Evelyn's ballet

Evelyn's ballet this year was based on Alice in Wonderland.  She was a butterfly that accompanies the caterpillar and a Queen's advisor. 

Her and her friend, Olivia.

I was in charge of chaperoning the little ballerinas and making sure that their costumes were ready as they went on stage.  Evelyn loved coming to check on us and the littles loved the attention that the big ballerina was giving them.

Like every year, they put on a great production and Evelyn did great!  We probably have another year or two of ballet and we'll enjoy it until the end.  We had Grandma Robertson, Grandma and Gandpa Wilcox, Sharon, Vivien and Thea, Beth, Rose and Jack... and us of course.

 

Young Women's camp

Ada and Evelyn's camp this year was different.  Evelyn was in the last week of mandatory practices for her ballet and Ada had the ACT on Saturday.  They had a Ward camp planned for St George.  I got permission for Evelyn to miss one of her mandatory practices and Jer drove down to pick her up early.  (They left Tuesday and he brought her home Thursday morning for her rehearsal Thursday afternoon.) Then we got Ada a ticket on the express, kind of like a mini bus, to drive home Friday night and take her test on Saturday morning.  I'm glad both were able to go even for a little while.  Ada was a YCL and did spectacularly.  She gave a devotional and led scriptures study for her "family" all week. They did baptisms in the Red Rocks and St George temples.  Hikes, movies, swimming, etc... Thanks Young Women's leaders and youth leaders!  

(Ada didn't know she was supposed to take a calculator with her to the ACT.  I had a prompting the night before to remind her and told myself that I'd do it in a minute.  I didn't do it. But despite all that, we see that mercy and preparation prevail.  She got a 26.  Not bad without a calculator!)

Sorry some pictures got left out of my other post.  Here are my cute Bear Lakers.

 

Evelyn and Sam's birthday's

Evelyn's birthday was on Bear Lake work week.  It's the week that all the cousins get together at the cabin to do upkeep, construction, demolition, etc... I'd just had surgery, so my parents took our kids and they painted the tree house.  They were marvelous workers and my parents were so grateful to have them there.

Sam made Evelyn special birthday brownies just as she requested.

The Young Women's group dropped off this birthday banner for Evelyn while she was gone.  They left it up for her until she was able to get home and see it in person.

Ada's strawberry plants are making cute little berries.

Sam turned 16 and passed his driving test with only 4 points off.  Happy birthday buddy!

Sam wanted steak and apple pie for dinner.  I made the pie the night before and we made steak the night of.  I'm so proud of both these growing teenagers. I love seeing the understanding in their eyes as they learn something new or think or a new point of view. 

My birthday, I was given an ice cream maker.  I love it.  I make dairy free, sugar free and protein packed ice cream.  Our newest two favorites are snickerdoodle and Seth especially likes root beer float flavor. Jer made strawberry out of Ada's strawberry patch. And Ada made Alexx chocolate for her birthday.

 

Summer parade

 

Sam was required to take part in one parade this year as part of his grade for the upcoming school year.  He chose the first one to get it out of the way.  He did a great job and got to march with Deacon and Milo. Seth and I were his carpool and we dropped off Beth and her kids at the start of the parade too.  We stayed to watch them and pick up Sam at the end.  Seth and I just sat on the side walk and he got tons of candy.