Kimball Family Reunion: This is the Place

Marshall took James, Kade, Tag, and Sienna to the Kimball Family Reunion. Elder Cook was there and they got to meet him. They also enjoyed the rest of the activities at This is the Place. (Lynnlee and I went to Jenna's funeral)

Sienna to Sadie's pool

Sienna was invited to Sadie's grandparent's pool. I went for the first hour to make sure the girls were good. Sadie's mom was there too so we had a nice chat while the girls swam. It was a beautiful pool in Alpine. It was surrounded by trees.

Mall Scavenger Hunt

We enjoy a mall Scavenger hunt in the summer. Last time we went to University Place Mall. This time we went to the outlets in Lehi. Sienna and I were buddies. Lynnlee brought Eden. James was on his own. Kade and Hayden were partners. We all had our list and had 45 minutes to take pictures of everything. It was tricky!

I offered a $10 prize value to the winners, $5 to 2nd place and $3 to 3rd place. Last place didn't get anything. Some of the prize options were a caramel apple from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, smoothies from Jamba, Chick-Fil-A, pretzels from Auntie Anne's, etc. We never get pretzels from the mall even though everyone always wants one. We also don't get anything from the chocolate factory so I thought for sure someone would choose that for their prize. Kade's team won 1st, Lynnlee's team won 2nd, and Sienna and I took 3rd. James came in last. In the end everyone wanted Chick-Fil-A. So everyone got varying amounts. Kade and Hayden got full meals, Lynnlee and Eden got shakes, and Sienna and I got ice cream. James paid for his own :)

Mission Impossible

We went to Mission Impossible on discount Tuesday. James was at FSY but we had tickets for everyone else. Tag ended up going to Blake's grandma's for the week so he missed out. Hayden came in his place.

Orem Summerfest

We were sad about missing Lehi Round Up days so we decided to go to Oremfest. We felt really grateful because we went on a whim and found a close parking spot to the park with the booths. We had about a half hour to walk around and shop. Then we drove to the area near the start of the parade. Again, we were just winging it. We happened to go down a street where we got to park right next to the parade where a police woman was blocking off the road. Then we were able to set up chairs right in front to the police car which was front row seats for the parade. We were facing the sun but we didn't care because we were just happy to have a spot at the parade. The kids got tons of candy and freebies since we were near the start of the parade. 

Sienna really liked this hat and she was so torn on if she should buy it or not. In the end she didn't buy it but we got this cute picture of it.

Bridal Veil

The boys are getting ready for their backpacking trip to Wind Rivers. They hiked to Bridal Veil and another waterfall.

Orem Temple with Katelyn

Katelyn is going to Vietnam on her mission! We had the opportunity to go with her to the temple. It was a beautiful day and everything went well. It was the first time my dad has gone to the temple since he had a stroke so it was a big deal and very exciting to be there with him and my mom!

Sienna's Sewing Camp

Sienna participated in sewing camp with London and Scarlet. They made a messenger bag, apron, purse, hand sanitizer holder, and chapstick holder. It is such a fun camp and her projects turned out so cute! She chose to make everything out of the fabric with yellow rubber duckies.

Sienna and Mom Adventures

Tag had practice at Highland Glen Park. Sienna came with so I could take her to sewing camp since it was close to Tag's practice. We had a little time after we dropped Tag off, before Sienna needed to be to camp. We walked around the pond and checked out the waterfall. 

It was a chilly morning and we were unprepared so Sienna had a blanket. 

I think these pictures were from two different mornings. She came with me on Monday and Wednesday and we had adventures both mornings. It was fun one on one time. 

James at Bear Lake

James was invited to go to Bear Lake with his friends over the weekend. He was in St. George for the week from Monday through Thursday and then he left Friday to Bear Lake. Summer is starting off very fun and busy for him!

