See ya later missionaries...

We got to go with Luke to the temple when he received his endowment the first Saturday in June then out to Tucanos. Love that kid!

Kate got set apart on June 16th after a full day at Roaring Springs, getting home just in time to shower and eat dinner before President Miller arrived to set her apart.

The next morning she started home MTC so we embraced the few minutes with her now and then when she was on break.

On her last night home we went and did baptisms together and she took some pics in front of the temple.

I'm going to miss having my rainbow haired girls all together.  I always get comments about their very different hair colors.

After the temple Kate's hair had dried weird so she asked me to straighten it.  With it being so much shorter it didn't take too long, but it was weird to see her with straight hair.

Wednesday morning we were up by 4am and leaving the house by 4:15am for Kate's 6:00am flight.  Lily, Emily, and I had a 6:30 am flight to Missouri so we got to go through security with her.

But first we had to say good bye to Greg.

We sat and waited with Kate for a while, she was hoping to see Grandma Dame and the Wilford's (they were on the same flight to Missouri with the girls and I) but eventually they called her boarding group and they still hadn't made it to security so she said goodbye and hopped onto the plane.  She didn't even cry, she was ready to get on with it all.  I think we all shed more tears later.  Going to miss that girl, with her kind heart and sense of humor.  Love you Katers!

Summer Time Random Fun - June

Lily got a Roaring Springs pass again this summer and went three times in the month of June.

Emily decided to try perming her hair to even out the less curly areas.  It was quite a process - at least 3 hours.  She isn't sure it was worth it or if she will do it again but it will be fun for a while and interesting to see what it does as it wears out.  

Lori got Annie and I to go on an early morning hike - thank goodness June has been a cool month because by 10:30am I was very sweaty. Love these ladies!  So grateful for their friendship.

We didn't even plan the matching blue tanks 😂.

Our view of Boise - such a beautiful day.

Last Days with Kate

The whole family came into town for Kate's farewell.  She soaked up her last moments with Blake, Sophia, Mack, Natali and Miguel.

Addy and Violet drove grandma Nani to Idaho and spent the evening hanging out with Kate, they had to drive home the next morning to get back to Cedar City for work the next day.  It was so sweet of them to come to say goodbye.

Grandma loved holding Blake and just watching all the people go and come on such a busy weekend.

Sunday morning Blake had an audience of aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins watching her play.  She was all the entertainment we needed.

It was fun to have a baby at church again.  I loved listening to Mack sing and watching how much Blake loved all the music.  Kate did an amazing job on her talk - so thoughtful, amusing, and sincere.  

My favorite part was hearing Natali, Andrew, Kate, Emily and Lily sing "Gethsemane" together.  It was simple so we could through it together fast and our practices were laugh inducing but when they sang I couldn't help but cry.  Love hearing my kids sing about Jesus together.

After church we came back to the house for dinner and goodbyes as Natali and Mack's families had to hit the road.

Kate's farewell was the same day as Luke's on my mom's birthday.  So we celebrated everyone together and put candles in Grandma's ice cream.  

Sammie stayed the night with Zella and Dahlia who had come with Grandma Nani on Saturday.  The next day the girls watched tons of Barbie movies, baked and frosted cakes, and just hung out together.

Manatee

A seal

Polka dots with all the frosting everyone else mixed up.

Froggie

Bumble bee

Happy faces

The next day the kids met up with the Wilfords at Roaring Springs and had a lot of fun together.  It was Kate's last few hours before being set apart.  

The next morning we dropped the girls and Nani off at the airport, leaving Nani in Zella's travel capable hands.  So glad they could come.

Dance Recital

The class pictures were free but the individual ones weren't so I didn't purchase them but just took a screen shot of them - they look sort of silly but still kind of cool.  They girls have had some good times at CADA but we are moving on in part because they are not offering our classes any more 😂.

Greg took some photos at the performance.

The performance was the day after Kate's farewell talk so Grandma Nani, Zella, and Dahlia were able to attend along with Grandma and Grandpa Dame and the Wilford girls.