One of my favorite summer activities is the OUTDOOR AQUA ZUMBA class. They had a kickoff class the morning after we got back from Washington that was Barbie theme. Very fun!
My family waited to celebrate Memorial Day until June so we could also be there. It was very fun to be there together although it was difficult to get Dad to come with us. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed being together to celebrate Mom!
The day we left for New Jersey, I got to go to the baptism of one of my former students, Kasette Stubbs. And it was delightful to also see 3 more of my former students, Sophie Parkinson with her little sister April, Claire Gubler and of course, Kaison Stubbs, Kasette's little brother.
Just before we arrived in NJ, Bennett broke his arm in flag football practicing catching the ball with a friend who went up for the catch the same time he did. Oops! Poor guy!
We arrived early on a Sunday morning and spent the day at church and family events.
Monday we all went into New York City via the Statton Island Ferry.
We love seeing the Statue of Liberty!
It was a pleasant day, perfect weather.
We rode the subway to get to the places we wanted to go. We started at...
...the EMPIRE STATE BUILDING!
This is somewhere Jenna has wanted to go ever since we did NOT go there on a family reunion trip many years ago.
We loved the displays inside.
There were a lot of interesting spots.
Including this spot where they made it look like King Kong was going to get you!
We did not go ALL the way to the tip top, but to the 82 floor. It cost like twice as much to do the full trip and it was already pretty pricy.
Views were awesome from each area we went to.
We also went to the Museum of Natural History next to Central Park.
We got to explore quite a few areas inside here and really had a good time.
Scott left for Argentina the next day and I got to be with kiddos and help Jenna.
I took the kids on a walk one afternoon and Cassidy wanted me to hold her up to the windows to see the fire engines when one of the volunteers asked me if we wanted to see a truck inside...well, YES!
Meanwhile, Scott was exploring Argentina in preparation for the dedication of the temple there.
This is the Salta Argentina temple. It is really pretty. I like the dome design of the steeple.
In Washington, Clara was celebrating her 5th Birthday! We got to talk to her on the phone the next day! She is so happy to be 5!
Jenna and Ty finally got to close on their new house the Friday after I arrived. We had kept busy at her old house preparing things, but now we could really go to work.
She had things ready and wasted no time in beginning to make it into their own space.
We replaced the light fixture up in Cassidy's bathroom first and then moved on to the master bath and then some.
Wayne came over and helped with some of the bigger light fixtures on ceilings.
It was really good just to take down the curtains...we were really amazed at all the beading and fringe on all the curtains and valances. Just not their style at all!
We got painters in to begin prepping to completely paint the interior of the house! That was really exciting.
Every day we let them in early and sometimes got lunch for them and I got to use my Spanish quite a bit. Very fun.
One project Jenna decided to cut down a small tree in the corner of the yard that was already dying, to make room for their playset. Carter heaved the tree over the back fence!
I had to bring the silly faces for the kids to try a dance party...but they were pretty shy about it. I did get a few pics to show how funny they looked though.
Klay
Cassidy
Bennett
Carter.
He is wearing the coveted BACON that he earned from my Grandma Store. The kids worked hard on so many projects helping us move and earned quite a few things.
June was busy. Got back after extending my trip another 5 days and got right back to work on preschool stuff and at my Dad's house. Scott was home working and just kept right on plugging away! We were gone more of June than we were home!
