We had french toast for dinner last night. I made a yummy homemade maple syrup to go on it. It wasn't as thick as store bought syrup but it tasted the same. Here's the recipe so you can try it.

1 cup water

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

1 tsp imitation maple flavor

2 tsp butter

Stir water and sugars together in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium/high heat. Reduce to medium/low and stir in butter and maple flavoring. Simmer for 3-5 minutes. Let cool.

Yummy.

Well, today was back to school for the girls. Everyone was up and going early! I am the PTSA President again this year at the junior high so I was at the school early to help. Tennis practice after school will make this one very long , but great, day! Have a happy day everyone!

July

1. Great Grandma Petersons for the fourth.

2. East Canyon Music camp. Hannah played in the orchestra and sang in the choir.

3. Katie had her birthday party on the 16th and they watched a movie outside on a sheet. It was really fun.

4. We had a yard sale on saturday the 17th and sold a lot of our stuff! Yeah us!

5. We went to San Diego with the Ducketts on Wednesday the 21st to Sunday the 25th. We all had tons of fun. It wasn't as warm as we all thought though. It rained a couple of days too!

June

June was a very busy month for our family. We went to Moab to see the arches and canyonlands, went on a pioneer trek, and Katie recieved her young womanhood recognition award. It was a very fun month.

Our family has had some great times in the past month! Nathan had two big events that I've wanted to post about and just haven't got to it until today. He graduated from Seminary on May 23, he served on the Seminary Council at school this year and spoke about their theme at the graduation. (Mosiah 4:9 if you'd like to read it). It was a great talk and really brought the Spirit to the meeting. Then on June 3rd he graduated from High School! He was ranked 7th in his class, he really stayed focused on his school work this year and didn't get "senioritis" until the very end of the year. He was ready to be done and move on :)
Yesterday we went to a big orientation at the college and got him registered for classes. He's so excited to get started. Good times. Nathan (center saxaphone) played in the Jazz Band for his graduation. It was awesome!

MAYHAM

Ok. So today is officially the first day of summer. I am so glad that it is summer because summer means wandering around without shoes, staying outside all day, doing different crafts, going swimming, going camping, getting sunburns (for me all of my sunburns turn into tans after about two weeks), and just being lazy. So far I have made a button bracelet, designed a T-shirt, watched a couple of movies, and gotten a sunburn that is now a tan. I can't wait until Nathan can help me make my T-shirt design into an actual T-shirt on Zazzle. I am so excited! My design started off as one of the Zen Relief things that Aunt Michelle does and ended up becoming a master piece that I am absolutely in love with!! I erased some of the drawing so it wasn't as crowded, and then made it as big as a normal piece of paper, then went over it with a black pen, and am now waiting for Nathan to get home from work so he can help me turn it into a T-shirt! I will try and get a picture of it on my next post. Write ya later!
♥/ MAYHAM

Check out this advice from the Inspired to Action blog: Wisdom From A CEO: A Father’s Day Post for Mothers Too… I thought it was great!
Happy Fathers Day.