Letterboxing!

As most of you know, we are letterboxers! We've been doing it for 2 years now and really enjoy it. To learn more go here or here.
Well, we finally decided to tackle hand carving our stamps and planting a box. These are our new signature stamps. Karyna is the monkey, Tyler is the dog, Kaylee is the elephant, and Tayden is the fish. They all helped carve their own.

This is the one we will plant. Our plans are to put it at the library (hence the book) as soon as we can figure out the clues. It was so much fun to carve and easier than I thought it would be.

Our Summer!

I'm afraid this is getting to be a habit, but once again I'm going to do a mixed post with everything since I can't seem to keep up. Warning: This is long....

So, since we got home we've been rather busy. We love summer here and want to make the most of it! Here's what we've done since we got back from Utah:

1. Spent the day at the Beaton's neighborhood beach. (Jim Beaton was Seth's boss from AMI) We had a great time catching up with them. And then spent the next day at the Jensen's beach, one of our all time favorite places to be! Sorry no pictures :(

2. Grandpa Cook came for the weekend on a business trip. The kids love the attention they get from him when he comes.

3. Went to Great Harvest for a playgroup. The kids really enjoyed this.




4. Had a birthday party for Kaylee.




5. Had a couple girls from the BYU-Idaho Dance Alliance stay with us for two days of their tour. We got to see their performance and had a great time.


6. Then we had about a week to relax and get ready for Grandpa and Grandma Cook to come. We tried to keep them entertained, but as busy as we were, they still found time to help clean and restain our deck (a project we have been putting off for 3 years!) and give my front garden area a makeover!





7. Went to "Wicked" with Grandpa, Grandma, Karyna, Dad, and Mom. Awesome play! We loved every minute of it. I'm already trying to figure out when I can go again.


8. Spent the day at the Kensington Slash Park with the kids. We only meant to be there for a couple of hours, but we were having so much fun we stayed all day!








9. Went to the Detroit Zoo. We've been a couple times already, so this time we decided to see the things we don't normally see like the butterflies, birds, and reptiles. I still don't think we have seen everything yet. Guess we need to go back!











10. Last for this post, but certainly not last for the summer, we went to the first day of the PGA Championship. We took Tyler with us and as always, having a kid with you pays off. Sergio Garcia and Stewart Cink each gave him the ball they were playing with the hole before. We were especially excited about Sergio's ball and were really rooting for him to win. Unfortunately, not this year. But we still had a great time! It was really lacking something though not having Tiger Woods there. I was really excited to see Phil Mickelson, but he didn't even look at Tyler, so Sergio is my new favorite! He just seems like a really cool guy.