Slipping and Sliding!

At church I have a new assignment helping with activities for the 8-9 year old girls in the ward. I went to my first activity yesterday where they had all sorts of fun water games. I didn't get my camera out until the very end, but I still got some fun shots.
Carolyn spent the whole time eating watermelon. I had bought some for the girls, but Carolyn desperately wanted some. I ended up cutting a personal-sized melon for the younger kids to share. Carolyn ended up eating half of it. She had seeds down her suit and in her diaper.

Chandler didn't actually ride a bike, but he was getting ready to in case he was allowed!



After the activity we tried to get Carolyn to do her first on-her-belly slip and slide. She couldn't quite figure out what I was trying to do to her. We did manage to get her down once or twice and she giggled the whole way!

Get Ready for a History Lesson...

Harry and Carolyn took Jeremy, Carolyn Ann (CA), and me to upstate New York. We went to visit the historical sites for our church in Palmyra and Fayette. I have never been to any of these sites being a West Coast girl myself. It was so fun to see this other side of New York. We didn't see any of the hustle and bustle of the city, just beautiful farm country. It's easy to forget there's more to New York State than Manhattan.

When we arrived in Palmyra, we first went to Hill Cumorah (the place Joseph Smith found the gold plates that would become the Book of Mormon).

After spending some time on the hill, we went down to the old Smith property where Joseph Smith grew up. We took a tour of the printing press where they printed the first edition of the Book of Mormon. Dude, after learning about the process required for each book, I can't believe people had books to read back in those days.

This is how CA felt after we dragged her around to all the sites.