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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Summer Fun - Day 11 & 12

Day 11
Lately my days are filled with......

biking and girls camp prep!

I went on 2 bike rides yesterday which was my reward

before the work that I had to do on camp.

This picture depicts the result of my summer fun....

yes, ladies and gentlemen.....Bruises!

I get these bruises from my pedals hitting my shins!

But, oh, it's so worth it!

#mysummerfun #day11

Day 12

I have 13 days until YW's Girls Camp!

I have been working hard and I have been assigning things out

to people who are more capable and/or creative than I am.

I have the ideas and they make it come to fruition!

I love that we share our talents with each other

in the church!

(I'm sure others share their talents outside of the church, too.)

So.........

I made some reservations, made posters, handed off the trading cards to

Holly Hendrickson, sent emails, assigned devotionals, and on

and on.......I am almost done! Yahoo!

I hope it is as fun as I think it will be!

posters

trading cards

(they turned out so cute!)

#mysummerfun #day12

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Summer Fun - day 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10

Okay......I am not very good at keeping up with this summer fun challenge!

Day 6

I can't remember what I did that was fun!

#mysummerfun #day6

Day 7

I worked in the garden....the other front garden....to get it matching the other one.

I worked hard and not it looks awesome....pretty, weed free, and clean!

Nothing says summer like a garden looking like this!

Mark and I also went to the temple with Taven Herd. He took out his own endowments to get ready to go on his mission in a few weeks.

Mark had fun fixing the sprinkler valves in the back yard for the third time!

This time he designed his own valves, which probably will work a lot better than

the ones he tried from the store!

We then went on a quick ride up the quarry trail on our bikes.

It was beautiful!

I love riding through the trees and then smelling campfire!

I love the smell of campfire!

#mysummerfun #day7

Day 8

Well, this day was Sunday and all the fun I had was at church!

There were some great talks given which made me ponder

where I sit with the Lord and the gospel in my life.

Sometimes it seems daunting when I feel like there is so much for me

to change and work on in my life. But, with the Lord's help, I can do it!

Day 9

This day was spent.........

riding my bike with great friends and great scenery!

Early morning rides up the quarry trail results in this kind of pictures.

I got good and bad news from the doctor about my finger.....

Bad news......I can't get in any pool, lake, etc. until mid July. If I got bacteria in the

wound it could lead to an infection. Which means I can't teach swimming lessons for a while, can't

swim, can't get in bear lake during camp, etc. Kind of puts a damper on camp for me!

Good news......it is healing nicely. In a couple of months there should be new skin

and it should grow back thick and hopefully look somewhat normal.

I came home and wondered what I was supposed to be learning from all of this and

what I am supposed to be doing this summer. There must be a learning experience

in here somewhere!

I spent the rest of the day working on girls camp!

I got some things assigned out.....things printed up......people talked to.....

all forms passed out.......lots of willing helpers!

I am getting quite excited because it is coming together quite nicely!

Mark and I went on a .........yep, you guessed it.....bike ride!

This time we went to Corner Canyon.

I like Corner Canyon because you don't have to work so hard at riding over rocks like on the Quarry Trail. I think I scared a guy, who came around a blind corner, more than he scared me. I

am a little leery around blind corners after last years crash.

#mysummerfun #day9

Day 10

Today is my temple day!

The first half of my day goes quite fast because I am working in the temple.

Nothing says summer like a peaceful atmosphere serving others.

#mysummerfun #day10

I know this is not what Ashley had in mind when she gave me this summer fun challenge,

but some days are just very boring. But this is the "real life" of me during the summer....

and all the other seasons of the year.

Carry on!

#mysummerfun!

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Summer Fun - day 5

I love making things and having them turn out so cute!

Today, I made a swimsuit cover-up and a beach bag to go with it.

I like it so much I might have to make some more...maybe even one for me and Ash.

Shhhh.....that's a secret.....don't tell Ash.

Don't you agree? So Cute!!

I made them for Jane Harmer's birthday which is on Saturday.

Mark and I went for a bike ride tonight, also.

It was a lot of fun and a perfect night.

We rode out in Corner Canyon.

I love mountain biking!

I love my new bike!

But most of all, I love Mark!!!

#mysummerfun #day5

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

i did a lot today, which makes up for yesterday....

.....yesterday was my work at the temple day....and then i don't remember doing anything else.
besides, i can't put a pic of me being grouchy. :0( #mysummerfun #day3

here is today....

Sewing wallets for girls camp

Finished painting the garden décor for Mark

And......

I went mountain biking for the first time in 2 weeks since my finger accident!

it was AWESOME!

I'm back in the saddle! (literally)

i have some awesome friends to enjoy the mountain trails with

and they make it so fun!

#mysummerfun #day4

Monday, June 2, 2014

Adventures!!

The past couple of weeks have been filled with adventures for me....physically!
I think I have run into a streak of bad luck!

First, I started going to physical therapy for my back....I think it is an SI joint problem, which causes pain to shoot down the back of my leg.

Second, I had some gum surgery to do a gum graft...which meant that I couldn't ride my bike or swim for a few days....and yes, the weather was gorgeous during that time.

Third, while teaching sewing lessons to some 6 & 7 yr. olds, I cut a piece of my finger off on my left hand index finger. It was quite the dramatic scene, but I held myself together (except for crying) so that I didn't scare the girls. My finger was a gusher!!! I made Amy Harmer go in the sewing room and get the piece of skin so that we could take it to the hospital with us and hope they could sew it back on. They did sew it back on. While I was in the bathroom with my finger in the water...thinking that would stop it from bleeding....Amy went in the sewing room to retrieve the girls and call their moms. She walked in and they were saying a prayer for me. Isn't that the sweetest thing! And a child shall lead them. I have never been so calm and not get sick or nauseated before...I think it was the faith of the little girls and their prayer that got me through it. I had to get about 10 stitches and I was back to not riding my bike or swimming for a while. Ugh! Well, I went to the doctor today after 11 days and he gave me the go ahead to ride. yay!

The pictures that I will post are of me in the hospital....I'm not sure if I should post the day 11 pic.....it's gross!

Hopefully I am done with this bad luck streak!

My summer fun!

The other night I was talking with Ashley and I said, "what am I going to do all summer without you?" She answered, "you should do an Instagram picture of something you have done that is fun each day! Call it Jill's summer fun." Well I am calling it "#mysummerfun".

I started it with a preview on May 31st....