Week at a glance

We had the pleasure of having this little one come to stay for a day and night this week.  She is so good, funny, entertaining, and adorable that we all just adorel her.  We miss you Lydia and hope you'll come again soon!

Here's Cam playing in his first high school football game this past Wednesday.  He started at cornerback and did a great job.  His team killed Bear River 54-14. His number is 1.  In the two pictures below, he's the one tackling the guy with the ball.

Jessica returned last Thursday from her 2 months stay in Deleware and NY as a nanny.  We're so happy she's home!  She had a wonderful experience, but is glad to be home (I think mostly to see Brad, her cute boyfriend)

I've had an excuse to lay around and read, read, read these past few days.  I had oral surgery on Thursday to get an implant on a tooth that had to be pulled, and also had a blood blister looking thing removed from my  bottom lip.  Between getting to go to sleep during the procedure, and the stitches in my mouth and lip, I've been kinda out of it, and in a bit of pain.  It's a good thing I haven't had much going on, and I had the latest in the Hunger Game book series to read- Mockingjay.  Although I had to reread the previous book, Catching Fire first since it had been 6 months and I'd forgotten much of it.  So, two 390 page books read in the past three days makes for some lazy days!  It's been great, but I"m ready to get back to normal life now!

Last week with the Hatch's

Yesterday we all went to lava hot springs for the afternoon and had a lot of fun.  Here are Cam and Jake plunging off the 33' platform.  There are pictures of the rest of us doing the same, but I can't figure out how to get the pictures all together (sorry Ky, I know you showed me but it isn't working. . .)

 We four had a good time attending the Bountiful temple Thursday night.  We're wanting to attend as many different temples as we can (especially the ones in Utah) so we thought we'd try and squeeze this one in before they left.  I'm so glad we did.  What a beautiful place!  We loved it.  We enjoyed visiting with the newly engaged Teresa and Brad afterwards in their awesome home.

We had a fun last week with Kylee and Brody.  The four of us (plus Salomon the dog) went on a great hike from Green Canyon ending at the Wind Caves in Logan Canyon.  It was a beautiful hike, and a good workout, and fun to spend that time together.

I want credit for jumping off this scary high jump.  It wasn't easy, and I only did it to impress the kids. . . I don't think I'd do it again.  I was impressed with Ky for doing it

because she was very scared too.

. Today Kylee and Brody loaded up and headed back to Arizona for Brody's last year at Thunderbird.  It was so hard for me to see them go after the fun three months we had together.  I will miss so many things, I don't think I can name themn all- but I'll name a few.  I'll miss Kylee making yummy new recipes for us.  I'll miss seeing them both in the living room on their computers.  I'll miss being followed around everywhere I go by Salomon (OK- maybe I won't miss that, but I will miss being greeted by him at the door everytime I came home).  I'll miss rook games.  I'll miss watching TV together.  I"ll miss badminton, croquet and beach volleyball.  I'll miss hikes and bike rides.  I'll miss going for mornings walks with Ky and Sal.  I'll miss them being there for extended family fun.  I'll miss our good conversations.  I'll miss laughing together.  I'll miss going out to dinner.  I'll miss them doing chores around the house. I'll miss seeing the guest room with all their things in it.  I'll miss them coming to church with us. I'll miss their excitement and enthusiasm over everything we did.   OK- that's all I can do without making myself even sadder than I already am.  Luckily we have Jessica's return to look forward to on Thursday, so we won't be too sad for long.  Thanks Ky and Brody for adding so much fun to our summer.  It would have been very lonely and boring without you!!!  I love you both. 

Notice Cam and Jake running after their car.  A tradition we copied from the Romneys!

The great outdoors

Warning:  I've got a new format for blogging, and I haven't figured it out entirely.  It's a work in progress.  Don't judge me!

This past week I was able to go on two great hikes.  One with my friend Nan, and the other with Kylee.  Nan and I went on the most beautiful hike from Blind Hollow to Tony Grove.  It was amazing.  The scenery was so beautiful.  We just couldn't get over it.  It was a hike neither of us had ever done, and for part of it we weren't sure if we were on the right path, so when we saw the sign that said Tony Grove, we were pretty stoked.  I loved talking with Nan for a solid 4 hours as we hiked in the beauty of Logan Canyon. 

Mike and Cam had a grand adventure this past weekend with the young men in our ward.  They went to Park City Friday night and camped, then on Saturday they spent most of the day at Deer Valley Ski resort riding mountain bikes.  Mike went on a treacherous Black Diamond trail with one of the boys and took a nasty spill landing on his head, shoulder and left hand.  Without a helmet it would have been soooo much worse.  That ended his fun for the day, and even though his hand is very bruised, he thinks it will be OK.  Of course he wasn't wanting to rush right in to the doctor and double check.  That night they all attended a REAL soccer game.

This is the hike to White Pine Lake that Kylee and I did on Saturday.  That 7 1/2 miles was the longest she's ever hiked, and she did great.  We took Salomon the dog along, and we're pretty sure that was the best day of his life.  A car ride, running through the wilderness, seeing about 20 horses, a deer, and many other dogs and people, and playing in water along the trail and in a lake at the end.  How could a day be any better than that?