Since the last post

My life has been the craziest since the last time I have posted anything... So I will try and explain to you what we have been doing!

First my sister had her baby on the 24th of July. Everything went great with mom and baby and we are glad to have another grandchild on the Rushdi side.

Next we went to a family reunion for Aaron's side of the family on the 25-27 of July. Last year the decided that they wanted to get together with mom, dad and all the families each year. This year Aaron's sister planned it and we had it a HUGE cabin in Heber. It was amazing and the car ride there was horrible. I am glad that we made it up there in our car (if we would have know... would have taken the jeep that is how bad it was) It was so great getting together especially since Aaron's sister and her husband left for Virgina this past week. We are going to miss them so much! On Saturday we spent the day in Park City. We all rode the Alpine slides. It was so fun and Emma said "weeee" the whole way down. We also had a picnic in the park and went shopping at the outlet malls. The weekend was amazing and we had the most wonderful time spending time as a family. We even learned a new talent of Kristen's new hubby... bagpipe playing. He did a wonderful job and we enjoyed him sharing it with us.

And one of the best parts was we had our family pictures taken! YEAH I always love having pictures updated. Here is one we took of the Grand kids... they are all so CUTE! I will post the others when I get them!

After the reunion that left me one day to get ready for Girls Camp! What a nightmare last Monday was. I spent all day running around getting things done. There was all sorts of problems (my mom's decision to spend an extra week in Arizona, one of my leaders not feeling well and not coming and countless other items we forgot to get) but we were able to get everything put together and after a sleepless night we left Tuesday at 7:00 am.

Our stake was one of the lucky ones that bought into a girls camp up by Idaho Falls. It was amazing! All year people for all the stakes have been working to get it ready. We had a huge lodge that was beautiful. There was a lake (which they made) and each camp site had a cement pad, water, electricity and leveled tent spots. Where we so grateful for all of the hard work! The week was amazing and the spirit was everywhere. We had wonderful girls that made the week really easy. Thursday night was one I will never forget. I got the book the Parable of the Princess (if you have not ready it... you need to) and read it to them and then we had our testimony meeting. What a thing girls camp is. I am thankful I was able to be a part of it this year. It really strengthen my testimony and made me appreciate everything that I had to come home to!

As a side note, both my little girl and my hubby got sick while I was gone. It was a good thing I did not have cell coverage or else I would have come home! I hope this gives you an idea of the craziness that has been my life the past two weeks. I look forward to some quieter days! Thank you everyone that came me words of encouragement and ideas for camp... it really helped!