Bounties

We've been to Grandma's house twice this week to pick raspberries. Not the best of raspberry harvests but enough to enjoy fresh + 3 batches of straight raspberry jam and 2 batches of raspberry/apricot jam. We also picked more Bing cherries to eat fresh and share. A thoughtful sister in the ward called yesterday to see if we'd be interested in apricots. Of course! We've enjoyed strawberries and blueberries from the grocer; and cherries, raspberries, and apricots from surrounding areas. One of the reasons I LOVE summer!

While we devour delicious fruit, Bryant is feasting on his orchard finds. Yes, he ate a chocolate covered grasshopper. I don't know why, he swallowed the...

The boys both won their soccer games this week. The novelty of it has worn off for Hyrum and he is making it a bit more difficult to just sit and watch the game.

Also a couple times to Grandma Gibbon's pool to go swimming and a little backyard water and popsicles make summer, summer.

The Bishop called this evening and said he received our Kiev Temple Dedication tickets! I've had some contact with those I worked with through facebook this week and I've made some arrangements to get more people together at one time so I get a chance to see as many people as possible. It's coming up fast!

To Utah first this week for a short trip and our first ever Hales Family Reunion. It is going to be a lot of fun.