Some Sidenotes

Some other fun things from June, in no particular order.

My dear friend Maren always invites me to one Red Butte Garden concert per year. This year she invited me to see The Barenaked Ladies with her. Um hello YES PLEASE. Was it on a Wednesday night, right during a young women's activity? Yes. Yes it was. But I called on my other leaders to help me out and I skived off and went with Maren. What a treat. I have loved this band for what...30 years? And they were just as delightful as ever. Also I adore Maren. 

Romney went on a camping trip to Bear Lake with her gang of friends. I don't have photo evidence of the trip. Just of the wake of destruction left by her preparations. Sometimes kids are the worst. 

I already complained about cleaning up Aspen Lakes camp. Troy and I were also requested to help open and clean up Brighton Girls Camp. Sigh. We felt a little complainey about this job too, but had fun with the Behunins and Bates as we prepped the Wild Rose cabin. Funny, I still come across things up there that I created since my mom was on the committee. She asked me to repaint all of the cabin signs in about 1990 and there they still were!

Totally random - my dear friend Emily and I went to breakfast where they had something called millionaire bacon. It was drizzled in real maple syrup and had actual gold leaf on it. Usually I'm not a food-photoer but I couldn't help it. 

I got to spend an afternoon lunching with my Cannon relatives. My aunt Alta is now I think 93 years old. I love her beyond words. My cousin Shelley tries to host us for lunch about once a year and it's so fun. I remember my mom going to "luncheons" with cousins and not really understanding how much joy is found in gathering with family as we are all getting older. It's just so wonderful. I'm grateful for my Cannon family. 

Emma attended FSY camp - For the Strength of Youth Camp. Again. Of course! This was her third year in a row and she just can't get enough of it. She went to the UofU campus again, and insisted on going without a known roommate. She just loves it that way. I had to work that day so Chase very kindly took her up to campus and got her settled in. She had such a wonderful week getting to know kids from all over the state and learning so much. I am hopeful that one day she'll be an FSY counselor herself.

Also she really rocked her job this summer - my friend Angie took her kids to This is The Place one day and caught Emma on camera doing a great job.

Also she got to do the fancy ball dress only once over the summer and man did that make her happy...

Happy Summer Stuff.