SURPRISE!!!! Once again I didn't blog. I barely had time to breathe this summer, let alone blog. I think I only showered weekly to be honest. Let's back it up to the end of June. I went away for a week to CAMP SUMMIT! For the fifth year in a row, I was a counselor to a bunch of 8-17 year olds and it was glorious. This year I was head counselor so I had a lot of extra responsibilities (most importantly being the DJ at the dance). It was hard, exhausting, stressful, taxing, but it was also rewarding, fun, and absolutely amazing. It's the best part of my summer every year.
Here's my cutie counselor buddy Emmi. She jumped right on in even though it was her first year!
The kids this year were hysterical! They got into the art supplies....
Once again, the beach was a huge hit with the kids.
Shirts were not required.
They had great senses of humor!
We had a Jungle themed dance at the end of the week so I dressed up as a Jungle explorer.
Back at home, I had a week long break and then started working at Adventures in Writing Camp in Los Altos.
Here's a church selfie with Kristi.
On weekends and nights I was also doing babysitting/party planning/a million other things.
Kenzie is the cutest thing ever! She learned my name this summer but she pronounces it like "Day-Day"
My parents and I went on a little trip to Napa during my week-long break.
The shopping and sightseeing was so fun!
I found the place for me.
The best part about Napa if you're underage or Mormon (which I am both) is the FOOD. We went to Bottega which is one of my parents' favorite restaurants.
The next morning we got up bright and early and went on a hot air balloon ride! It was so cool. There was too much fog over the Napa Valley so we took a two hour drive to Yolo County and flew over all of the agriculture fields.
The sunflowers were humungous!
While we were there we indulged in one of my favorite summer treats. Macarons! They are delightful chewy cookies.
When we got back it was 4th of July so I made us a patriotic fruit pizza!
We got new outdoor chairs and dishes, and Dewey got to have his nightly beer outside.
That weekend, my mom and I went to Rachel Dunn's chocolate making class. It was so cool! We had no idea what to expect - we were ready for a copycat of the chocolate factory episode of I Love Lucy.
The hairnets were the best part.
We got a huge plate of goodies to take home and they were all so yummy!
When we got home, the new guitar that I had ordered online was at our door! I was so excited. It's beautiful!
I did a lot more babysitting...
And took selfies at camp.
My mom and I hit up the annual Dachshund day in Carmel and Dewey even ventured into the water! It was awesome and we did it as a day trip and it worked out perfectly.
We had to get a picture in the Wienermobile.
Dewey was really into digging in the sand and burying things this time around. He buries things with his nose so it ended up getting pretty dirty.
After the two weeks of writing camp in Los Altos, I started another two weeks of camp in Danville. The cool part about this session of camp was that a lot of the kids go to my mom's school so they all thought I was royalty.
Writing camp was fun and crazy! They wrote their own e-books and edited and published them during the two weeks. The kids were super creative and had some crazy stories.
I was also introduced to the Snoopify app, which is the best thing ever.
At camp, we had Rap battle days where we had to dress up like rappers. Those days were my favorite because my rapper outfit is so comfy!
Selfie with Dewey on the way to the dog park.
After writing camp ended, I went back to the Law Firm and kept working on the tasks I had left behind. I kept babysitting and nannying while the Kahn's nanny was sick for a week. We went swimming a lot and it rocked!
We also fed the ducks!
Finally it was time for the celebration of the summer! The August birthday party. This year it was combined with Madison and Mackenzie. Madison turned 5 and Mackenzie turned 2 and we had an art themed party. It was so much work but it was great! Best party of the year.
Here's our candy bar.
Cupcakes!!
Goody bags!
Madison looked so cute!
Jackson gave a talk in Primary and it was fantastic.
The Slavens fed the Elders on Sunday and watched Saturday's Warrior and we took a selfie on the way to the Tjan's house for the movie.
I did the ice bucket challenge....
And I frosted Dallin's tips.
I went to the Legit performance for the first time ever and it was so fun!!! Our little family :)
My dad got us matching roadtrip shirts for our drive Tucson.
Today was the first day of church with my roomies and it was super fun! Lots of new people.
After church, Sydney poured ice water on yet more ice-challengers and it rocked.
After that I made dinner for the beezies and now we are getting ready for the first day of school! I can't wait - this should be a great semester!!!!
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