July

Andrey is so excited to get new counselors in his young men's presidency. These two men are great. They come to everything, they have fun with the boys, and they love to teach them. Thanks Tyler and Jeff. It sure takes a lot of stress out of Andrey's life.

We had a great time in Fillmore again, going to the activities the town had, the kids hit the pinatas, good food, fun family and watching the most amazing firework show I have ever seen before. We had a good time...except for Ellie, who hid in my arm the whole firework show (she has always been afraid) and then eventually fell asleep there.

My baby turned 3 on July 8th. She is so big. We had her party at the Oquirrh fitness center at the pool. We had pizza dinner, icecream cake roll and had fun swimming after opening presents. She is so big. She is talking a lot more (even with her lack of teeth after the front two got knocked out last year), she has so much fun with her sister Emma, dancing and singing. She loves swimming. She has enjoyed her three years in the nursery and can't wait to be in Primary with Emma. We will see how she does though. I love her so much. She is such a joy to us and our family. Happy Birthday Ellie!

I was sad to miss Ellie's actual birthday (her party was the sat. after) because I was at our girl's rough camp. It was so much fun camping out with my amazing counselors, Lana and Michele. We had a big group of girls go up where we did activities based on each of the young women values, skits, fireside, watching "Jonny Lingo" (based off our "MOO-becoming 8 cow young women" theme), testimony meeting, s'mores, trying to cook on our own without the men to help (and having the lantern blow up in our faces. lol). I love the young women and we have so much fun together. We really had a great week.

Happy Birthday MOM!!!! The big 49 ....almost 50 AHHHH!!!!! I love my mom so much and am so blessed to have her in my life, around all the time to visit with, watch my girls, talk to when I need someone to talk to, and to celebrate her birthday with her. We hope she had a great day. Love you mom!

We got free tickets to go to Lagoon and it was so fun taking the girls. Ellie had never been and Emma was so small the last time we went she didn't remember much. We decided to hurry and go before I got too far along and wouldn't be able to go on any of the rides. We woke up early, got lunch, and headed over to the park. The girls had so much fun on all the rides, the Lagoon-a-beach, and we spent all day and night there (I only got sick once or twice. haha). We then took the girls to my mom's and Andrey and I went back and went on all the "Big kid rides" (as Emma calls them). Our favorite ride was Wicked. It is so intense. It was so fun to be able to hang out with Andrey and enjoy each other's company.

We ended the month with a fun family Wolf reunion. We started it off by going to the Zoo. Ellie had never been so she had a great time seeing all the animals and hanging out with all her cousins. We then drove to Yuba lake for the rest of the weekend and took our boat out. We went water skiing, rafting, sun bathing (sun burning that is...) and slept in tents. It was fun being over meals and trying all the new food ideas everyone had, making flip flops (with fabric around them), hitting the princess pinata, etc. It was great to have a relaxing family reunion. Thank you Arlene (and Joe) for a great family reunion.

Happy July