Summer has come and gone. I look back at the last few months and wonder what I have accomplished. I decided that I have spent a lot of time preparing for trips, going on trips, and cleaning up after trips. We have had a few visitors in between trips and several get togethers. We have had a lot of fun with family and friends. We wish that we could be with all of you more often, but we are soooo thankful that we were able to see everyone that we have this summer. Thanks for the good times!!!! Here is what we have done:
Larsen Family Reunion (I posted all of the pictures on my facebook, so if you want to see them go there)
After the family reunion the girls flew home to go back to work. The boys and I spent the next week traveling. We visited my mother in Moses Lake. My friends Sheli Franklin and Tammi Shepherd came over from Wenatchee to see us. I sure wish that they lived closer.
We then traveled to Tri-Cities and saw Annika and Bruce's new home. Then we drove to Burley and played with RaeAnne and Camille for a few days. Preston showed us his fun airplane. The boys thought that it was pretty cool.
Our next trip was to Utah. We met up with Kim at the Hill Airforce Base to look at the Museum that they have there. I wanted to take some pictures of the planes to frame and put in the boys room. While we were in Utah we went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. We also visited the new Draper Temple. Aunt Kim treated us to the movie "UP" It was fun to listen to Kjel. I think that he could relate to the scout in the movie.
Oquirrh Mountain Temple 
We had a great experience while we were at the temple. We ran into Aunt Heather who was helping usher at the temple. She introduced us to Elder Kikuchi. He was kind enough to talk to the boys. He asked them how old they were and then he wanted to make a pinkie promise with them. So they pinkie promised him that they would serve a mission when they grew up. He told them that he didn't want a wishy washy promise but a for sure promise that they would. We took this picture afterwards, so that they could remember their promise.
Draper Utah Temple
The following pictures are of Jamestown. There are pictures of the fort, a ship that the people came on from England, and the Indian village. Of course these are all replicas, but we had fun exploring the Indian dwellings, the ships, and the old fort. They had people demonstrating the everyday lives of the early settlers and Indians. 
2 comments:
What a busy and fun summer! I am glad that I was able to be a part of some of your summer fun.
I thought there was such thing as the "lazy days of summer"?? Just today I found myself saying, "Maybe I can start getting something done again when school starts?" Looks like your trips have been terrific. Not the laundry part, but the memory-making part. I like the Elder Kikuchi story. So fun to see your updates!
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