Girls' Camp: BOOT Camp

This week I was at Girls' Camp all week. Our theme this year was BOOT camp (Building Our Own Testimony). It was so great! I was in charge of all the certification stuff. We did all of it at camp, which rarely happens these days. So on Tuesday and Wednesday we did our certification classes. Then on Thursday we did a First Aid relay. All the youth leaders made themselves look cut up, burned, impailed, choking, dead, etc and we had the girls try to help them. I was so impressed with how well they did. They actually learned something and were able to apply it later. It was such a fun activity. The girls really loved it. Camp was a really fun time this year. You know how some years are just better than others, well this was one of those years. On Thursday we handed out letters to the girls from their parents and one from Heavenly Father, and they left camp and read their stuff alone. When the girls came back they were all crying and had been so touched reading their parents words. It was a really great experience for the girls. I love camp! I feel so blessed that I got to go. We are moving out of our ward in about 3 months and I am really going to miss these girls. I love them all so much. Camp is such a wonderful experience!!

Roy Aquatic Center

Yesterday we took Isabel swimming. It was so much fun. We have this local pool with fun toys and slides. We went with Ryan's mom and sister, Renee. Isabel was really unsure about the whole thing at first, but eventually warmed up to it. I think all the people made her nervous. She really enjoyed the slides. Ryan took her on the big curly slide (you can see part of it in the background). She loved it! So Ryan took her on it again and then I took her on it. She is slide happy! It was a really fun day. I love swimming!

House Update Again

This is the house: Ryan started roofing it this week.

This is our family room with the fire place. I love the windows, they were Ryan's idea.

So, Ryan thinks we could be in the house in about 4 months. I will really be suprised if we are in by Halloween, but we'll see. I am getting so excited. It's so fun to see progress.

The Binky Tragedy

So, we had a bit of a tragedy at our house yesterday. I was tired of Isabel asking for her binky all the time, so it "broke". I cut the tip off and then tried to hand it to her. I say tried because as soon as she saw it she started to cry and would not touch it or look at it. All last night she was acting like a depressed person, walking around mouning saying "Binky, Binky". It was so sad. It was like she lost her best friend. Today when we got in the car she asked for it, I tried handing her the broken binky, and all she said was "no" and then ignored me the rest of the trip. One positive from all this is, she now sucks on a sippy cup all day, so she is super hydrated. I still give her a binky at bedtime and naptime, but that binky doesn't leave the bedroom. This just makes her love nap and bed time that much more. So, Isabel had a little tragedy, but she'll get over it.

Party for all you Ladies!

These are some of the chore cards and the chore boards, they are super cute!

My sister Michelle started a business called "Soap Star Mom" and I am having a party with her stuff. She does these really cute chore boards that come custom with your kids names and then really cute chore cards. I love them! She has been using them with her kids and they work great. They even work for kids who cannot read because they all have pictures on them. She also sells the cutest aprons ever! The aprons are made for adults and kids. Isabel has an apron and she just loves it! It's cute.

So, mark your calendars ladies: June 11th at 7pm. The party will only last 1 hour, unless you want to stay longer.... I will be making some really yummy treats too, so if you just need a night out aways from the kids, come and eat some treats. It is going to be fun, after all it is at my house. If you need my address or directions, please let me know. Please come, it will be fun!!

Yo Gabba Gabba

Let me start off by saying, this is the weirdest show I have ever seen. However, Isabel loves this show. It's one of the few shows that she will watch and not get distracted. We usually watch it every morning during her breakfast. This mornings episode was called "Sleep". She saw this episode a few weeks ago and did not like it, I'll explain because today she had the same reaction. During the show the characters were going to sleep, for nap time. Everytime one of them would lay down or someone would sing about going to sleep, Isabel would burst into tears. She would make that face when hew mouth opens as big as it can go, tears start rolling down her cheeks, and then the sobbing starts. I'm pretty sure she likes to sleep, but evidentily she does not like it when people go to sleep on TV. After trying to calm her down for 15 minutes, I finally changed the chanel. We ended up watching "Tom and Jerry", and boy are they violent, I would think that would make her cry. So, the moral of the story is ..... if your kids watch "Yo Gabba Gabba" and the episode "Sleep" comes on, change the chanel, it's a really disturbing episode for todlers (according to Isabel).

Grandma Rice's Soccer Team

Grandma Rice and her team (she is the 2nd from the left)

Tonight we went to watch Ryan's mom play soccer. She has been playing indoor soccer for years (Ryan thinks "20 some odd years" to be exact). She plays every week. I think it is so wonderful that she plays soccer. I think it is really admirabe that she still plays regularly. I wish I did something like that. She is such a good example of remaining physically fit, it's great! My mother-in-law rocks at soccer. I hope at her age I am as active as her.

This is her in action. It's a little dark, but you get the idea.