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He did so well with our four kids, it was a monumental week, here are some pictures to document the great time they had!

He got the chance to babysit our good friend Emery one night, and Lorelei was in baby heaven:

I left little presents for them to earn by being good. They could earn one each day:

There was Pack Meeting while I was gone too, It was a Carnival Theme, complete with a Dunking Booth, that everyone participated in!
Here is Tucker getting his awards:


And the dunking booth:

Some Pics from Tucker’s Ipod showing some of the fun they had at the Greene’s house. I know they had lots of grand adventures with their awesome aunt and kiddos.

I don’t LOVE Chinese food. So anytime I’m gone, Toph loves to take the kiddos out for Chinese, looks like they loved it!

Enjoying one of their presents, giant blow up alligators, what’s not to love about them?

Lorelei started doing her own hair: Beautiful, don’t you think?

As every mom knows, while Mom is away, the dad and the kiddos will play:
Mattress Surfing:

Crazy, Hubba and Crazy Kiddos:

When I was driving about 30 minutes away, my phone finally got reception, and this video popped up!

To say I was anxious to see my kiddos is an understatement. this just made me even more excited.

And then this picture was sent to me, Eli and Li Li sitting by the window waiting for me:

And Honestly, I got the best homecoming ever…FOUR KIDS HUGGING ME, and WANTING TO SIT ON MY LAP, and WANTING TO TELL ME ABOUT THEIR WEEK, it was W.O.N.D.E.R.F.U.L.:

Toph rocked the house while I was gone. He is the best Mr. Mom any woman could ask for. Love you hubs.

Here’s an amazing video one of our young women put together with our experience:

Our theme was “Conquering Our Goliath” and it was a great year at camp! We had so much fun, and there is nothing like watching your Young Women grow thru a week of spiritual enlightenment, and seeing their testimony of the Savior grow.

I am very grateful that I was able to spend the week there. It would not have been possible without the support of my loving husband, and crazy awesome sister in law Tiff, who took the kids during the day while I was gone.

I came home reminded of my worth as a daughter of God, and missing my husband and kids with every fiber of my soul. That’s a good combination.

One day at crafting school, we spent the morning making plates:

Tucker worked hard on his Green Dragon:

Truman and his Orange Soccer Dragon:

Elliot and his monsters:

Lorelei colored her princess crown purple and pink:

The finished products:

Such Beautifully creative work, from my beautifully creative kids!

Toph’s dreams do come true:

Scout the Frisbee Dog.

Minature Golf, Skee Ball and a 3-d show:

After all that playing, we did need to get some work done! We went to the grocery store, and got some ice-cream to help us shop:

And this is why the kids ALWAYS want to go to the store with Toph:

So many fun little games, face painting and a park! As you can see the kiddos had a good time– how I love carnival games.

The next day, Elliot had a friend over, and they spent quite a bit of time doing this with their balloons:

We’re always sad to see Strawberry Days End! 🙂

They became our favorite way to cool off this summer! Lots of sugar, but lots of ice too. 🙂

They added chocolate chips to their brownies and they turned out deliciously. Love that my boys wanted to do a cooking class this summer.

Library Class, arts and crafts!

We rollerbladed/double strollered/biked it.

And here I am, after pushing the stroller on my rolllerblades in 100 degree weather, my face was red, as red could be! 🙂 Lesson Learned don’t rollerblade in the middle of the hot day!

Stawberry Days, is a busy time for our family! In the evenings our youth do a fundraiser where they clean the Rodeo Grounds. Either Toph or I were there every night, and the last two nights, the big boys came along to help. It was good times together!

But even more fun, was the Carnival.

Lorelei’s Favorite ride was the Carousel.

Elliot loved to climbing Obstacle Course.

Truman and Tucker loved the ‘big kids rides’, as you can see Toph went on the Zipper with them, that looked like a giant Egg Beater. I got sick just watching them!
They loved all of them!

Toph’s Favorite Part was definitely the Strawberries and cream. This year, we bought a flat of strawberries and a gallon of Cream. Let’s just say, he ate a few. But somehow I failed to capture any of them! 🙂

Happy Strawberry days!