FIFTH annual swim party at Joie's

This was the fifth year! The kids and I bring lunch over to Joie's and then we spend the day swimming and playing in Joie's pool. This year was awesome because everyone could touch the bottom to play volleyball! Tyler has grown six inches this year. After five matches, we were ready for our annual treat: popcicles. Joie always buys several new varieties of popcicles for us to try. This year, we had gummi popcicles, fudgecicles, creamcicles, and grape popcicles. We always have the kind with jokes on the stick. What is a meteorologist's favorite type of music?

ROCK! What is the golf club's favorite drink?

TEA! What is the soda's favorite music?

POP! Doesn't that take you back to the days of Laffy Taffy jokes?

Anyway, we were lucky this year that Jillian, Jaryn and Jinny were there! The only one missing was sniff, sniff, Amy Lee Hall.

We always come home a little bit red, even though we coat the sunscreen on because we just have so much fun, we can't get out of the pool.

Thanks, Joie!!

Las Vegas for PLC Conference

Our district sent us to Vegas for a Professional Learning Community Conference put on by the DaFours. There were some incredible speakers that made me rethink some of my classroom strategies and policies. I got to room with Cristi!! She got us an upgrade in Caesar's What a sweet room!






Joie, Jillian, Jaryn, and Jinny met us up there for some fun in the evenings. It is so weird to be somewhere where you can walk around at midnight and there are thousands of people walking along. I love the lights and Bellagio fountain at night.

Family Home Evening at the Garcia's

What a fun evening we had last Monday, June 14! Pete and Vicki Garcia invited us to their home to have a lesson and treats. We have so many memories there. Our first fourth of July celebration in Litchfield Park was on their pond. Brandon was still in diapers! First, the kids played a few rounds of Just Dance on the Wii and then we headed out to the pond. Vicki taught a lesson about the still small voice. The object was for P.J. to complete a trail near the pond safely while blindfolded. Part of our group whispered the correct directions softly. I guess P.J. didn't hear our still small voices as the part of our group representing temptation led P.J. off the dock and into the water. He was not pleased as he had on his new shoes. Oh well, lesson learned! After the lesson, we ate our tin foil dinners that had been cooking in the fire pit. Once it got dark, we had SMORES with giant marshmellows. What a fun evening!!
Bill Hughes turning our tin foil dinners.

Here are the kids getting ready for dinner.


Oops! P.J. going off the dock:

Vicki teaching:

Blessed on Father's Day

I simply wish to express gratitude to the amazing men in my life.

My dad is a wonderful motivator and source of advice. I have always looked up to him and am grateful he is my father.

Don McAdams Senior is a loving man who loves the gospel and is a fine example for others to follow.

My husband is a fun outdoorsy daddy who loves to spend time laughing and leading his children. He loves the gospel as well and is always striving to be better.

I know that Ty and Brandon have wonderful men to look up to as they prepare someday to be fathers themselves.

Happy Father's Day!

Ahh...the joys of having a chef for a husband!

A perfect dinner for a perfect 105 degree summer night!! I am so grateful to have a husband who can cook. After a long day at summer workshops, I came home to the best white meat bbq ribs I have ever had, fresh corn on the cob and a fruit salad for dessert. Yes, it's summer, baby...and my husband rocks.

That was last night. Tonight, he is roasting at passing league football (it was 109 on my car thermometer on the way home from summer workshops) while myself and kids played Beatles rock band until we were sweaty! I love summer.