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By Sarah


I got pictures from the Stake Young Womens camp in Wyoming!  When I asked Michelle what I should say about YW camp she said, “It was awesome and I wish I could live there forever.”  Well, that about sums it up.  I have also heard her talk about the yummy food, funny skits and testimony meeting.  I am so grateful to all those that helped her have such a wonderful time while she was away.  Kate opted not to go sleep in a tent for three nights and seemed a little surprised to hear about how much Michelle enjoyed it.  Lol.  Later (July 5-8) we convinced Danny to go to Young Mens camp at Mount Ragged High Adventure Camp and the boys got to stay in cabins.  So the girls ended up roughing it way more than the boys + Danny got to go mountain biking.  When he came home I was relieved to hear he had a good time and glad Dan had taken a day off work to help drive the boys and their bikes and a ton of food up to camp (almost as far away as Steamboat but not even on the map).  Zero pictures so far but I will post them if I get ahold of any.



While Danny was at YM camp Kate went to a volleyball clinic at CU & began a volleyball camp that went into the weekend and Michelle & Natalie went to a mini crochet camp at the J’s house so I got a solid hour home alone with the dog three days in a row.  I got so much done!  Yard work, house work, paperwork, planning, an eye exam + shopping at Target and I caught up on Kate’s scrapbook too.  I wasn’t going to let those hours go to waste.  No photos from volleyball but I got these cute ones of Michelle and Natalie’s jellyfish they made and our trip taking M, N, A & A to the local museum.

 

Danny didn’t have any baseball games 4th of July weekend and it felt so strange. The next weekend, with temperatures hovering around 100° in the afternoons, we (everyone except Kate, who was at a volleyball camp with A) got to watch him play in the state AA tournament in Greeley. They won their first game 11-5 with great teamwork, solid pitching, and great defense including an amazing triple play (and Danny leading the team in stolen bases).  Danny did, however, hurt his shoulder during warm ups so had zero time in the outfield.  Dude’s got to learn how to take it easy during warm ups!



After an hour break where we escaped to Freddy’s to enjoy food and air conditioning we headed back into the heat armed with fresh ice water. The next game was a constant 97° so everyone was thrilled that our team was able to mercy rule the other team 16-1 at the end of the 3rd inning.  I was so impressed how well the boys played a second game on a hot, sunny day even when J.O. got hit pretty hard with a pitch that got hit straight back to him and he was still able to throw it to first to help get the out.  To see how the state tournament went the next day I’ll make you wait for the next blog post just to add some suspense.



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