Monday, June 30, 2014

Start to Summer: Goodbye Flakes & Youth Conference

Some of our close friends, Ryan & Jessica, just moved all the way to Oklahoma to start dental school! We met them through my sister really, because my sister married Jessica's brother. So they are like both friends and family. They just had a cute little girl, Kensington (Kensie) and she is adorable! We were happy to go down for the baby blessing and see some other family and friends. 

Us, the Flakes, & our other great friends the Bevans


I love this one because Ty (ours and the Flake's nephew) really wanted to be in the picture! He's so darling.

...And it looks like we have a kid!

Cutest Ty playing with David! We loved seeing both he and Andrew

 Carly, Jess, and Me
 I absolutely love these ladies. We have had so many wonderful trips & memories together. I love that Carly is still so close, but we will miss Jess so much!

Later that week, David & I headed to Youth Conference with the youth in our ward. We went to Bluff, UT and learned about the pioneers on the Hole in the Rock expedition, which is such an inspiring story of faith. We explored the fort that has been reconstructed, hiked to some Indian petroglyphs and granaries, hiked and pulled handcarts on parts of the Pioneer trails, swam in the San Juan river, did a little service, learned some dances, had late night bonfires, and had a great time getting to know the youth and leaders better. 


Hiking with a handcart, the kids look so happy, huh?!

This says "We Thank Thee O God" on the wall. The pioneers carved it into the rock wall, despite all their huge trials on this expedition, and it is still there. They had a ton of faith and are great examples. 

Beautiful scenery. As you can tell, this is pretty much in the middle of nowhere.

My dad designed these awesome shirts. Our theme was "We Can Do Hard Things", which I loved.

Great start to summer!