Summer Job.

I am always so worried that my summers will be "boring", or that I will "waste time". But this summer is different. I was offered 2 nanny jobs this summer.
One is three days a week for the First Counselor in my Bishopric who has 4 very intelligent and adorable children. I love spending time with them, I don't see it as a job. But more like a hang out. We go to the park almost every time I am with them. They love to act out plays and be outside.
The other job I have is once a week for a Sister that was my Beehive leader. She has 2 of the most adorable girls I have ever encountered with. They too, love to walk to Wasatch Elementary and play at the playground. I love the time that I am able to spend with these 6 children. It's been such a wonderful experience. Even though it's only a few hours each day it's already helping to prepare me for being a mother myself. I've been able to connect with each of the kids, the parents of the little boy on my lap in the photo have been so worried to leave him with anyone. But every time I've gone to watch their children they've told me they are so grateful because he never cries with me. I love these children. They are so sweet, and truly children of god.

Park City!!

Last week Genevieve and I spent a few hours together shopping. But that wasn't enough. So yesterday Genevieve took Maria and I to Park City. It was quite the ride there, with confessions and random stories. We spent 2 hours walking in and out of stores trying to find something cute to get. Apparently it wasn't a good day to go shopping.

"We only got one shirt! And that wasn't because it was cute, it was cause it was cheap!" -Genevieve.

It was an interesting shopping trip, complete with laughing and of course a picture of us in sun glasses! On our way home we stopped in Heber at "Granny's Drive In." Famous for their Shakes. Soooo Delicious! Along with a side of Fries and Fry Sauce. mmm mmm mmm good!

Every time we go shopping, or Genevieve and Mike are busy and need someone to watch Josh, he comes over to play at our house. He is soooo much fun to have around. He has been raised extremely well. He is very polite, and makes everyone laugh. I'm so glad he is my nephew! When he is over he'll watch movies, play outside with the kids (like basketball). One of his new favorites is playing "Jelly Car" on the computer. He has also sat around and watched youtube videos with Maria, Joshua, Kaytlyn and I.
We love having Josh around!

Summer Time Updates

It's been nearly a month since we got out of school for summer.

Gabrielle and Emma Just finished Summer School yesterday. Everyday they spend hours playing with the neighbors children. Each morning both of the girls are up around 6:30 or 7 watching Television or something along those lines, and are usually dressed at about 8:30. They are becoming really good at providing for themselves. Gabrielle and Emma make delicious brownies!

Maria is quite the mellow one I suppose. She has been sick for a bit now. Usually getting up for scriptures at 8, then laying in bed for a while after words. She seems to be online a lot during the day, as well as occasionally getting her job done.

Joshua is a teenage boy. Always doing pretty much whatever he would like. I'm guessing one of his favorite hobbies is annoying his sisters. As I've mentioned before he takes advantage of being nearly 8 inches taller then me. He loves to tell me what to do, and what's 'right and wrong'. He has been spending a lot of time with neighborhood friends and down in his room with the video game systems. For his birthday Kaytlyn and Peter gave him a new basketball. Nearly every morning you can hear him shooting hoops in the backyard.

Mara has been done with Simulators for a week now. And will be starting rang on July 6th. My sweet mother has been taking Mara out driving for about an hour or two each morning to get hours in. Sounds like Mara is getting to be a professional! Mara has been put in charge of getting everyone ready for scriptures at 8. Her and Maria have been doing puzzles lately. A few days ago they finished a thousand piece puzzle in a few hours. Mara spends hours watching television, goofing off online, sleeping, or hanging out with her Best Friend Zoe.

Kaytlyn and Peter have both been working quite a bit. On their free time Peter seems to be out with some friends from work, or with Joshua playing games. He has been to the movies quite a bit lately as well. Kaytlyn seems to enjoy spending free time with her best friend Karla, watching Gilmore Girls, reading, or going places with us kids, she took the younger kids bowling a while ago.

Samuel works from 6pm.-4am. (shiv! -sam.) When he gets home he either stays up to watch a movie and play games, or just goes right to sleep. He's usually up around noon and after that is back to games, movies, or the internet until work. The other day he brought a girl over to finger paint. It sounded like they had a great time. It was sooo cute!

Mom and Dad have both been working. Because mom has been taking Mara driving in the morning, she has to stay at work later. Dad is usually home around 4:30 just in time for dinner. Today Dad stayed in Provo. He is at the Law School Library studying, or so I heard.