Mariah was pretty convinced that this was going to be the most boring 4th of July ever because Dave and I said we needed to work. So, she made a fabulous chart with ideas and events she would be sponsoring throughout the day. The first on the list was Patriotic Waffles. Yummy, that was a great beginning. She had some outdoor activities planned, but it was rather rainy. We did watch a few fireworks and we did watch a movie. I think the only thing we missed was croquet! Thanks Roo!
Allright world, if you haven't checked your 72 hour kits in the last while, this may be a good time to do so. We just did ours and found that our batteries expired in 2001, the clothes that were packed would fit a preschooler, the diapers for Mariah were no longer deemed necessary, and the food in the buckets....yep, it was time for that to go as well. Now we are all repacked and READY!
I'm pretty sure that it won't be many years before Mariah becomes Dave's college teaching assistant. She is already in training. Here she is submitting final grades for his class. I often tell her that she is a far better writer than most of the college students already!!! Watch out world, you may soon have a sixth grader grading your papers and I guarantee you...she won't give easy grades!
It was Laken's homecoming and Townsen's farewell last Sunday. After the meeting we got to go to the Call Family Barn and enjoy a huge meal with a LOT of relatives. On the way out, we got to try to gather up all of the cousins for a picture. The funniest part about the whole thing was that we took pictures for a while before we realized that grandpa was NOT in them. Then we had to round him up and get him in there too :)
We spent Thursday and Friday at Jim and Sandy's house. It was great! We had amazing food and great company. Brian and Dani came down Friday and spent the night. We went to the BYU creamery for supper and then half of the group went bowling and the other half went to the Bean Museum. Mariah and I had garlic, basil BLT's at the Creamery. A BLT will never be the same without garlic and basil! We have a new favorite :) YUM!
Mariah did Whitney's hair one night and her nails the next. Oh, how Mariah wishes she had a little sister! She keeps mentioning adoption as a viable option!
