Super Activity August 2011

Bishop Grossen has a boat and loves to take the youth in our ward out on the lake.  Every summer he plans a super activity for the youth ages 14 to 18 years old.  This year they drove to El Capitan in San Diego County and had a fun day of wakeboarding and tubing!  There were three boats of youth having a great time on the water! They left at 5:45 a.m. and got home at 11:00 p.m..  It was a long, but fun filled day!

Here is Lexi, Madalyn and Mackenzie on the Banana boat (before they were thrown off)!

Madalyn before her first attempt to wakeboard:

Mackenzie wakeboarding:

Palm Desert July 2011

Our family took a short trip to Palm Desert and stayed at our favorite resort in the Desert the Desert Willow.  It was such a great time to get away from volleyball, tennis, tutoring, work, etc and just relax. 

Madalyn had a little "slipping" accident in the bathroom!!!

If she does not fall on her own, her Dad will pull her down (in the water)!

Had lots of fun rides on this waterslide:

Played lots of water basketball and volleyball:

Caught some rays:

This is proof that I was there since I am the one taking all the pictures!

Madalyn with her third appendage (i-touch):

Played games:

Took my mom to our favorite Mexican Restaurant Las Cansuelas Terraza for her birthday dinner!

Happy Birthday Mom and Grandma!

Pioneer Trek Preview

The Mission Viejo Stake's Youth Conference was the Pioneer Trek this year.  The theme was "Press forward with a Steadfastness in Christ".  Mackenzie and Madalyn were both able to go and Ryan was able to go as a big brother.  All three were in a different company.  Our Stake is the largest youth group that Riley Farms in Yucaipa has ever hosted (over 250 youth..not counting any adults).  The Riley family and staff were all very impressed by the youth...I am not surprised...we have some of the best youth around!

Here are a few sneak peaks at their adventure.....

Hopefully there will be more to come as "Pa's and Ma's" send me their pictures!

Pioneer Trek 2011

 Skousen Swagger!

 Conover Family!

Should I be worried???

These are two different boys.  Should I be worried?

Probably not...they are all just "friends"!  I just got a bit worried when I saw different people had photoshopped these pictures and put them on facebook!  Oh the life of a teenager!

Trevor's 9th Birthday Celebration!

Since Trevor's birthday fell on a Friday this year he was able to have his friend party on his actual birthday.  It was a "water themed" party that I was able to throw together in two days!  Luckily we used a lot of left over decorations from Madalyn's party last month!

Each boy got to take home a bubble wand and sea creature gummies:

Here is Trevor with his cake that he was super proud of!

As the table centerpiece I put the goldfish that Trevor and Meredith won at our Pioneer Picnic last week on the table.  The fish died.....boys thought that was funny!

He got money from Grandpa and Grandma Wright along with Harry Potter Legos.  He was so excited about the Lego's that he stayed up late that night to finish putting it together! He also got three Power Balance bracelets.  Yes, we know they do not work, but he thinks they are "so cool"!

Meredith has no idea how lucky she is to have a brother 17 months older than her...the only girl among a sea of boys..haha!!

The boys played a few water games, ate dinner then played the donut from the string game:

Mackenzie and Madalyn had to get in on the donut action too!  Since it was a bit warm out the chocolate got all over the kids faces!  They loved this game! I loved that I could send them outback to the pool to clean all the chocolate off!

 Hope you had a great birthday Bud!