they received certificates for completing the two weeks of school.

Here they were singing to us host families.

On our last Saturday we took the girls bowling. Jane is super competitive and it was kind of funny cause Lucy was kicking her butt.

This was the last night out with the girls on Saturday night. I took them to Mandarin Garden for Dinner. Lucy decided to not listen to me when I told her not to eat the red peppers. Her mouth was on fire!!

This is when we had to drop them off for them to go on to Los Angeles. I got in the car and bawled! 

Happy Birthday Henry and CoCo!!!

Since Hen's birthday is on July 5th and CoCo's birthday is on July 2nd we had a fun joint party. For Hen's birthday this year I got him a plane ticket to go visit his Mom. Here are some pics from the party!

Blowing out the candles

Love the Princess Hat

Moving to Wendover

So when Hen found out he could choose to transfer to Wendover, he jumped on the opportunity to be closer to home and get away from the heat of Vegas. So I flew out to Vegas and we rented a uhaul again for the second time within 10 months and moved him out to Wendover. The weekend was quite eventful between our SUV breaking down twice. Once it was in the valet line at the MGM Grand as we were going into see the Cirque du Soleil show Ka. Luckily we were still able to see the show but had to wait 2 hours after the show for someone to come tow our car.  Other than that, moving in 120 degree heat was really the silver lining!!! Man, I must love this man a lot! 

The Hoover Dam Tour

Last time I visited Vegas, Hen and I toured the Hoover Dam. It was really cool!

 This picture was taken from inside the Dam looking out.