Endless Summer? (winter)

Jon finally found some ski bums in the family

to spend the day at Mount Baker with him.  They loved the snow day

and we may convert Jon to north-westernism yet.

Jenny and Emily had never skied so they took lessons.  The instructor referred to the younger as Kamikaze Emily.  She has come a long way since quitting snowboarding at Jackson Hole three winters ago.

While the kids were falling off the ski lift and unintentionally eating snow face first

Lonny traveled to Ecuador.  And to the equator.  I had to include this picture because this is so out of character for Lonny to pose like everyone else.  He is such a rebel.

This monument at the equator was a little off.  Someones longitude was fishy.

And good thing Emily had some winter sport that last week in WA because it was back to summer in South America and just in time to attend EFY, the first ever in Peru.

So if a Peruvian girl came to EFY in the states would everyone want a photo with her?  I think not, is there something wrong with Peruvians or Americans?

The youth in our ward had such a good time.  

These three girls all have dads that work for the church.  The other two speak Spanish fortunately and translated for Emily.  When Emily has to explain how she learned Spanish it will honestly be from talking to boys on Facebook.

And they all just kept posing 

and posing 

and posing.

And when your entire EFY group is from Lima you can have a reunion, they have had two since EFY in January!

They went to the water park (no slides just fountains in every imaginable configuration)

on the bus.  She never would (could) have done this without the Peruvians.  There is some innate ability to know which bus goes where exclusive to the natives.

And they have been to the mall.

Everyone knows my kids don't hang out at the mall until now.

Emily and I went to the beach with friends on a Monday.  She came home with the mother lode sunburn.  Bryce, Dallas, Nicole and Emily had jumped the waves all day trying to remove their sunscreen.  A successful attempt.  Wednesday she had blisters, scabs and hail mary's said in her behalf.  Thursday she was back to normal. 

The rest of the summer Emily has hung out with friends from dawn to dusk.  What am I saying, it's been longer.

They told this poor guy that they knew him, didn't he remember them?

Another bus ride.

And frozen yogurt and a suntan.

And a mustache.

This week Emily is at girl's camp.

And next week? School. The end of summer. Fortunately she has another summer in July.