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John photo bombed and these two Austin Mahone representatives didn't even have a clue!

I can't even write a caption here because I have absolutely no clue what they all are doing.

Bubbles with Cole

Here's Jack ziplining... I'm pretty proud of my cool angle.

Taylor getting warm by the fire.

Hicks took my camera and made me take a picture to prove that I was there since I'm never in any of the pictures.

Here is our cannon a.k.a. potato bomb. I'm pretty sure the neighbors heard this from a 50 square mile radius.

One of these days my dad will let me take his picture without hating my guts. I seriously doubt it though.

We were so cozy!

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Happy 24th of July!!

For those of you reading my book that aren't from Utah, this is a VERY important holiday! Today we got to go camping with the Pace family! We had entirely too much fun. Michael (our camp director) brought up a flag so we had flag ceremony first thing in the morning. We went to the same place that I spent at girls camp (100 years ago when I was in YW). Many a memory... 

Here are some of the cousins that I found just hanging around. I LOVE that they are all such good friends. It's ALL about family. 

Bailey found a tree to desecrate...

Michael had put a zipline put in for his scouts (who came here earlier in the summer). The kids literally spent hours going down this thing. They invented a million different ways to sail through the trees. 

Pace also spent a million hours on his (our) 125. It's hard to ride this in the mountains. I promptly laid it down within 3 minutes of getting on it. I'm going to need more practice.

The weather was perfect. The high was in the 70's. It can't even get any better than that!

Here's Taylor trying her hand at the zipline. She also spent a majority of her time with her little cousins by her side. She is the greatest babysitter ever. All her aunts love it when she's anywhere around! They get to take a break.

 Not only is it the 24th but it's also Sundi's birthday! Happy Birthday Jack (I mean Sundi). 

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I finally got Martha's quilt done!!! I'm pretty happy about this. It was supposed to be her birthday present which makes it about 5 months late. It is made from all of Julio's old shirts. I think it turned out really well. 

Martha loved it and that is all that matters.

Here is the PayPay update... He's still on a death defying river trip while I sit home without a clue what they are doing!

Calmer waters...

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We drove home today but not before a few more hours of fun!

Pace and Britt

This is the high five reception line for Laurie going down the slide.

I took this picture at Grandma's house. Taylor took a face plant on the redneck roller coaster. It doesn't show up too good in the picture but she cut her lip and got some road rash on her cute little face! It was so sad. Laurie was videoing at the time so we got a play by play of her wreck. Brutal!

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We are in Morgan Utah right now at an elaborate tree house vacation! We got here yesterday and we've already had so much fun. Everyone in the family except Jade, Bailey, and Ambri came. It just wasn't quite the same without them!

The girls played in the concrete pond that was outside the tree house. They spent hours here!

There was literally acres and acres of grass. It was paradise. 

Taylor was loving the swing!

The boys played this game (I have no clue what it is called) the entire time we were there. I need to whip one up though because they loved it!

Here is the slide that went into the pond. 

Laurie brought ice cream that they shook up and had for a snack today. Good times!

 Just chillin on this lazy summer day!

Here was my view while laying on my air mattress having a nap in the middle of the day! It is so beautiful here!

Grandma is a super swag swinger... just look at her form!

Shiver Cats!

Grandma and Grandpa watching the cousins play.

Kung Foo at its finest

Everyone sitting around the campfire... I could seriously do this every night.

Laurie in her happy place... all snuggled up with Max.

All tucked in for the night... we decided to sleep out in the meadow under the stars. 

It was a little bit chilly for us Vegas folks. We had to double up on our blankets to try and make it through the night!

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Here we all are... assembled, cameras ready, waiting anxiously for mom and dad to open their mission call!

The seal of the envelope is broken......

Mom just figured it out... Dad is still reading....

This picture needs no caption! Look at my dad's face!!!

This is the moment that both my mom and dad realize that they will be on their mission for not one, but two lambing seasons. My dad is horror struck while my mom is rejoicing. P.S. they STILL have not told us at this point!!!

Still waiting... my mom just keeps on reading the 100 page booklet regarding what to pack and how to obtain a Visa...meanwhile we still have no clue where they are going!

Finally the verdict... My mom and dad will be serving a temple mission in Johannesburg South Africa reporting for duty on March 14, 2016. I'm traumatized that they will be gone for 18 months but I couldn't be more proud of them. Those people in Africa just won the lottery for they will have the pleasure of having two of the greatest people on the planet living among them.