August 2013

Bradley and some random pictures.  He is full of life and always looking to do something fun.  We received this cute 4-wheeler from a tenant that didn't want to take it with them when they moved.  Bradley was so excited to have it.  The battery doesn't last as long as we'd like, but it keeps him happy.  He also wanted to help me mow the lawn and I couldn't resist taking a picture.

 

Marshmallows are one of my kids favorite snacks especially when we roast them.  These kids are so fun to be around and make me laugh every day.  Parker is on the left and Carter on the right as they are roasting marshmallows.

Scouting is a huge part of our life with 5 boys.  We were able to attend Carter and Parker's first Court of Honor as they received some awards.  Having 4 Boy Scouts is crazy!  Carter is on the left and Parker on the right.

 More of my silly Johnathan - not sure who took these photos, but I am so glad I found them.

Carter, Parker and Bradley took swimming lessons in August up at Midvale Junior High.  They progressed well and it was fun seeing them jump off the diving board after each lesson.  Bradley even got daring enough to jump when a teacher was right below him. 

 Fun times at Grandpa and Grandma Adamson's house - can't pass up the yummy food Grandma brings out.  While Byron was out of town and Camille was at Girl's camp, we spent the night at my parent's house.  We had fun hanging out and also going swimming at a huge swimming pool close to their house.  Carter is in blue, Parker in gray.   Allyson came over to celebrate Myles birthday while we were up.  She brought things to decorate cookies.  The kids all had a fun time together.

Bradley, Parker, Myles and Johnathan

 Johnathan's yummy creation with his name in the cookie - the more frosting the better.

 I had the awesome opportunity to attend the last night of Girl's Camp for dinner and the testimony meeting.  All of the senior mom's were invited to attend.  I am so grateful for this experience with Camille.  The food was really yummy.  After I was able to participate in a faith walk.  I was along with path trying to talk girl's into staying on the rope and not letting go.  It was such a spiritual experience for me.  I have never been apart of anything like that before and could see how much of an amazing experience it was for each of the girls.  Then I was able to hear these sweet girl's testimonies along with Camille's.  What a treasured moment!!!  Camille ended up coming home with me that night since she had her Encore retreat the next day. 

After girl's camp, Camille had to teach us how to make this yummy treat on the fire with an uncooked crescent roll.  It was a huge hit!  Parker on left and Carter next to Bradley - That evening the kids slept outside.  They were so excited.

 

 Jared was able to come down and spend a few hours at our house while Danielle had something going on with her family.  It was great visiting with them.  Blake and Tavis loved the 4-wheeler.  They also loved playing with their cousins that they don't see very often.  Camille came home from work with a shake.  Cute Blake enjoyed sharing it with Camille.

 

August was filled with a lot of soccer games.  Here we are at a tournament for Tanner up in South Jordan.  Carter in green, Parker in gray

 

 My funny kids playing on my phone with a Duck Dynasty app.  I couldn't resist adding these.  Parker is above and Johnathan below.

 We got another swim day in with Grandpa and Grandma Adamson before school started. 

 

The first day of school was on August 20, 2013.  Bradley was so excited to attend for the full day and to be going into 1st grade.  He laid out his clothes the night before and I had to laugh at how he did it.  He is lucky enough to have Mrs. Daly as his teacher.  Carter and Parker are going into 5th grade and have Miss Tuckett who we loved when Johnathan had her.  Parker in the light blue and Carter in orange.  Tanner is going into 9th grade - so hard to believe.  His first class of the day is early morning seminary at 7:15 a.m. so he got an early start.  Camille is going to be a senior - where did all of the time go!!!  Sure can't believe I have had this sweet girl in my life for enough years to merit her in 12th grade.  Johnathan is in 8th grade at Lehi Junior High.  After school I surprised the kids and took them to eat dinner at Panda Express.  One place that every single child is excited to eat at is this place.  They were all really happy.  What a great day~

 

The Jamison's came to Utah.  We had fun seeing them while the oldest were able to meet up at the Jordan River Temple and do Baptisms together.  It was a cool experience.  Dad and Mom also joined us. 

For Dad's birthday I made him a carrot cake.  So glad to have this guy in my life and live close to him.

Here is a cool folder Johnathan made for his art foundations class.  It is made with his initials.  I think he did an awesome job.

What could be better than fixing sprinklers with Dad.  We had a water leak in our backyard and these two were awesome to fix it.  Byron is really good at grabbing a child to show them how to fix something.  Tanner was so intrigued and so was Bradley as he sat and watched.

 

Tanner Eagle Project

The whole month of July was devoted to getting Tanner's Eagle Project done.  He thought a lot about what he wanted to do that he was interested in.  Mr. Summer's (his band teacher) sent out an email to all of his band students saying that he had some Eagle project's that could be done in the classroom.  Tanner was very excited about this so we jumped on it.  His project was to stain around all of the band lockers.  It doesn't seem like a lot of work, but it was hours and hours of work.  We had to start by taking off the locker doors which took a lot of time.  Then sanding down the wood and retaining.  Then putting the doors back on.  Luckily we had a lot of help through this process including the young men helping sand, the young women helping to stain, and many hours with friends and family.  There were 35 people who helped with this project for a total of 154 hours.  Since it was summer, we had to coordinate hours with the school and Mr. Summers to have access to the band room.  The end results looked awesome.  Tanner was a great leader and realized a lot of things through this process.  After a month and a half, the project was finally finished and signed off with Mr. Summers. 

