McKenna Family

Summer wouldn't be summer without all sorts of Camps.  We have girls camp, scout camp, cub day camp, golf camp, etc.  Here are a few pics of the many camps the kids have enjoyed this summer. Can you tell which camp I attended?  J.D. was just too cute to not take pictures of everything he did!

As much as I hate getting older, I've decided birthdays are still just plain fun.  I had a friend stop me at church and say "I know birthdays aren't a big deal to us but don't you still just feel special anyway on that day?"  And isn't that the truth?  I don't know what it is but there's just something about knowing it's your day and when you have wonderful friends and family making sure it's such a great day, you can't help but feel special. I actually had a few days of birthday partying.  Josh and Russel were at Scout camp for a few days and Abi was at girls camp so I took the three youngest and headed to SLC.  My mom and sis took me for a perfect lunch at Zupas and we did a little shopping too of course.  And then we spent the rest of the weekend watching kids swim and have a great time. Russel made it back in time to take me to dinner Saturday night.  We went to Elements and sat outside in the perfect setting. And for dessert, we had th...

We are so blessed to have such good mothers and fathers in our lives.  I look around me and see so many wonderful examples of mothers and fathers doing amazing things and trying to live as Christ would have us do.   I am so grateful for these people and the blessing they are in my children's lives as well as mine. For Mother's Day, we headed to Bear Lake and were able to have Grandma and Grandpa and Matt and Gina's family come for the weekend.  We felt bad Jared and Tammie couldn't come and missed them tons!  It was a fun weekend and we had a great spread put on by the husbands....with maybe a tiny bit of help from the wives.  I'm so glad I have my mom,  sister, and sister-in-law as best friends.  They are great examples of wonderful mothers and they make me want to be and do better.  They are so generous, loving, and kind.  Thank you for being who you are. And Mom thanks for everything.  I will be forever grateful for you and what you h...