THE PARK POST

Trying to catch up on months of our life is no easy task, but I'm finally getting to it!   Sydney went to girls camp this summer for her first full week.(Last year they evacuated due to fires.) I think it's safe to say she had a good time.   McKell hates her pic taken, but I stole one when we came to visit her at Swig.  She has really enjoyed working there and made some fun friends. We had a fun trip to Utah over the fourth of July.   We stayed at Little America with the Parks and even made it to Lagoon. We went to the cabin with the Ogdens and Mike found his new look!  Jackson spent the 4th in Dallas Texas at a volleyball tournament.  But really he spent most of his time crammed in the Keller's car for 16 hours each way! hahahaha   Then we were off to New York to watch Sydney perform in her choir concert at Carnegie Hall.  We had a fun trip with Katie and Grandma too.  The only down side...

 Last home game for volleyball.  We loved that Jackson was a part of the team!  He got an award for being a student athlete as well. He looked more shocked than anyone else when that was announced.  He has also really taken up fishing recently.  He continues to shed pounds and has shown a lot of self discipline this last year.  We can't believe he is a senior and almost an adult!   My friends are fancy, crafty,  and blonde.  I sometimes feel out of place with not only my looks, but also my ideologies, but they are also generous, loving, and accepting and that makes is pretty easy to feel like I belong.     Paige has published papers and done lots of research while studying at BYU.  She has worked very hard and that hard work has paid off for her.   Jackson went on his first date to Junior Prom.  We kind of had to force him, but he finally followed through and went with An...