 Cameron, Tanner and Cooper

 Austin and Michael Hinckley

 Grayson Stewart

 Cameron Beck

Carter Beck

 Some of the Young Women and their amazing leaders helping.

 

 The staining finally done. 

 

 Tanner and Mr. Summers after the doors were back on. 

 

Johnathan Camp Timberline July 22-27, 2014

We had a month full of camps.  I was starting to wonder when we would have our family all together again:).  Johnathan and Cameron Beck decided to attend Camp Timberline together.  They weren't in the same group, but were able to still see each other.  Cooper also was there as a leader.  They all had a great time.  I don't think Johnathan ate very much the whole week even though they lived off delicious food.  I was able to drop Johnathan and Cameron off in Pleasant View on Monday morning and Jeff and Emily brought them home Saturday morning.  Then on Sunday following the camp they had an awards night.  It was fun to see the boys that Johnathan grew close to during the week.  I am so grateful for great camps out there that allow my boys to go and grow as they are away.  Johnathan was tent buddies with Spencer and Tyler, but really got along with Spencer.  They were called the "Benchwarmers" team.  Their group song was, "We are the benchwarmers because we have a box.  Our bench is so warm it will knock off your socks."  Johnathan's favorite part of camp was going with his cousin and spending time during free time together.

 

 

 The Benchwarmers - Mika, Johnathan, Spencer, Tyler, Maxwell, Malachi, Bentley, Nick

 

 

Tanner 50 Miler Hike - July 15-20, 2013

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preparing for a 50 miler backpacking trip starts way before they actually leave.  Byron is so great to spend a lot of time with each kid finding out what they want to eat.  Then we shop for the lightest foods that we can.  Tanner lived off of Ramon noodles and oatmeal.  Then at home Byron will weigh every item and make sure there isn't any way to make it lighter.  Tanner probably got tired of this part, but knew that he would be carrying this pack for a week so it needed to be as light as possible.  I actually think Byron loves doing this. What a great dad to spend so much time with the small details that make a huge difference.  He ended up with a backpack with about 35pounds of weight.

Then on June 15th Tanner met up at Brother Wilcox's house.  What amazing leaders and dads that sacrificed so much family time, days off and their health for this opportunity for the teachers.  Tanner was one of 8 teachers with 4 leaders and dads.  The Priests also went, but they didn't do much with them through the whole week.  Byron drove our van up to the drop off point.  He was able to see Tanner off.  We didn't hear from him and know how he was doing until he got home on Saturday around 3 p.m.  The 4th day was Tanner's favorite day where they were able to enjoy and not travel at all.  They were able to fish, play in the water and just relax with no walking.  Kobe, Preston, Zac and Karter were who Tanner hung out with the most.  He hiked the most with Preston and Kobe.  They hiked about 7-8 miles each day.  The second day was the worst for hiking.  There was a huge hill they had to go up.  He had an awesome time other than being extremely tired, dirty and sleep deprived.  Tanner was tent partners with Brett Roberts.  The last day Tanner put his wet shoes too close to the fire and the top and shoe laces burned on one.  He ended up still wearing them home.  Crazy boy! After the hike Brother Wilcox calculated that they did more like 65 miles total. 

 

Before leaving with all of the Teachers and Priests

Jesse Powell,  Jerry Slaugh, Preston Morgan, David Wilcox, Sam Wilcox, Austin Clark, Shay Clark, Zach Spier, Karter Northrup, Kobe Mickelson, Tanner, Brett Roberts

Johnathan and Camille birthdays

We got back from our reunion in Colorado on Saturday, July 13.  Johnathan stayed at Jeff and Emily's house until we could get home for a few hours.  It was great to see him after him being gone a week.  His poor lips are really chapped, but other than that he looked great and happy to see us.  He celebrated his birthday while at camp, so we opened presents from the family after getting home.  He got a nice bike helmet along with some of his favorite treats. We also fixed his brakes and flat tire so he could finally have a bike to ride again. Bradley was so excited to give Johnathan his card and $1 that he had inside it.  What a sweet brother!

 Camille got a lap desk for doing homework or anything while she is in bed.  She was really excited about that.  She also got some of her favorite snacks.  Bradley made a card for her also which he was super excited fro her to get. 

 

Johnathan and Camille had their family party on July 14th.  We had so many family come.  They are all so awesome to attend.  Melissa made them both cute prayer pillows.  Eric also gave Johnathan some candy covered in quarters.  He was really excited about this!

 Camille with her sherbet dessert.

I love these 2 - they are so lucky to be such close birthday buddies.

I took Camille and two of her friends, Emily Wirick and Cara Sabin, to Blue Lemon.  I loved seeing Camille interact with her friends.  We had a fun time together.  I am so glad Camille has such great friends surrounding her.

Johnathan Scout Camp July 8-13, 2013

Johnathan was gone over his birthday for this scout camp.  He was only going to attend for half of it due to our Beck Reunion falling the same week, but decided he wanted to stay and get merit badges.  Byron went up for the first two days.  He was able to get his kayaking merit badge.  The worst part was having to flip the kayak over and get out of the kayak.  He was in a tent with Tyler Atwood and Matthew Lemon. 

 Johnathan working on the Forestry merit badge with Garrison Hodge.

Here is Johnathan with Tanner Doyle, Matthew Lemon, Simon Hohneke, Jayden Cowan and Jaxon Peck.

Here is Johnathan in the bright blue with his troop sitting on the back row.