A slacker

It is amazing! A person would think that with 5 of our 6 kids gone, I should have TONS of free time, right? And here it is JULY 9th and I am entering my first blog of the month.
We have been gone more than we have been home so far this summer. Most of the days we have been home, have been work days (So basically, we have still been gone more than we've been home.)
Let me re-cap the last few weeks.
June 17th: PUPPIES! Yes, 5 beautiful little puppies! I didn't really want them, but here they are and they are as cute as cute can be. LOTS of work, but darling.
Father's Day weekend June 19th-22nd): On Friday night, we went to the Manti Pageant, then slept and Grandma & Grandpa Picketts' house in Redmond, UT. Saturday we picked up Chloe from youth conference, took Darby and Chloe to spend the weekend with their Dad. Ryan and I stayed with the Garcia's Saturday and Sunday nights. Monday morning we went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house. (It was FABULOUS!)
The temple is beautiful, and the spirit is so strong. I am so glad to have had the opportunity to take the girls. I wish that Grant, Hayley and Zack could have gone too. Even without being dedicated, it is so apparent that the spirit of the Lord is present. No words... just awesome!
Monday was Grandpa Bracken's 75th Birthday, so we came home and had cake and home-made ice cream.
The 4th Of July weekend was another crazy one. Darby and Chloe had gone up to Provo with Mike & Brenda for Stadium of Fire practices on Thursday. Friday night, Ryan, Sadie and I joined them.
Saturday consisted of a parade in the morning, then the men (boys) went golfing, and the rest of us explored the street fair and chilled at the hotel. We ate an early dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory, and then got ready for the STADIUM OF FIRE. The show was great! (Much better than last year!) Even though I am not personally familiar with much of the Jonas Brothers music, they put on a very good live show, and I think almost everyone enjoyed it. This was Darby's first year dancing and she thought it was great!
On July 5th, Sadie and Darby went to stay with their Dad for a month. So Chloe is the only one at home with us.
Maybe we'll have a quiet, uneventful month! Not likely!