Ogden Temple

Bishop and Sister Patton brought the Northridge YSA ward to Ogden for the temple open house. So I took the frontrunner up to Ogden to meet them. It was a beautiful temple with the most gorgeous artwork I have ever seen. It was a fun day to see the Pattons, Jana Ward,Tina Nielsen and a few others from when I was there. 

Tina and me!

OES friends

Telley, Bridgette, and Erica

As a faculty at Orem Elementary we went to lunch and then to a Creativity Art Studio  to do some artwork and bonding. I was super excited sit with these girls so that I could get to know them better, I know this year is going to be another great one because of them.

Allergy Test

So I decided to finally get an allergy test to receive real data about what I am allergic too. Come to find out I am allergic to about everything outdoor including Bermuda grass, cows, horses, cats, dog and many more different trees and grasses!  It feels good to finally know just exactly what makes me sneeze and itch. Now the question is do I take drops once a day  at about $160 every three months?

Language Art Class

I took a Language Art class at the University of Utah this week. It was a great reminder of allowing more creativity into my  classroom and learning to teach more to the individual student. These are self portraits that we made on the first day with the directions of glue, scissors and paper nothing else. It was hard at first, but they all turned out great. I did this with my kids and they were upset at first to do this  activity, but they turned out wonderful!!

Harry Potter's Birthday

I am not a huge Harry Potter fan,but I know that my BFF Megan is so I went in honor of her while she is still out on the mission to celebrate Harry.

Ella's Delli

me, Kendra, and Clarie

We stopped at Ella's Deli which was a fabulous family restaurant with tons of puppets hanging through out the building.  This restaurant even had a carousel that we were able to ride for free

Chicago Memorial Park

Navy Pier

Jason and Sheldon

Claire with the arms out

Cherry Berry

Sheldon (10)

Kendra

Claire (7)

Cave of Mounds

           After three years I decided it was time to go and visit my Uncle Jason and Aunt Kendra in Wisconsin. So I booked a 9 day trip to have some fun with them and their kids Sheldon (10) and Claire (7). I am blown away with how green and country it is here. I love the big fields of corn,wheat, and the beautiful farm homes. The house they live in is cute and older with tons of character. When we drove into their town we passed a Piggly Wiggly, just like off the "Win a date with Tad Hamilton" movie. After seeing that store I knew this trip was going to be a blast! The first day head to a The Cave of Mounds which was a very neat underground cave that was very long and narrow. We went to many baseball games for our great Sheldon who  ended up winning his tournament. 
      

Volunteers

Justin, me, Phil, Anay, Alex, Kellie, Katie, and Megan

Since I don't excited about Triathlons,  I decided that I would be a good person and volunteer for our Stake Triathlon. So I woke up super early around 6:30 am on a Saturday during the summer to help the racers and got a little excited about the race, but I don't think excited enough to participate in one.

USA

Me and my youngest brother Hayden

Hayden, Mazie, and Lucas

I love the 4th of July because of all the beautiful red, white, and blue everywhere. I am so grateful to be an American and to be blessed with freedom, safety, and religion.  It was great day with the Freedom parade which I totally forgot this parade starts at 9:00 am instead of 10:00 am, so I got there a little late. And of course mom is always late, but she of course got rockstar parking right on the curve!! I then enjoyed a fabulous JCWs burger and shopping till we drop with the Berry girls. 

God Bless America! 

Mom with her slurpee!

Western Murder Mystery

Calamity Jane, Josephine, Posey, Katie Fisherman, Lora Ingalls, and Abby Oakley

The Gang at Gravestone Saloon

Abby Oakley

Megan, Heather, Katie, Diana, Jeenen, Shelley, Megan, Ali, Me, Katie, and Eliza

Paul Boren (our Host)

   Tonight I had the privilege of dressing up like a cowgirl to head to my first murder mystery party. It was so much fun I was given the character Abby Oakley who was the sharpest shooter in town. The party had about 20 people all dressed up in western attire with names such as  James Jesse,  Hutch Cassidy, Bronco Bill, and Wavy Will. Everyone was in character all night speaking in our best southern/western accent that we could as we talked about hidden gold and how we all disliked Wavy Will because he was an outlaw that was killing and stealing from everyone. 
   Come to find out through the night one of us killed him with three shoots and needed to figure out who had dun it. So we all talked and try to figure out each others motive. At the end of the night everyone explained how they would've liked to kill Wavy Will but couldn't do it.  However, it turned out that I was the MURDERER! I couldn't take it anymore that he thought I wasn't the sharpest shooter in town so I showed him by shooting him 3 times in the chest  in the saloon while everyone else had run outside to a noise they heard.  
 I had such a great time and wanted to thank Paul Boren and Shelley Scofield for putting on the party. It was a fun night to pretend to be someone else and forget about myself. 

Lehi Parade

Skyler, Jessica, and Brooklyn

 It's that time a year in Utah County were every week we are celebrating different cities through out the county. Last week was Strawberry Days which I sadly missed, so today I made sure I wouldn't miss the Lehi Roundup Days Parade. So I meet up with my Mom, Joe, and of course the cute Berry family Sky and Jessica with Brooklyn. It was such a beautiful day to sit with family that I love and enjoy the beautiful traditions that we have here in Utah. It was even more fun being able to enjoy it with an adorable little baby who was happy the whole time. I love parades so much and am so glad to celebrate this tradition yearly with my Mom and cousins.

Alpine Slide

The Gang

Today we headed up to Alpine Slide with a group of friends. It was one of the most spontaneous activity I've done in along time. You  climb up rocks and than slide down the waterfall on natural rocks. It was such a blast because of the great people I went with from the ward.

Slurpee Walk

Ruth Anne and I were a bit bored so we walked down to the new 7 Elven down the street.  There is nothing like a yummy SLURPEE during summer .

Summerfest Fireworks

Talisa, Shaunna, Jeralyn, and Alison

Ruth Anne, Me and Alex

  Today we enjoyed a yummy BBQ from boys in the ward and then that evening headed to      Orem to watch the fireworks on the baseball field which were front row seats!! It was a  beautiful night with the girls. Ah, I love Summer so much!!

Dingos Softball

Whitney and Me

Kristie and Ruth Anne

Me and Shaunna 

Yes, I have been playing ball on the ward softball team called Dignos!!! Yep, crazy name I know, but it has been a blast being with people from the ward and enjoying the Summer nights!  Ah did I mention I am not the best at playing outfield, but I totally have been batting well especially with my walk up song to bat which is Walk It Out!!  Yes, another great reason to play softball!!!

Baby Benson

Amanda and Bryce welcomed a cute, healthy baby boy named Benson Bryce Millecam on 

June 3, 2014. It has been so exciting to watch my close cousin become a mother and that this couple has been able to welcome another baby boy into the world.