lovin' lagoon.

c.e.r.e.a.l.

here are some snips of girls camp..

better late than never!!

amazing girls.

an amazing week.

overall?

amazing!

 p.s. thanks, shir - for the subway art!!

It was PERFECT!!

 

wicked!!

YAY!!
My birthday present finally came!

Kelly gave me tickets to WICKED for my bday in April and I have been (impatiently) awaiting July 20th...

Guess what?

It finally came!!

 I LOVED it and I am already plotting a way to see it again....soon!

Thanks, honey!

cherry hill.

Summer fun.

Enough said.

sunshine. in park city.

 

We had a couple weeks between Trek and Girls Camp..

and Kelly had a couple days in between jobs...

So...

We went to Park City, of course!!

 

 Madison and I tried out - and LOVED -

the ZipRider!

WHHEEEEEE!!!

 And Braden photo-bombed the nice family portrait.

Hey... when you are the only brother....

 ok.

 After the Alpine Slide,

the Alpine Coaster

and the Zip Rider...

We were hungry!

We ended the perfect family day with YUMMY pizza and slept all the way home!

taste of trek.

 

Thought I'd share a few pics 

from our Trek weekend.

June 7-9 in Skull Valley.

 

 Kelly aka IceMan

(he was VERY popular.)

 

 Madison was a "ma" for her family -

here are her girls during the "women's pull".

It made me cry.

 The girls on day 2 - 

after Madison was caught in the dirt devil.

 It took A LOT of water to keep 600 people happy and hydrated.

 ONE of the THREE companies pulling out on day 2.

It made me cry.

 Yup.  A very important part of the plan. :)

 

Almost to camp on day 2.

Happiness.

  

 Lookout Pass on day 3.

Rest and lunch after a hard pull to the top.

It made me cry.

 

 A view of our camp on the morning of day 3.

Pretty amazing.

 

 Gathering at the top of Lookout Pass.

It made me cry.

Honestly, the whole weekend was pretty incredible.

We spent hours organizing, praying, and preparing.

Trek came.

We went.

We were amazed.

The 485 youth were incredible.

They surprised us with their strength and determination.

33 miles of hard.

And they did it singing and (mostly) smiling.

I was humbled to be there and strengthened, too.

hope.

I am just finishing up a talk for tomorrow and LOVE this. 

 I wanted to share it and also put it somewhere that I can watch it often!  

Enjoy.