Family Fun

It's true Abe joined us for the day Ben arrived home from his mission, but he had to go back to San Francisco that evening.  We were looking forward to having him come back again with Klarissa over the weekend to spend some quality bonding time with Ben.

Since it was Klarissa's birthday the day before their arrival, Natalie got busy making a cute birthday poster for her.  And Emma made a birthday card for her as well.  I think it's safe to say Klarissa appreciated the efforts of the girls to make her feel special.

 

 

 

Abe and Klarissa were happy to see Ben and to see him wearing the shirt they'd sent to him for his birthday earlier in the month.

That evening we went to the canyon for a cook-out, just like we did right before Ben left on his mission.  Natalie tried to console Spencer while waiting to leave for our fun activity.

At the campground, Spencer covered up his ears and soon went right to sleep while Dallas got busy building a fire. 

The kids could hardly wait to get down to the river to start throwing rocks in the water and finding branches to dangle in the water to pretend they were fishing.

 

Great fire and then too much smoke!  So the kids played games, snacked a little and went back down to the river while waiting for the fire to get just right for cooking.

It was determined that more fuel needed to be put on the fire to get it burning once again.

No mosquitoes welcome at our party.

Finally!!!  The fire is right to cook a hot dog.

It was a lovely evening we spent out in nature and we all came home smelling like a campfire.

Jacob and Laurie were looking like a lovely couple the next day when it was time to go to church to hear Ben's talk.

Ben did a great job speaking and and look at all the good food we had to eat when all our family and friends came home to eat with us.

The following day the kids went to see a movie like Abe has been waiting to do with Ben.

Rebecca challenged Ben to a game of Set.  Those two are the best at that game and Rebecca's been bored with it since Ben left.

It's super great to have Ben home and be able to all be together again!!!