Catching up

WOW! I didn't realize it had been so long since I'd been here! Our family visits were SO much fun, and then we got involved with birthdays (DJ & Ariel), and Ariel's best friend moved to Pennsylvania (a sad time for all of us). Then there was the 4th of July with friends and family. We spent around 6 hours at the HS grounds for pre-fireworks games and food, and then the fireworks. It was a lot of fun! DJ did get a nasty sunburn this summer. He used his birthday money to buy a water slide, and spent about 5 hours using it without mom realizing that the water slide was in the direct sunlight the entire time. He woke up every night for 4 nights in a row due to pain. Guess if mom felt horribly guilty and didn't complain at getting up with him?!
Ariel has a new calling at church; she is now the Ward Chorister! It's so much fun to see her using her musical abilities, and she does look very pretty standing up there in front of everyone on Sundays (we get plenty of complements!). Tracy has a new calling as well. Having been released as the Enrichment Night Leader, she was called as the 2nd counselor in the new Relief Society presidency! Out of the frying pan and into the fire! LOL
The summer is going by far too fast for us, it's hard to believe that July is 2/3's over! School will start on August 20th here. Tori has spent the summer in northern New York with Tracy's parents. She's had a good time for the most part. She did get more homesick this year than she has in the past when she's spent time with them. She will be going to Girls' Camp with their Stake, and it's being held in Sharon, Vermont! The birth place of the prophet, Joseph Smith! What a wonderful experience for her!! Ariel managed half of Girls' Camp here. It was incredibly hot and humid, and her asthma just did NOT like that. She did finish her level, and that makes 4 years for her already! Ariel had the opportunity to have her best friend (the one who moved) come to our house the weekend before Girls' Camp so that she could attend camp with our Stake. A nice treat for her (and us, we love Jessica!).
There isn't much else to update y'all on, it's just day-to-day stuff, mostly.
Oh, Tracy has taken up a new hobby and LOVES it very much! However, the house is sort of being over run by the jewelery she's making! LOL Look for a website posting here to see her creations available for purchase online in the next month or so!