Syracuse Temple

We went to the Syracuse Temple open house. It was an hour drive so I hadn't made it a priority to go. Lynnlee is the best though and encouraged us to go. We didn't have a reservation but just showed up and the wait wasn't too bad. We waited for about a half hour or so. I was doing homework on my phone so I didn't mind waiting. It was beautiful and worth the wait. There are two baptismal fonts so that is cool. 

Splash Summit

It really feels like summer when you can go to the water park. Last summer started off too cold. I was happy it was nice and hot so we could go. Tag and Kade were buddies and Sienna and I were buddies. It wasn't too crowded so we got to do all of the slides and it was so fun!

Memorial Day

We haven't been good about visiting the cemetery on memorial day. Some years it works out and other years it doesn't. This year it didn't. We celebrated memorial day with family at Manila Pond in Pleasant Grove. This year Lynnlee brought Bailey and Hannah. Ali, Dan and Drew came. Betsy and my parents came. Grace and her friend Claire were there. It was a fun filled day! We were there from 11-4. The water was a little lower so that was disappointing but we still had fun paddle boarding, kayaking, and playing in the sand. It was so nice of Ali to drive to Heber and pick up my parents and then take them back home after. I was hoping everyone could come over for hot dogs and brats after but only Grace, Claire, and Lynnlee's friends came. It was still fun though. We played lots of Jack Box.

Sienna saw her friend Flora there and so they got to play together all day.

Drew was an awesome cousin and played in the sand with Kade and Tag. They loved it and I appreciated that he wasn't "too cool" to play with the younger cousins. James was in St. George with friends for Jesse's senior trip so we missed having him there with us!

RSL Game

 We went to the RSL game. The kids all get in for free because they each got a free ticket from UYSA. James couldn't come at the last minute so Kade brought a friend. Tag saw his friend Cole there so they had fun playing the games around the plaza before the game started. We got there early so we had plenty of time to walk around.

We played Canada. The game started off with a bang and RSL scored 2 goals in the first three minutes. It was amazing. We were sitting up the goal so we saw them close up.

Then the momentum shifted and Canada ended up scoring a few goals and won the game. It was such a bummer!

Lynnlee's formal night at Olive Garden

One of Lynnlee's friends hadn't been to Olive Garden so they all planned to have dinner there on the last day of school. That afternoon someone had the idea to wear formals to dinner. Everyone agreed and so they all scrambled to find a fancy dress. Lynnlee wore my old dance dress, and Hannah borrowed one we got from Katelyn. Their friend McKayla wanted to go to dinner but dress casual so she did and they were all good with that.

Marshall took Sienna out for dinner because this was the night I was gone to the team party for Kade and everyone else was off doing stuff except for Marshall and Sienna.

Last Day of School

 The top row of pictures is from the last day, and the bottom row is from the first day. You can tell because everyone cared about their hair and outfits on the first day of school. On the last day everyone was in summer mode and didn't care as much.

Lynnlee, James, and Kade didn't go to school on the last day because they didn't need to or want to. James took Lynnlee and her friends to do baptisms.

Then he drove them to Waffle Love.

We met up and took pictures. Lynnlee and her friends have a picture from this spot for the last three years. They stand in the same place and try to recreate it every year. It's pretty great! (See above)

I need to find the picture of Kade and Jackson and insert it here. They went to Waffle Love with us for the first shift. Tag and Sienna went to school. We took them to Waffle Love around 10:00. We saw Cosmo the Cougar on our way. Sienna was saying hi out the window so he said hi back. It was super cool!

We got to the Waffle Love in A.F. that we had just been to and took this picture. Then we found out they were out of waffle dough. We weren't sure what to do because they said they would have more in an hour. I decided to take them to the Waffle Love in Draper instead of waiting. 

There was no one at this location so they had plenty of dough. I don't think it was the last day of school for schools in Draper. It was fun sitting outside and it was a beautiful morning. We might want to consider going to Draper instead in the future.

Lynnlee's friends came over after and they all fit in the top of the tree house! They had fun chatting it up.