Family Home Evening

Once every month the Wallace family gathers together to do Family Home Evening. This month it was at Julie's and she waited to have it in June until we got into town. Thanks!!!
We had a fun evening of yummy food, water games, a balloon toss (water fight)and family time to catch up with each other.
I wish we lived closer to do this every month.

Disneyland

We started our trip with 3 fun days at Disneyland with my sister and her family.
The kids did so well,the weather was great and the lines were not as bad as we thought they would be.
All the kids stepped out of their comfort zones and tried rides they hadn't before, and for the most part really liked them.
Brandon's favorite ride was Tower of Terror- once we got him on it!
Zachary's was Big Thunder Mountain. I think he rode it at least 7-8 times over the 3 days.
Ethan loved Tower of Terror also.
Rachel couldn't ride that much but liked everything she went on. The kids rode Splash mountain about 8 times, so while we waited Rachel and I rode Winnie the Pooh a bunch of times.
On our 2nd night we were able to meet up with the Hansen Family to watch the fireworks. It was really fun to sit and visit and hear about what they had done that day and what their kids liked too.
Our last day we also had lunch at the Big Thunder Ranch BBQ. It was really yummy -all you can eat ribs and chicken. We all ate a ton!!!
It was a ton a fun and I personally can't wait to go again!!!

Scout Camp

Bob and Brandon returned home from scout camp yesterday. They were tired and really dirty, but they had a ton of fun. Bob was able to go the whole week. He and another leader from our ward taught the Camping Merit Badge all week.

This encampment was put on by our stake and they had lots of fun activities, and competitions for the boys along with their merit badges.

Brandon worked on Rifle Shooting, Sculpture, Canoeing, and Camping. They also had a list of things to do before camp in order to earn a knife. So he also earned a knife - the handle is an elk horn.

One of the competitions the ward competed in was to build a catapult. Our boys under Bob's direction built a trebuchet. They won 3rd place overall. They said it launched higher than any others. All of the pictures are from the 'Man Up' competition they had on Friday(before the rain).

It rained the last night up there, and Bob's tent was apparently not waterproof, so he ended up sleeping in the van the last night. And came home with EVERYTHING he brought WET.

Sea Life Aquarium

Last week before the boys took off to scout camp and we head out for vacation we took a trip out to the new Sea Life Aquarium. It has been advertised as this huge aquarium with things you won't see anywhere else in AZ.
It was neat, but not as great as I thought. Plus it was really pricey. Even with the discounts we had. Considering it took us only about an hour to go through it, we were disappointed.
The kids had fun, and I guess that is all the matters.

Relay for Life

In April I had the chance to participate in Queen Creek's- American Cancer Society's Relay for Life as part of team RBug.

A good friend of mine, Marie, started the team last year when a good friend of hers Rashelle was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

There was a whole group of ladies who felt helpless. To show their love and support while Rashelle was going through treatment, they formed a Relay team to fight back and raise money for cancer awareness.

They had such a great time and felt so empowered that they did it again this year. This year they had enough to form 2 teams, one of which Rashelle was the captain of.

She also gave a speech at the opening ceremony, and helped start off the survivors lap.

So on April 23rd we walked from 6pm to 6am for Relay for Life.

I walked the 10-11pm shift with Jamie (who was 9 months pregnant). She went into labor later that night after she left and delivered a beautiful baby girl Saturday night.

I then got to walk again the 4-5am shift with Marie.

The best part of the evening was when they turn off all the lights in the stadium and light all the luminaries, in memory of all those who have lost their fight. It was amazing. It was really touching to read all of the personalized messages along the track.

I feel so lucky to have been apart of this great event.

Thank you to all who helped support me in my fundraising efforts.

I didn't bring my camera that night, and just got hold of the pictures the photographer that night took. There were so many pictures from that evening I only picked my favorites but there are a bunch.