Last day of school, summer break and camping

Today was the last day of school for Sharri, Erika and Riley. It has been a great year for all of us. Erika finished a hard and crazy class schedule for her sophomore year. She had many honors classes and finished them with great passing grades. (She is smarter than a 10th grader!!) Next year will probably be even harder for her, but if she wants to get into BYU she needs to work hard. Riley as well did many projects and research papers than he has ever done before. He will be going to Dixon Middle School next year and is not quite sure about it yet. As like Erika, he is a honor student as well. He especially loves Science and Astronomy. Maybe he will be our future Astronaut. Sharri is done working full time and only has to work 40 hours in June, so a couple of half days. It is nice to have some time off for the summer and focus some time of those things around the house that have been neglected for the past 10 months. She will also be able to focus more on Girls Camp coming up in July.

Cameron is still working on the mission papers and is almost done and ready to turn them in. He has been dragging his feet, but he knows that it is the right thing to do, just on his time.

Riley went camping on Friday and Saturday with 4 other scouts and 3 leaders. They went down to Mona by the Young Living Family Farm. He was to cook his own dinner, so he took hot dogs and some veggies in tin foil. He was so excited. The last time he went camping was in January where he was so cold and wet. He enjoys camping, just not when he is cold and wet.

Riley 6th grade GRADUATION!!!

Riley graduated from the 6th grade today at Lakeview Elementary. Miss Burkinshaw was his teacher. He received a certificate for graduating and The President's Education Silver Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. We are very proud of him for his accomplishments and achievements. It has been a rough year for Riley and his mom, because he had to ride his bike or get a ride from his mom. We have been spoiled with Cameron and Erika in elementary school to be able to ride the bus, but with the new Lakeview Elementary this year, that was no longer a privledge. He has been able to go to a friends house on Tuesdays and some Fridays to help with transportation. He is part of the first 6th grade class to graduate from Lakeview Elementary. What a great experience for him and now on to bigger and better things, Dixon Middle School for 7th and 8th grade. And yes, he gets to ride the bus again. Congrats to Riley!!!

Riley @ Seven Peaks

Riley and his school mates at Seven Peaks Water Park. Are they white boys or what? (some of his friends pictured: Connor, Riley, Deagan and James)

Riley D.A.R.E. graduation

Riley was awarded the D.A.R.E. certification of achievement today at Lakeview Elementary.

D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. This core program teaches elementary kids about drugs, what kinds there are and how bad they can effect you. The program has been going all year at Lakeview. Officer Partridge taught the classes and gave Riley his certification. Also, during the awards ceremony, Officer Beebe, from the Bomb Squad, came with his robot and showed the kids how it worked and also lit a small bomb in a funnel. What a great experience for Riley. Congrats!!

Fun Ward Wedding

Brian & Sharri went to our neighbors daughters wedding reception. Instead of signing a book when you walked in, they had a Photo Booth set up. You had to sit in the booth and get 4 pictures takes, then they gave you two copies. one to put on a scrapbook pages to write things to the Bride and Groom and they other one you were able to keep. The lady that did the photo booth was so fun and excited about it all, that you could not have your picture taken. She also said that her husband was doing the same thing at another wedding the same night. What a cute idea. Some people pulled faces, laughed, kissed, frowned and many other facial expressions. How fun to remember people that came to your wedding. I told Erika about it and she thought it was a cute idea too. We will have to remember it when we are planning for someone's wedding in the future. Thanks Libutti family for the fun Photo Booth pictures.

YW Camp Retreat

The YW and leaders of our ward had a camp retreat this weekend. We all went to the YW President's cabin just east of Park City. There were 11 YW and 9 leaders (including 3 priesthood men). We left at 4:30 pm and arrived at the cabin at 6 pm. All the girls were starving of hunger, so the Camp Cook, Janet made some Chili and chicken noodle soup. It tasted so good. We were going to do Tin Foil dinners, but the fire pit outside was all covered in snow. The girls and leaders stayed up late playing card games and talked. The next morning, we had muffins, bagels, fruit and juice for breakfast and then 6 girls and 3 leaders went on a hike around the cabin for 1 mile. The girls did just fine up and down the hills with snow and mud. Not so much fun for the leaders. We left at 11:30 am and arrived home at 12:45 pm. The girls all slept on the way home in the cars. They all had a great time playing, laughing and just being together. Thanks to Janice and Debbie for the cabin.

5K Fun Run

About 2 months ago, Erika's YW President asked us if we wanted to run or walk in her Fun Run. Sharri and Erika accepted and signed up. It was today, and it was raining so hard. Sharri had a cold, so Erika's friend, Rachel, stepped in and did it with her. They started at Glen Canyon Park for Registration at 8:30 am and then were bussed up the Vivian Park and the race started at 9:00 am. It was still raining really hard, but Erika and Rachel went for it anyways. They had a great time running, walking, skipping, singing and talking for the 3.2 miles down hill. They arrived at the Finish Line at around 10:15 am. They were drenched, but were laughing and still having a good time. They stayed for the awards, and then wanted to go home and get dry. What a fun experience. The Fun Run money is donated to Reach the Children in Africa. Erika's YW President is one of the many volunteers who help run it. Maybe next year, the whole family can do it.