June 2022

 Summer jobs of Ainsley and Owen

June got off to a slow start...and if I'm being honest, was kind of a lame and boring month. 

Quinn's pond and a bike ride on eagle green belt at the end of the month to make it feel like summer when it finally started to get warm.

The week after graduation and at the beginning of June Ainsley got her wisdom teeth out. And I am the super lame mom who forgot to take a single picture! She got out of school a week before the other kids, so I figured she had plenty of time to kill and that would be a great time to get them out! While she wasn't thrilled about getting them out, she was super happy when I picked her up! She just kept saying that she was bummed that she wasn't "high" as she kept calling it. Although, seeing as she isn't usually that chipper, I'm certain that she was indeed a little "high". And I laughed our loud when she was trying to drink a smoothie and I turned to look at her and she had smoothie all down her face. When I started laughing she just said, "What?! I thought I was doing so good!" She looked like a toddler with food all down her face and couldn't feel a thing. It was hilarious.

This year brought a cold June. It felt like summer hadn't really started because it was often chilly. The weekend after school got out Emmie and I headed to Rexburg for another soccer tournament. I procrastinated booking somewhere to stay, so we ended up staying with Heather's cousin. I was super grateful! It was a quick trip and a lot of soccer (the girls played 3 games) but I think Emmie had a good time. 

While Emmie and I were in Rexburg, John and Owen were in Salt Lake. Owen and his friend Logan had bought tickets to and AJR concert months ago, so John drove them down for the bug event. Theirs was a quick trip as well. I got home with Emmie on Saturday and we had a girls night of Tin Roof Taco's and the old Top Gun, and the boys were home by Sunday afternoon. 

Ainsley finished her first major cross stitch, which I think turned out awesome.

And then promptly started on her next one.

I was thrilled with my raspberry and blackberry bushes this year. For being in a pot they are doing great and giving me just enough berries to keep me happy.

We spent some time this year putting together this book for my day. And I think my sisters and I spent hours laughing. We filled it with pictures of everyone in the family looking ridiculous. And then we thanked him and told him we owed all that we were to him. The pictures are all horrible and the opposite of flattering and will hopefully bring a smile to anyone's face who might be having a bad day.

Other than that, June was spent working. I continued working for Savvy, Owen took on more hours working at the Grove Hotel and began working on his on-line class, and Ainsley started teaching swim lessons during the week and then worked at the hotel with Owen on Saturdays. And poor Emmie was bored. 

And then finally, the last few days of June summer finally really started. Emmie left for Girls Camp and John, me, Ains, and Owen, headed off to Bear Lake for a Dinger family reunion. I was super sad Emmie wasn't with us, but the dates were exactly the same and so sadly she had to chose. I don't have any pictures to share from girls camp but Emmie came home super excited and had a great time. 

The reunion was a success as well. Melanie found us an awesome house that had private beach access. And she planned a lot of super fun activities. 

There was a Dutch Blitz tournament that took place over several days and got pretty intense since there were gift cards for the winners.

And then there were hours of games played at all hours of the day. The Hunsakers traveled with a full size suitcase full of games.

There were two visits to Le Beau's for milkshakes.

There was a family trivia night.

A trip to the Minnetonka Caves.

And even a power point presentation night where each family shared a power point presentation. Topics ranged from the Bear Lake Monster, to the grandkids as super heros, to insane assylums, and even animals of Australia. However, I have to admit that we might have won (even though it wasn't a competition) with our fictitious presentation about the secret lives of cereal mascots. Thanks to Ainlsley's photoshop skills and John's creative writing.

Somehow I had never been to Beak Lake before this, and now I want to go back! It was beautiful! The water was gorgeous and so fun to swim in (but cold) and the scenery was beautiful. And as an added bonus we got to drive through Lund and see the area where my Grandpa grew up...which was gorgeous as well.