Hodge Podge

They had a cowboy-themed stake dance recently, and I thought Kendra and Ryder looked so cute for it!

With Melisse.  Kendra borrowed the hat from Wylan, who actually lives on a farm

McKinley, Luci, and Kendra

Ryder was thrilled to get to bring home this leftover root beer!

I feel like the handkerchief really makes the costume.  (Ryder's cowboy hat was a gift from Wylan to Camille; it was nice of Camille to let him borrow it!)

Brittney and I carpooled to book club and discovered that we'd dressed so similarly, with our soft greens and purple crocs!!!

Temple date!

We couldn't decide if we should focus on the flowers...

...or the building and sunset?  It's all pretty!!!

I mentioned once to Kendra that seeing bales of hay always makes me happy (that's not just me, right?), and she took note and convinced her siblings to all chip in with her to buy these for Craig and me for our birthdays!!!

Mine is the happy one.  But if I'm feeling grumpy, I can turn it upside down!

We had our annual Summer Party at the Snow's and it was the same hit it always is!  

Camille was excited to see the horses (I should explain-- this is where Wylan lives!  So he's actually a legit cowboy!)

I didn't get video of this, but Ryder's friends managed to get him spinning as he went down the slip and slide!  It was surprisingly impressive!

Ember, Jadyn, Kendra, and Lilyann

Luci was smart enough to NOT go down the slide, but she and Kendra appreciated that their swimsuits matched!

They aren't kidding when they call them "blades" of grass!!!

Camille and Peter enjoying all the soap at the bottom!

And while we were there, Bentley was off at King's Dominion with a bunch of other boys from the stake-- he totally blew off his last day of work before moving to Seattle, and I couldn't even blame him!

Camille having fun at Activities Days (which I think is now called Valiant Activities?  I dunno, I can't keep up with all the name changes...)

Sarah and I rewarded ourselves for surviving our first week teaching seminary by going to the temple!

Just hanging out with the chickens!

I had seminary training in DC on a Saturday morning, so Adam offered to take Colton and Camille to the farmer's market while I was done-- he sent the cutest pictures!

With the Holbein kids, Carter, Emma, and Hazel.  I DIE over how cute Hazel is with her popsicle there!!!

They're all so colorful together!

Kendra and Ryder have been busy with marching band-- here they are in their costumes, looking so dapper!

Kendra is one of two drum majors, which is very exciting, but also logistically complicated...

Kendra about to start the show, Ryder is up front on the xylophone

And now Evan, the other drum major, has taken over.  You can see Ryder playing trombone to the left of him, and Kendra on his right playing bass drum

And the moon looked cool, too!

That's probably enough for now-- I'm sure I'll have more to share soon!