My Summer Happenings...

Our summer vacation to Utah was cut shorter than usual because Paul and I were headed on Pioneer Trek

 Our awesome family!

We had great kids in our group--lots of hard-workers and positive attitudes!

Playing Ninja tag before we headed out

We stopped along the handcart trek to listen to pioneer stories

This was our first day of 7 miles

beautiful weather and scenary

Our great kids pulling the family handcart.

It was a tough three days, physically, but a tremendous spiritual journey.

I love trek and all that we learn from stepping into pioneer shoes for a moment.

 My other big project this summer...

After days of trying to motivate Nora to use the potty,

I turned it over to Afton.

Potty-training done.

Nora is super proud of herself and likes to announce her bathroom activities to anyone and everyone!

 We also had a fun activity in downtown Chicago with our good friends.

Bev wanted to do an "adventure-race" for her birthday

We had clues to find landmarks and photo ops around Chicago

I will say that Bev and Michelle definitely had this down better than me and the guys...

This made me laugh--a "pre-broadway" show called Kinky Boots

The boys decided that we should ditch the race and head to Rosebud Prime for a leisurely afternoon lunch.

I think next time Bev might want to be more selective in picking her teammates!