A June Summer

 BB is soaking in extra cuddles with the kitties.

Little Lady is having fun with all her church friends

Youth Temple Trip

 I love that my kids get to go to the temple way more often than I did as a youth.  We used to have to drive all the way to Toronto from Syracuse once a year, and now it's only 40 minutes away and they go fairly regularly.  

Chef Matthew

As part of my helping my children become independent adults one day, I've been teaching them how to cook basics, so that I know when they leave me they won't starve.  The funny thing is that it's my youngest who now does most of the cooking out of the 4 of them.  He was hungry the other day, so he boiled himself some eggs.  He loves hard-boiled eggs. He cooked dinner twice this week, before I got home from work.  It's so fun to watch him grow up. 

Blueberry Picking!

Did I make my children pick blueberries even though 2 of them won't eat them?  Yes.  Yes, I did.  Little Man is the only one who honestly doesn't like them, but Little Guy likes to be able to complain about anything that looks like work to him.  It had been too long since we'd been here.  

Ever since then we've been eating blueberries every day and loving it.  Little Lady made blueberry lemon muffins, and I've been making blueberry-banana baked oatmeal in the mornings.  I could eat blueberries everyday.  

Happy Father's Day

Joel requested Oreo poke cake for Father's Day.  We sure do love him.  Grandpa Thompson came over to celebrate as well.

More Baseball

 Seriously, I feel like all we do is baseball in June.  BB and Little Guy are having great seasons though, so I suppose you can't complain too much.  They seriously love it.  The regular season is almost over and the tournament begins at the end of the month.

Comings and Goings

 June is a bit of a random month: from birthday parties to church luaus.  The boys also completed a hitting camp.  BB hates T work, but it's good for him.

Girl's Camp/High Adventure

 This year the guys and girls went together to Arkansas for High Adventure and Girl's Camp.  They had all kinds are adventures.  Little Lady went rock climbing, and really stretched herself with her fear of heights.  It was awesome to see her challenge herself.  BB went mountain biking for the first time and got his tire stuck between rocks.  He went flying and got some crazy bruises and scratches.  He also came home with a fabulous sunburn.  

This is Little Man's last high adventure.  He missed roughing it, but he still had a great time.

On the way back they went to the Bentonville, Arkansas temple.