Bowling, bowling, bowling

It's tradition--several times a year--on the smaller holidays, our family goes bowling. On Labor Day, Martin Luther King's birthday, and Memorial Day you can find us rolling a ball down the lanes with whomever we can talk into going with us. I always bowl on the bumper guard lane with Tanner and my mom. Tanner usually tries the regular lane for his second game. It's a fun thing to do to liven up a holiday!

she's back from the trek

we just picked up taryn from the trek--a pioneer journey the youth in our stake experienced. she was gone for 5 days (no showers, no electricity, no cell phone, no flushing toilets, no internet, no beds). the group pushed and pulled handcarts near Mt. Hood over part of the Barlow trail. they were grouped into "families" and traveled about 5 miles each day. at night they set up camp--their tents and sleeping bags. each youth was allowed to take a sleeping bag and a 5 gallon bucket filled with the supplies they needed. they were all asked to dress in pioneer clothing. taryn didn't change all week (even though she took another pioneer outfit). taryn took NO pictures (where did i go wrong?) but here are some of her return.

look at the dirt on her collar!

oh, her poor feet!

the first thing she wanted to do was go to taco bell! and the second was to take a shower!

ward campout

our ward's campout was last weekend at Metzler Park, just south of Estacada. for the last couple of years, we have just come out for the evening campfire or only quinn and the kids have stayed to camp.

this year, because of our new tent purchases and our double-height air mattresses (and electricity at the site), i decided to camp overnight too! we persuaded grandma to come too (again, i think it was the air mattresses).

quinn, grandma, tanner and i came out first and set up camp. our new big tent was not that hard to set up. we had to borrow an air pump (the one we had was too weak) and it pumped up those mattresses just great. we all slept pretty great (quinn and i just needed another blanket).

the ward had a campfire with a special speaker (pres. henderson) and s'mores and some singing (thank you, bro. mayer!). in the morning the bishopric came out to cook breakfast burritos.

the girls, grandma and i left early so that tay could get to work. quinn and tanner stayed later so that tanner could play ball with other campers.