What better time than now to start blogging again. I am not going to do a catch up on the past year (too much has happened) but I will start with the last few months. First my parents were called to serve a mission in Trujillo, Peru as Mission Presidents. They will be serving there for 3 years. So they sold their house and moved in with us. Surprisingly it was really fun! The kids loved having them there all the time and I loved having a live in maid. :) Yep, my mom cleans and I cook, so it was a great combination. We then had a family reunion with my Dad's bothers and sisters. 8 out of the 9 kids were their with most of their families. It was super fun to have all of our children play together. We even took one night and had all the adults attend a session at the temple. It was a wonderful sight to have everyone there. After the reunion we got notice that we had to move so we soon became homeowners!
Here I am by the sign, I need to take pictures of the house but this will have to do. It was a crazy ride but well worth it. I love my house and I love that we are finally settled.
Gunnar earned and received his Arrow of Light. We are so proud of him for sticking it out and making it to the end. He just finished his first Boy Scout Camp and loved it!
This picture is out of order but I will explain after the next picture.
Then we took my whole family to Hawaii, yep 28 of us in a beautiful 6 bedroom home. It was a blast. We swam, snorkeled, jumped off cliffs, ate shaved ice from Matsumotos, had pineapple ice cream from the dole plantation, swam, visited Pearl Harbor, played on Black Hawk Helicopters, hiked, swam, and enjoyed our own practically private beach. It was a family reunion we will never forget. The kids still ask when we are going back to our house in Hawaii!!?? I hope soon. We returned home from Hawaii to pack up our house, move and then send my parents to Peru. It culminated with stake girls camp. I was the stake girls camp director this year. I had the responsibility of planning a camp for 240 people. We went to Catalina and had a fabulous time. The picture above unfortunately is the only thing camp I have. Those were the tent assignments. I will have to beg some pictures off of the other leaders.
All in all we had a crazy last few months but they were amazing!! I couldn't have done it with out the help of my sisters to take kids or help with camp assignments. (I even got shingles in the middle of the craziness!!) We do feel so blessed with all that we have been given and can't wait to see what new adventures will be coming our way.
