Family pictures

I arranged with Kasey a long time ago to come take our pictures at the beach before we leave for Brazil. Since we were suppose to leave July 1st I picked a date in June. I just happened that when I was talking to Elizabeth Christensen she told me they were getting their pictures taken the day after us with Kasey. They decided to join us instead. We got so lucky! It was a beautiful night at the beach!!!! Everyone's pictures turned out great because Kasey is so awesome! Plus it was fun to see the Christensen's. We all went to ice cream after.  

Strawberry Picking

We meet some of our friends from Moms Club and went Strawberry Picking at Stovers. Picking strawberries is a lot of work!!! The season is short. The good weeks was while we were in Mexico. So we missed the days of the big strawberries. It was a lot of crawling around looking for good berries. Oh well.  It makes me grateful that even if they don't taste as good we can buy them from the store.
We still had fun and I came home and made strawberry freezer jam out of what we picked. 

Good bye Jennifer

My good friend and neighbor Jennifer Whittaker moved to Minnesota with her family. Her husband Jacob was one of the original people who recruited Eric to Whirlpool. I also served in the Relief Society Presidency with Jennifer for a year after moving her. I really love Jennifer. She is such a great person, and a wonderful example of a Christ like leader. She leaves big shoes to fill in Relief Society and also PTO at the girls school. 

Jennifer's daughter, Emma, was Eliza's best friend. We all were so sad they were moving. Eliza says we can visit them when we go see Aunt Anna and Uncle Gabe. 

Farewell to Mexico

We sure had a fun week in Mexico. We spend our last day hanging out at the beach in front of the house and at the pool. We also had one last dinner at home. 

It was a great trip. Thanks Dennis and Linda!

Xplor with the Fors Family

We had a great time at Explor. One of the dune buggy rides with Dennis, Darron, Allison and Eliza almost turned into a three hour tour, but they survived. I wish I could do justice to Eliza's version of the story where Papa Dennis is yelling for help. It's just to cute! Luckily after being stranded for quite a while in mosquito infested jungle of Playa Del Carmen they were rescued. 

I knew Gretta would love the zip lines, but was super impressed with Eliza. She even went all by herself.