The end of the school year brought concerts, talent shows, promotions, and other events to see the talents and accomplishments of the grandchildren and their participation in these events. We went to Eugene for Asher & Preston’s promotion from ACE Academy. Tiffany taught this year as a Kindergarten teacher. Daisy and Kaeley performed so well at their school talent show. Demonstrating their great gymnastic skills. Bryson and a girl were given the privilege of reading the names at his 5th grade graduation. He is an outstanding student in many ways, and was honored for his service as a safety patrol. Bryson tied with a girl in his class as ASB secretary for the year.
We were invited to Elder John & Karen Blunck’s home for a Brunch with all the stake presidents and their wives in the two Coordinating Councils that he presides over. These are special occasions with wonderful people.
Celebrating Father's Day with the Vance's is always fun. We loved the sunshine and the Sunday walk around their park. We're grateful for such wonderful Dad's in our family. Sydney turned 16 on June 23rd. She had a very fun birthday party, a mystery dinner put on by her mom.
The highlight of the month was the “Cousin’s Camp” for the cousin’s 10 years of age and older. (We were sorry that Dorothy & Evelyn from the east coast were unable to attend.) Ondalynn & Gary hosted the event in their home. The theme was “Mission (Im)Possible.” They planned 3 days of nonstop fun, which included; Agent Code Names* Improv Games * Pizza Bake-Off * Campfire and Night Games* Swimming and Water Balloon Fight * Escape Room Activity * Murder in the Dark (with a twist)* FHE with Grandma & Grandpa* Movie Night and Movie- Making * Taekwondo training by Asher and Games in the Park * Gospel Discussions with Uncle Gary and Aunt Ondalynn* TED talk on Coding by Jackson* Lots of bonding time with Lewis cousins. a memorable 3-day party for 11 teens and tweens! Vivi had the cousins from 7-8 at her house with a mini-version of Cousin Camp for them.
We were glad that Alice-Anne & Gary’s family could come up for 8 days for the event, spend some time in Seattle, and also have time to do many jobs around the house that were needed and wonderful to get done. I was so happy to get the cupboard's cleaned, stained and then Gary and Austin put hardware on them. It looks much better.
Julia & Austin came down on Saturday to join in the Surprise Birthday Party for Tiffany’s 40th. The Vance’s were in San Diego for a Family Reunion, but all of the other NorthWest families were together on Sunday evening to have dinner and farewell for Seth & Tiffany’s family as they left for the UK on Monday, July 1st. We will greatly miss them this year, but we know this Sabbatical will be great for Seth as he does research at Oxford, and an amazing opportunity for the whole family.
Celebrating Father's Day with the Vance's is always fun. We loved the sunshine and the Sunday walk around their park. We're grateful for such wonderful Dad's in our family. Sydney turned 16 on June 23rd. She had a very fun birthday party, a mystery dinner put on by her mom.
The highlight of the month was the “Cousin’s Camp” for the cousin’s 10 years of age and older. (We were sorry that Dorothy & Evelyn from the east coast were unable to attend.) Ondalynn & Gary hosted the event in their home. The theme was “Mission (Im)Possible.” They planned 3 days of nonstop fun, which included; Agent Code Names* Improv Games * Pizza Bake-Off * Campfire and Night Games* Swimming and Water Balloon Fight * Escape Room Activity * Murder in the Dark (with a twist)* FHE with Grandma & Grandpa* Movie Night and Movie- Making * Taekwondo training by Asher and Games in the Park * Gospel Discussions with Uncle Gary and Aunt Ondalynn* TED talk on Coding by Jackson* Lots of bonding time with Lewis cousins. a memorable 3-day party for 11 teens and tweens! Vivi had the cousins from 7-8 at her house with a mini-version of Cousin Camp for them.
We were glad that Alice-Anne & Gary’s family could come up for 8 days for the event, spend some time in Seattle, and also have time to do many jobs around the house that were needed and wonderful to get done. I was so happy to get the cupboard's cleaned, stained and then Gary and Austin put hardware on them. It looks much better.
Julia & Austin came down on Saturday to join in the Surprise Birthday Party for Tiffany’s 40th. The Vance’s were in San Diego for a Family Reunion, but all of the other NorthWest families were together on Sunday evening to have dinner and farewell for Seth & Tiffany’s family as they left for the UK on Monday, July 1st. We will greatly miss them this year, but we know this Sabbatical will be great for Seth as he does research at Oxford, and an amazing opportunity for the whole family.
