Summer Trip Part 6: Johnson/Dalley reunion

After the Phillips reunion we drove back to Preston to be with my family for a week. It had been way too long once again since we had all been together. My mom had so many fun things planned for the kids. The kids loved playing in the pool, sleeping outside in tents and hanging out together.

 

We had planned on staying through the 4th of July, but we received some sad news from home that a good friend of ours, Sara Roylance who had been battling pancreatic cancer for the last 8 weeks, wasn't expected to make it through the next few days. It was hard to leave early, but Sara and her husband John are our good friends and Brian is the Bishop of our ward so we felt we needed to go home early.

Summer Trip Part 5: Phillips Reunion

 We spent a week with the Phillips clan and had so much fun. We were mostly working on Alex and Cathrine's wedding, which took place out at the river! We also managed to squeeze in a day at the park, the family variety show, camping at the river, a hike to the Wind caves and lots of family fun!

Nora building a dam at the park. I can't remember now who helped her with this, but she was the only one who kept at it the entire time.

Sweet Lucy and the American Girl doll I brought her!

Fun family dinners.

We played the duct tape candy rolling game, always a crowd pleaser!

Ice cream time!

Summer Trip Part 4: Preston!

We made it to Preston and to my mom and John's. It was fun to see them and their new house! We stayed there Saturday night and went to church with them, it was Father's day Sunday so that was nice to spend time there. My brother Aaron and his family were there and it was really fun to see them and their cute kids.