First Days of School

 Hathaway's first day of the last day of preschool.

 Tessa first day of second grade. Oakley first day of 5th grade

Camping in VA

 We went on our annual camping trip. We usually go with another family but all of them were not able to go, but we were able to take their son, which made out trip so much better. We had fun hiking and camping near a stream.

 Hathaway hiked all the way to the top by herself.

 Camping silliness

 Afterward we got to hang-out with friends. Bryce, Oakley and Tessa got to go to the BYU/UVA game

Church History/Niagara Trip

 For our summer trip we went to Ithaca to hike the water falls, then to Palmyra, on to Niagara Falls and finally to Kirtland. It was a fun mix of history and nature.

 Joseph Smith farm.

 Niagara Falls

 Lake Eerie

 Kirtland

 More Lake Eerie

 More Niagara

 More Palmyra

The kids probably liked Niagara Falls the best--and it was pretty cool. I was touched by the great personal sacrifice of the early saints. We also visited a lot of old friends, which was nice.

A little hiking

 Toward the end of summer we went to Bald Pate and enjoyed the wild raspberries (except Oakley)

 Bryce and I even got away for thee weekend for a 10 mile hike in the Delaware Water Gap