**Father's Day**

This morning Toby and I headed to Moroni (Marcel had to work) and went to Sacrament with my family (well, I did, Toby stayed at the house.....obviously...!) because Austen had to speak! He was asked to talk about his experience with the Youth Conference trip they just went on. He did such a great job and had the entire congregation laughing! As he was up there doing his thing I was just looking at him and it hit me how much he's grown, not just physically, but mentally and spiritually. He is such an amazing kid and is growing into an even more amazing man!

After church we went back to my parents house. While we waited for my mom to come home (she was in charge of Sharing Time with the Primary today) the rest of us relaxed and listened to Jes play the piano (have I mentioned how ridiculously talented she is?! Oh I have? Well alright then, you know what I'm saying!)!

While she was playing we had some I had some fun with pictures!

When my mom got home she shared some family history that she recently discovered. It turns out that a lot of our ancestors came from Germany (among many other places such as France, Ireland, etc.) and the last name "Braun" is in there. You have to go back 5 or 6 generations but it's there! This made my mom laugh because I have said since I married Marcel that I chose a man from Germany just to be sure we weren't related (my Grandma W. was always telling me everyone we were related to when I was growing up)! So that kind of put a damper on that! I'm finding comfort in knowing that "Braun" is a very common last name in Germany so there is a huge possibility that we are just fine but..........dang!! Haha!

After a few rounds of Nerts (we are a bit obsessed with this card game!) we headed to my Westenskow Grandparents house for a BBQ!

Everything was delicious and it was fun visiting them for a while!

I had a great day with my family, as I always do when we get together! I love them all so much and I honestly don't know what I'd do without them! We really missed Marcel though. Hopefully next year he won't be working (and hopefully we can celebrate it a little differently....!).

Happy Father's Day Dad!

I love you so much and am so thankful for the example you have set for us and for all the hard work and sacrifices you've made for us throughout our life! You are seriously the greatest!!!

Look who turned 22!

We started off the day by taking a little hike. Toby even came along and he really enjoyed the change of scenory!

Okay so it's not really a bear. It was just a stump but it did make our hearts stop for a bit when we first saw it!

After we got back from our hike we headed to Moroni to celebrate Jes's 22nd Birthday (which was yesterday but we had our SLCF event, and she was awesome and was okay with us coming a day later!)!!

I know I'm not much older than her but she's always been and always will be my little sister so it's just weird to me how grown up she is (me too I guess but I don't really think about that!)!
I love you so much Jes! Thanks for being such an amazing sister! You really are the best!

Oh and,
HaPpY BiRtHdAy!!! :)

BuzzzZZZzzz

Today was the annual SLCF Bee's Game! We waited FOR-EV-ER for our friends to show up ( ;) only teasing, we love you guys!), then took a nice walk a couple blocks down to Sonic for some dinner! Along the way we saw some strange things, but the most strange was this dog on the roof!!

Yeah, I don't know either....anyway, our food was tasty! That was mine and Marcel's first time ever eating at a Sonic together because of his hatred bad feelings towards this place! Many MANY years ago he had a bad experience with a misleading advertisement that involved a $1 banana split and he just hasn't forgiven them for it.....*sigh*!

After we finished eating we headed back to the game (after stopping to get some "Spits" as Andrew called them........that is code for sunflower seeds!) and got settled into our seats. They were doing something with mustaches, seriously, there were fake and real mustaches EV-ERY WHERE!! Our favorite by far was this guys.....

And believe it or not, it's a real one!

We ended up cutting out early this year........again.......because Toby had been inside for a while and we had a long drive home. We had a great time though and love spending time with this cute family!

(Seriously isn't their baby girl so stinkin' cute?! She is!)

Good times!

SpLiSh SpLaSh!!

Today we got to spend quite a bit of time with this little cutie!

Pascal had some work to do on their house so Berlin got to come play with us! As soon as I got home from work we headed straight to the Splash Pad! This girl is a little water baby!

I wish we could've got more pictures because she was being so silly! She thinks she can float on her back (maybe she can, I didn't dare let go of her enough to see!) so she would squeeze her eyes shut, lay her head back, stiffen her legs, and point her cute little toes then just "float" there! She also LOVED the little slide! She was hesitant the first couple times but once she got the hang of it she almost didn't need our help at all! She was all smiles the whole time! The wind was blowing and it started to get chilly so we decided it was time to go. When Marcel asked Berlin if we should go (the poor girl was shivering!) she would scream "NO!" and start running for the little slide!

After some convincing, we headed home to get warm!

We had some dinner,

(She would take a sip of water through her straw and look up at us all mischevious then stand up with this huge squinty eye cheeser!! The harder you laugh the longer she holds this smile! She seriously has the cutest personality!!)

Played some games,

And had an all around good time! 

She played really hard while she was with us so she slept pretty good that night when they left!

Can't wait until our next play date! 

Ummmm....

Is it just me, or does this pepper closely resemble a human ear.....YuCk!!

And yes, I cut it up and ate it with my salad anyway! Seemed a bit grotesque given it's appearance....! 

Bike Ridin'

Today we went for an aweful wonderful bike ride! Marcel was teaching me how to use my gears and I would say that I failed miserably did alright! It kicked my booty but it was fun! We did a little road riding after the hard stuff and I did enjoy the downhill part of that! :)

Love our random outdoor adventures!

"When I am Baptized"

"Do you remember the feeling you had when you were baptized — that sweet, clean feeling of a pure soul, having been forgiven, washed clean through the merits of the Savior? If we partake of the sacrament worthily, we can feel that way regularly, for we renew that covenant, which includes his forgiveness."  — John H. Groberg, "The Beauty and Importance of the Sacrament," Ensign, May 1989, p. 38

Today we were able to be part of my beautiful cousin Viktoria's big day!

 She is such a sweet girl and has a kind and loving heart. She made the big decision to be baptised! We are so proud of her and so happy for the choices she is making! She is setting such a great example for her two younger sisters!

Love this pretty girl!!

It was also nice to have our Grandma Great (yes we say it that way!) there to share this day. We love her so much too!

 It was a beautiful day, a few great talks were given (my mom's in particular!), yummy food, and a wonderful time together as family!

On a sillier note, we saw this beast on the freeway on our way home! Um....yeah.....!