Ice Cream and the Park... Must Be Summer

We are visiting Ellena in California for a week! She is doing great and we are having a good time. Today we went to the park in the morning and out for ice cream in the afternoon. You can tell by Moses' red face that he is not used to the heat here (to be honest, I am not either!).





I know there are a lot of ice cream pictures in this post, but they were so cute and funny that I couldn't resist.

A few messy faces

Scott's birthday was on Monday, the 25th, and Moses and I made him a chocolate cheesecake with a caramel and pecan layer underneath. It was yummy, and as you can tell by Moses' smile it was really fun to make!

Yesterday we had a ward Elder's Quorum activity. It was an ice cream social at the park. Moses wasn't the only kid with a messy face this time! This is Elizabeth (another one of Moses' many girlfriends)

Bubbles

If you listen closely, you can hear Moses say "Bubble!".

Friends to Be.. By Royal Decree

This weekend was the performance of our primary play! Amy Purnell, the secretary in our primary presidency, wrote an amazing script. We directed the play together and the kids performed it in front of an audience once on Friday night and again on Saturday afternoon.

It went really well. It was a lot of work, but it was so much fun! We really got to know the kids a lot better. And it was amazing to see some of their talents come out. We were also amazed by the some of the artistic talents hidden in our ward. People did an amazing job painting the set.

I wish I had more pictures to post, but maybe I will be able to put up some video clips in the next couple days.

Quack, Quack!

For FHE we had a BBQ at a park. After we ate we went and fed the ducks. Moses loved it! He would chase after the ducks yelling, "Quack, Quack!"

Moses and his Girlfriend

Moses and I went to the legislature grounds today. We met up with some friends and played in the water and enjoyed the sunshine. We set Moses and Addison up to play in the water, and they reached out and started holding hands! I think they make a cute couple!

SLIDE

Moses loves his new slide that Aunt Tracy and Uncle Tim brought him. It took him a while to figure it out (at first he would try to climb back up the slide and just cry) but he finally got it, and LOVES it!

Old McDonald had a farm.......

Moses loves animals, and shares his knowledge of their language with you. We forgot to ask him what a pig says though!

We planted our little garden for FHE. We planted peas, carrots, zucchini, green onions, peppers, tomatoes, and some herbs. Just a little bit of everything (emphasis on little). Moses loved it! Although now that the planting is over he is always a little sad that he can't play in the dirt.

Saskatoon

I never thought I would say this, but here goes. "We just got back from Saskatoon, and we had a great time!" Not that there is anything wrong with Saskatoon, but I never thought we would go there, let alone have a good short vacation there.

We went for the SRPC conference. It was a conference for rural doctors and Scott was sponsored to attend. Basically that means that we had our gas, hotel room, and food completely paid for to spend 3 days in Saskatoon. It was a lot of fun. We got to visit with a lot of different doctors and some of their wives. Scott learned a lot and Moses and I did some relaxing, some swimming, and a little shopping.

The hotel was great - it looked like a castle from the outside. Here is a picture of our view from the room.

PS - This was Moses first taste of watermelon! He loves it and eats it all the time now that they are in season.