Happy 4th of July!
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| Balloons in Provo earlier in the week before the 4th |
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| 4th of July parade in Oakley, near the cabin |
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| At Jordanelle Reservoir on the 4th |
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| Enjoying the jet ski at Jordanelle |
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| Fun beach at Jordanelle |
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| Enjoying the firepit at the cabin |
Summer Fun
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| We like the splash pad near our house in Provo |
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| We love swimming at the Provo Rec Center |
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| Emma enjoys the hammock in our yard :) |
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| Enjoying a last bike ride together before the mission |
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| At a 4-H activity - Zachary has enjoyed a couple 4-H classes this summer - Sports/Imagination Destination, and a Theater class where he did filming |
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| More fun at the 4-H activity - at Rock Canyon Park after a picnic they gave us |
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| Joshua and Megan and friends came to the 4-H activity, too and enjoyed playing soccer in these balls :) |
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| Zachary got an award for his filming in the 4-H class |
Farewell to Joshua
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| A final farewell from Joshua's friends before his mission |
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| A last trip to the temple with Joshua before his mission |
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| After getting set apart - hello "Elder Carter" |
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| Awesome chalk drawings on our front steps right before Elder Joshua Carter went into the MTC |
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| A final photo before heading to the MTC |
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| Saying good-bye at our house after eating together at Denny's - thanks to Cameo's family for coming! |
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| We both cried and hugged a lot - so hard to let go at the MTC!!!!! |
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| A final photo at the MTC before my 1st baby left the nest - July 15th |
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| I love this on our counter :) |
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| We got to babysit the day after we left Joshua in the MTC - what a fun distraction for us!! |
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| I made lots of cookies and packages everyday for Joshua at the MTC - too bad I made this kind after he left for Argentina - just a fun celebration that he made it to his mission! |
Family Reunion
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| At Provo Cemetery visiting Canyon's grave |
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| At Summer's house enjoying her awesome yard! |
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| We enjoyed our hike to Donut Falls in Big Cottonwood Canyon |
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| Megan hiked up the boulders to make it inside the Donut Falls cave |
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| We swam at Laura's family's house |
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| Cuties at Deer Creek Reservoir |
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| We played at a park while Megan and other family hiked the Y |
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| Megan's feet at the top of the Y |
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| Fun dinner and then fireworks at Courtney's house |
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| We had a fun hike partway up Bridal Veil Falls |
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| Fun at our house - Emma loves her cousin! |
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| Another cousin Emma loves! We had fun on Pioneer Day at the park and got to ride in the covered wagons |
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| While Courtney and I stayed back on Pioneer Day, the rest of the family went hiking in the Uintahs and some of them went cliff jumping - Megan loved it! |
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| I enjoyed a few beautiful sunsets during the reunion! |
In the MTC
Megan's Summer Fun
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| Megan took friends on a rafting trip down the Provo River |
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| Megan went bridge jumping where Joshua had discovered it was fun to jump into the Provo River |
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| Beautiful sunset at Sandy Beach |
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| Fun campfire up Provo Canyon |
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| Megan loves playing racketball at the Rec and is also on the Provo High tennis team with a lot of practices this summer |
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| Megan started learning to drive the jeep and now loves driving her friends around |
