She's a girl!!!

It's official! Macy is a girly girl! She's already into dressing up. She tries to put on my glasses, shoes, shirts, skirts, socks, and yes even my underwear!!! I'll have to get her some of her own stuff to dress up in before she ends up embarresing me! So here are some cute glam shots of my girl!

Over already!

You know how time goes by so slowly when you're anticipating an exciting event? Like girl's camp.....family reunions....trip to California? And then all of a sudden it's all over? Well it's already over for me! One month ago I was going crazy with anticipation and excitement to do so many fun things and it passed so quickly! We got back from California Sunday night and Payte has asked me every day since if I've updated the blog. So while he's off having fun with the boys I'm catching up. We had a great time visiting Payte's family starting with his sister Shannon in Chester, CA. We left on July 2nd at 9:30 p.m. and drove through the night. It worked out well because Macy slept the whole time! We got to Shannon's house at 10:30 a.m. on July 3rd and rested all day long to prepare for the 4th. The morning of the 4th, Payte ran in the Chester 3 mile "Fun Run" with his sister. Then we went to the parade and then to the awesome lake. Chester is a small town in northern california, but on the 4th of July it really buzzes with people! Unfortunately there were many fires in the area so it was extremely smokey and some highways were closed. They had set up camps for the fire fighters at all the schools in the town. We missed the fireworks that night because Macy was filthy and we were exhausted. (and no fireworks can be better than Idaho Falls or Menan!) Anyways, here are the pics from that weekend.

On Saturday July 5th we left Chester and drove to Madera, CA where Payte grew up and where his other sister and parents still live. We did laundry and went to church the next day so that we could leave on Monday to Cypress, CA where Payte's grandparents and extended family live. We had a great time catching up, spend the night at a hotel, just to get up and drive to San Diego the next day. In San Diego we went to the zoo the first day, Sea World the second, and the children's discovery center the 3rd day. We could have easily spent at least a week there because there's so much to do and see, but we'll have to do that another time! Unfortunately I don't have pics from Sea World cuz I left my camera at the hotel, but my mother-in-law and sister-in-law took some, so those will have to be posted later. But here some fun pics from our time in San Diego.

Crook Family Reunion

Last weekend was my mom's side of the family reunion. We went to Mapleton, Utah where great friends of the family let us come to their home and family barn where dances and parties are held often. It was all at the base of the mountains and there was a large pond with canoes, paddle boats and a rope swing. We played lots of games including siamese kickball, giant slip and slide, and volley ball with giant beach balls. My uncle Bill brought his accordian as always and we did the chicken dance together. Macy was a very good little dancer. The best part of the whole weekend was when my 85 year old grandma went down the slip and slide in her clothes! She thought it was so much fun that she talked my 90 year old blind grandpa into going down with her again! I got video of it, but it's sideways, so I guess I won't post it. I am so lucky to have such healthy, youthful, and fun grandparents! I will never forget that day! The last picture is the house my grandpa grew up in, in Heber City, UT.

Girl's Camp

One of the reasons I haven't been posting this month is because I've been doing Girl's camp stuff. Two months ago the Bishop came to my door and asked me to be the camp director. I told him yes not knowing what the dates of camp would be. That night as I looked at my calendar I realized I wouldn't be able to go to camp the whole week, so I told him that the same night. They decided to find someone else and have me be the assistant, but it took them a while to find someone, so I ended up doing alot of the work. It was tons of fun though, and I love those girls so much. I only ended up going on Monday last week and was so sad to leave that night! The girls brushed my hair, rubbed my shoulders, and played games with me! I hope I can stay in the Young Women's program for a while, because it's so much fun! The girl's make me feel so loved. So now I get to go back to just being the Personal Progress leader which is fine with me!

Summer Days!

So Macy and I have really been enjoying the nice weather lately. All she wants to do is play outside in our grass. She loves to go see the 5 horses we have in back so all day she says, "Horse! Horse! Horse!" We also go see the goat (Jasmine.) Jasmine loves it when we let her out to come and eat our weeds. She acts just like dog. It's pretty fun. Anyways, here are some cute pictures of Macy rolling in the grass.