Elsie's 6th birthday coincided with a Union High School football game. She is such a good sport about celebrating at the game.
We brought party hats for all the girls that regularly attend the football games with us.
At half-time a couple of the Union cheerleaders brought "treat tubes" (like the ones they throw to the crowd) up to the birthday girl and her friends. It was a very sweet gesture!
Elsie chose to have her birthday cookie decorated with a pumpkin and a black cat. This is the image she chose to have reproduced on her cake.
After the football game, some of Elsie's friends from the game came over to watch her open gifts and share in her cookie and ice cream. It turned out to be a great 6th birthday for our youngest daughter!
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I opened my blog this morning and my son, Ethan, said, "That is OLD!" I can't believe that my last entry was June 15th! I have not been too dilligent about updating. We have had a great summer so far. It feels like it is coming to a swift conclusion. We do still have one camping trip to look forward to before school starts. Today you will receive a number of entries to catch you up on our summer's activities. Enjoy!
Our ward teacher's quorum and priest's quorum joined together for their High Adventure at the Oregon Coast the week of August 3-7.
LaMar was able to jump from Scout Camp with Jarin to High Adventure with Sam. (What a party animal!)
One of the highlights of the week was a chartered deep-sea fishing excursion. Sam shows one of his catches here.
Sam got the "pleasure" of baiting one of the crab traps!
The last week of July Sage and Elsie participated in a Cheer Camp. These high school age girls put on this camp to earn money for their own cheer/dance camps. The girls did it last year and had a blast so we had to repeat. Their teachers are from left: Cassidy Rushing, Chandler Roberson, Kennedy Rushing (Sage and Elsie) and Kelci Clanton.
Sage demonstrating her "double hook".
Elsie cheering with the Wildcats.
One of the perks of being the bishop is having great adventures with the priests quorum. LaMar hiked to the top of Mt. St. Helens on July 17th. He reports that it was amazing to stand at the edge of the crater. It was an experience he will never forget!
This is LaMar and JR Zundel at the crater's edge. On LaMar's trip down the mountain he lost his camera. He was devastated. He spoke to a woman who had sent a group up the mountain and asked for her help. He also left contact information at a few points where he figured every climber would have to return to. A miracle occurred when a climber returning down the mountain said to the woman that LaMar had spoken to: "You'll never guess what I found!" Imagine his surprise when she said: "Is it a blue camera in a black bag?" The miracle continued when she ended up living here in Vancouver and was able to return the camera just a few days later. The pictures are priceless!
My sister, Carla, hosted us in American Fork for a couple of nights. Sunday, July 5th we were able to visit with the Ron and Kristiann Hampton family in American Fork. We have known the Hamptons since before our kids were ever born. Sam and Laura have been friends since the day Sam was born (Laura was 6 months old at the time!) They keep in touch via email and chat so it was fun for them to get together face-to-face. This is the whole group of kids, five of ours and five of theirs.
Monday, July 6th, we were blessed to attend the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House with Carla and her boys, Collin and Aidan. It was a very special treat!
Monday, July 6th, we visited the Kennecott Copper Mine. I have known it was west of Salt Lake for years but have never considered stopping by. It was fascinating to see their open-pit mining operation. This huge tire came off of one of their trucks!
Tuesday, July 7th, on our way back home to my parents in Idaho we stopped in Salt Lake at the Church History Museum. Having just recently participated in the Pioneer Trek, everything seemed a little closer to home.
The kids enjoyed giving "general conference talks" from this tabernacle pulpit replica.
We dropped by to visit my Grandma, Jessie Erickon, at the nursing home where she lives. She is amazing! She remembers all her great grandchildren and can even come up with most of their birth dates! That is pretty incredible at age 95!
We took a day and, accompanied by my mom and my sister Laural's family, went to Lava Hot Springs to swim. We had a blast! I even recognized one of my college roommates, Gina Grayston Knorr. She just happened to be down for the day from Utah County.
June 24-27th--LaMar, Sam, Jarin and I participated in our stake's Pioneer Trek. The three younger McKagues went to Idaho Falls with LaMar's parents. Those of us who participated in the trek had an awesome experience. Pictures LaMar took can be seen at this link http://picasaweb.google.com/lamarm1. There are two albums. One with kids from our ward and one of our trek "family".
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