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Camps, Dinner Pies, Shark Week . . .

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Say what you will about platitudes and clichés, the letter board seriously makes my day. Supporting local businesses is fun . . . when a dinner pie is involved. (From what I understand, they will be flash-freezing and shipping all over the US soon.) Our favorite toddler--eating one of the Crust Club Pies (BBQ Pork and Macc). Jr at youth conference. Snow College. Youth Conference. Youth Conference Dance. Young men in our ward. Young women in our ward. Combined photo, Youth Conference young men and young women. Lu and Zu checking into BYU Volleyball Camp. (With Cosmo the cougar.) Bam and G, her biological sister. (If you are new to the blog, we were fortunate to adopt our bambinos.) Bam prepped our home for Shark Week. Shark Week treats. Dave and the cat, Mimi. The joke in our family is that we always have ONE cat that attaches to him. And he's really a dog person. So it's way comical to see him have this cat
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Summertime 2017

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Lu and Zu make me feel like everyone should have a twin. They are always together. Always laughing. Always trying to stay up late, sneaking in an extra episode of Pretty Little Liars or some other wonky tv series. I'm grateful our kids all like spending time together. It's truly the coolest thing about adoption (to me)--to see them all create this crazy solid unit. I know everyone thinks their bambinos are amazing, but I REALLY REALLY think that. Zu and Lu at the Lake. Waiting for Papaya to return from Peru. Airport. Bam as Little Mermaid. Papaya as Little Mermaid. Zu and Lu with a really great friend, Sierra. Jr. caught (and released) this fish at our lake! Crazy! Bam began a new part-time job, so Dave, Papaya, Lu and I went to see her. So fun! *********** Random Pie Plug: This new business opened near our home and I love the idea. Dinner Pies!
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Papaya's Trip to Peru (June 21-July 8)

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Where to begin? Somehow, someway, Papaya had the opportunity to take her first trip out of the country--to Peru--in June/July. She was with an organization called Humanitarian Especially For Youth--which is affiliated with our church. The program is part service, part cultural exchange. For service, the group of 20+ students worked on the groundbreaking for a Breast Cancer Center in Lima, Peru. For the cultural exchange part, they flew to Cusco and hiked Machu Picchu, visited a lot of sights in Lima (catacombs, even!), and were hosted generously by the local LDS congregations there. (The went to youth group activities, a dance, the Missionary Training Center, and even the Lima Peru Temple.) She had an incredible time. The experience was life-changing. And she made some amazing friends. We all love Peru now! I know she has more details, but for the blog I thought I would focus on the photos.
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