Boating at the MTC?

Okie dokie, where do I begin?? Life is a little bit more than crazy right now, but I love being busy so I really don't mind. Its always to better to be busy than to let your mind wander and make you crazy.

On Wednesday July 9th, was the toughest of days in a long while............My family and I took my brother Kayden to the MTC. The day began with me waking up at 6am, so I could get ready and be able to meet my family at 8:30 am in Salt Lake so we could all go see the Joseph Smith movie. The main reason we were going to the movie was because Kayden had never seen it before. (It is so amazing and if you haven't had the opportunity to see it yet you should find one and go.) As usual my family was running late and didn't make it to Salt Lake til 8:50am ! We barely made the showing of the movie. As we exited the theater there was a sister missionary from Japan, who immediately asked my Dad, "You a cowboy?? You from Texas??" It was histerical! (for those of you who don't know my dad always wears a cowboy hat, cowboy boots, and when in sunday dress a string tie!!) That surely boosted my Dad's ego and furthered his disillusionment that he is a cowboy. As we walked to the cars we had the ultimate decision to make, where to eat Kayden's last meal?? After a short disscussion, we decided to go to IHOP, but we only had an hour and half till he had to be at the MTC and at least a half hour travel to the IHOP in Orem. We rushed to IHOP for a quick brunch, Then we continued on to the MTC, it had been 7 years since we had taken my older brother Kyle there. All I can say I dislike the MTC drop off!! Kayden has been gone for nearly 3 weeks and he is doing so well, loving the MTC, Spanish and he just can't wait to get to Argentina!

Last week I went boating from the 22nd to the 25th up at Pineview Resevior up Odgen Canyon, with my neighbors Jina & Guy's family, it was a blast! Most of the time it was just me and my 4 children(Jina & Guy's kids) Lindsey 12, Sydney 11, Brady 9, and Kayley 7, I have babysat them for years and their whole family is like my 2nd family, so it isn't really weird for me to go on vacations with them. Kayley kept calling me mom the whole time, might as well have been I made sure they were dressed, sunscreened, made thier meals, fed, washed up, and had to keep track where they were at at all times. It was exhausting and I am still recovering from it all!! Last year I got so burnt, it blistered and I peeled for weeks, this year I got burnt and now its a sweet tan!! I was a little smarter this year and went outside more before I went boating for a week;)

Now I am moving into my uncles house, I never knew I had so much crap!!! Most of it I have inherited from my previous roommates who either gave it to me or left it when they moved and never took it when they came back! Lucky me is all I can say!!

Just a little list of what I have "inherited":
Broken Vaccum
Broom
Swifter Duster
Swifter Mop
Mop
Boxes of Food
Canned Food
Lots of food
Toaster
Beligum Waffle Iron
Sugar, Flour & Cookie Containers
Naked Man Poster
Reading Lamp
Iron
Ironing Board
Dart Board
A BIG box FULL of Cleaning Supplies

I think that is all.......I might find more as I clean but I just can't believe what they left behind but oh well more for me and I don't have to spend my money to get it!!! Now I m just going to be living with the relatives til end of August then I move in with Kristen and Monica at the Branbury!!!! Pretty stoked for it all!!