Graduation

We had such a fun week celebrating Rachel's high school graduation. She was kidnapped by her young women's leaders on Saturday morning. Here she is and she is not even awake. She had been up late because she thought she could sleep in. So sorry, Rachel. She had a smile on her face for us and had fun going out for pancakes. They even got cheers as they went into the restaurant.
















This is after baccalaureate which was Sat. night. It was nice to have the Grandma's and Hilary come to that. They showed a fun video of the students and all the things that they had done.

The Grandma's then had the longest trip possible home because an oil tanker overturned on the freeway and they sat for an hour or so before they were finaly able to get off the freeway and then take a long detour home. I hope they never have to do that again.

This is Rachel at Graduation at the Home Depot Center in Carson. Of course it was hot and we really haven't had much hot weather. Lucky we could come home and be cooled of by our ocean breeze. Rachel had so much fun she wants to graduate every year.

Zion camping trip

We had a great time camping over Memorial Day weekend. Of course when the Olsen's camp we always get wind and rain. Who would have thought that it would rain in the desert? We also had some fun hikes and lots of fun being together. We were glad Terrell and the Mills could come down and that Lauren could join us too. Lauren and Rachel even had their tent blow over. We were out of practice and forgot that we always have to be prepared and so didn't stake their tent well enough.

This was a short hike to Emerald pools. Check out the beard:) Terrell got to camp out for 2 weekends in a row so he decided to look the part.

Of course we had lots of fun playing with Tucker. He is really wanting to be moving so we were always walking him around. He definitely gets that from his parents.

We love his smile.

This was our lunch break on the longest hike we did to the hidden canyon. It said it was only one mile up and one mile down but that was one very long mile up. I don't think Daniel would have liked this hike. Several people ahead of us turned back when they saw the chains and the drop off on one side of the trail. Of course we had to follow Sheldon, Elaine and Terrell. They were lots faster than me and Roy stayed behind to help push me up the trail. We had lots of fun and it was over way to soon. We are looking forward to more time together this summer.