Fathers and Sons Campout

A few weeks ago Cody took Eli on the church Father's and Son's camp-out. It was the first time they had ever gone camping just the 2 of them. We went with Eli when he was just a baby, so it was kind of his first camp-out that he could recall. So, I made Cody take the camera to document this special daddy time. They had a lot of fun together and Eli was full of great things to say. I guess the S'more stuff came a little late and Eli was already in the tent, so when he heard the marshmallows had arrived, he announced it to the entire camp as he went to the campfire. He also became obsessed with saying hi to the Bishop. It is so funny because even now when he sees him on Sunday he says, "Hi Bishop". Sometimes he doesn't hear him because he is a little hard of hearing, but Eli usually will then speak up until he is acknowledged. I just love how much he loves him. There were a lot of little boys around Eli's age there, so he kept pretty entertained. When it was time to go to bed he took his flashlight in his sleeping bag and was reading books. When he fell asleep he wouldn't stay on the pad, so Cody kept putting him back on. Needless to say between moving Eli back to his bed and the thunder/lightning he didn't get a lot of sleep. Then he went to work the next day! What an awesome dad...you can tell why we love him so much!

Date night

I go to this group my friend started called "cook club", every week we go to her house and someone in the group demos a recipe. It is a fun way to learn new recipes and get together to talk. Well, this has kind of branched out to a couples "cook club" once a month or so. We were able to work it out to come this last month and we cooked steak, it was so yummy. She also showed us how to make French dressing, which I actually liked. Alisha (my friend who started the group) has an awesome backyard and garden, so we ate dinner outside by the pond. As cheesy as this sounds, it was pretty romantic. The most romantic part of the night was riding on the tractor her husband had restored. ;) I think Cody and I would make good farmers, at least for a few minutes. I was glad to have a fun date night with friends and loved spending time with my wonderful hubby whom I love more than anything! Don't you just love creative dating?

Olive Juice

These pictures crack me up because I used to do the exact same thing when I was a kid. They put all the olives on their fingers and then they try one olive and decide they don't really like them. You'd think by now, they would have learned...I guess you just have to keep trying until you remember. Cody loves olives, so I guess he could have eaten them off their fingers when they were done, but you would have to be pretty brave to eat anything off of my children's fingers. Just sayin'. They may be cute kids, but I have a heck of a time trying to keep them clean!

Fellow Centervilleian

We have gotten to know a lot of missionaries as we have lived in Washington and Oregon and sometimes we even find someone we know in common. Well, an Elder served in our ward here in Hermiston for quite a long time and his name is Elder Buchanan. He happens to be from my home town Centerville, UT and we happen to have the same 2nd family, the McFalls. Corie is one of my best friends and her younger brother Kevin is best friends with Elder Buchanan. Small world! Even better we all got a long so well. Especially Eli and Elder B. They would sword fight or whatever, but they always had a good time. We had to say goodbye to Elder B at the beginning of May as he headed off to his last area of the mission. He is a great missionary and we are lucky to have been able to rub shoulders with him for a while. He had a lot of success in this area and I think that is because people knew he had a kind heart and they could feel the spirit when he was around. He will be missed here in Hermiston, but we look forward to running into him in C-ville. Corie, if you are reading this I thought it might be kind of fun for your family to see these pics. If you would, please share this with them. Thanks you are the best!

Btw, the extra little boys in the picture are not ours...just in case you were wondering. They are our friend's boys, we were babysitting them that day.