Summer 2022 Update

 Hyrum and Ruger start school next week, so I guess it is time to update our family journal on what has kept us busy this summer.  For Ruger and I, most of our weekdays are spent at the pool or on hikes.  We always go with friends and there were even a few times when Hyrum and his friends joined us.

On the 4th of July, we went to the mountains with Grandma Helen to watch the fireworks in the valley but for the 24th, some friends of ours from a neighborhood close to us invited us to their community block party.

This is a picture of my favorite tree in front of the Mount Timpanogos Temple.  No joke, everytime I go, I have to stop and not just visit "my tree" but touch the knot in the center.  I just love this tree!

Our Primary music leader wanted pictures of the kids in front of the temple and so here's just a cute picture of Ruger with his friend, Nathaniel.

Cousin Stephen moved out of state this summer.  We had to have one last dinner with him.  Ruger was next to him the whole night...but that's pretty typical when it comes to his infatuation with Stephen.

Little Stinker found our dog clippers and decided to experiment.

David and I went to a benefit concert for North Star International in Midway, Utah.  North Star is a resource for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who either identify within the LGBTQ+ community or family members of those who identify as such.  Just as the first performer was singing her last song, the most beautiful rainbow I have EVER seen appeared in the sky.  This picture does not do justice to how bright it was!  Right after Madelyn Paige sang, a transgender member of the Church got up to bear her testimony of her journey with her identity as well as her commitment to stay close to her Savior.  But before she did that she said, pointing to the rainbow, "If you ever wondered how our Heavenly Father felt about his queer children, here you go."  It was such a precious moment, I'm sure, that was provided for those there who struggle with knowing where they fit in God's plan.