Girls' Week in Utah!

Emmy and Lucy had gymnastics camp at BYU so we left on Sunday and had a great week in Utah.  (The boys had a STEM camp at their middle school all week and so they had a great time as well.)

Their gymnastics' camp was Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 9-12.  The BYU gymnasts are the "coaches" and my girls really liked who they had.  There are a bunch of girls there (plus a few boys) and so it's just a lot of fun for them!  I would stay and watch them for a bit; or go shopping at the D.I., BYU bookstore, or IKEA; or go to the temple, or walk ALL around the campus with my mom!  I had a good time, too.

One day after camp we stayed and watched the BYU gymnasts do their practice.  They were amazing!  My girls (and myself) were totally impressed.  We were up in a balcony area and super close to them on the bars.  It was really cool.

Every day I would take the girls swimming at my parents' place.  They loved that.  A few of the evenings my mom and I would go on a walk and the girls would join us on scooters.  We ate lunch at the Cougar-eat one time and then explored the Science building on campus.

On Thursday we drove to the Uintah's Mirror Lake and had a lovely hike (really, a walk) around it and then enjoyed a picnic lunch in the beautiful setting.  We tried to go and see the play Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Thursday night, but got stuck in some major traffic due to a crash and so we had to turn around and miss the play (but we did watch a movie at home).

On Friday we went to the mall and Lucy got her ears pierced!  She was so nervous and so excited.  I brought it up Thursday (luckily not sooner!) that maybe we should get them done while in Utah - as opposed to waiting for her 8th birthday.  When I found out our local place was out of tools to do the piercings at the moment, it was good we got it done while in Utah.  Lucy did great.

It was a super time in a super place with super people (i.e., Grandma and Grandpa!).

 Emmy getting ready for some tumbling!  Emmy did get a new skill:  a round-off, back handspring, back flip!  She was super excited about it!

 Lucy warming up on the beam with some side leg-lifts.

 Drinking lunch.  :)

 Pool time!

 Oh, the girls loved riding in Grandpa's new machine!

 Go mini-gymnasts!

 Lucy on the high bar.

Emmy doing her new tumbling skill.  She's towards the end of the video.

Lucy having fun on the bars flying in to the pit!

On the last day the gymnasts perform a little dance.  So my mom and I got to watch it and it was cute.  :)  (In case you think like I do, yes, I think it would make more since if they did a gymnastic performance . . . albeit I do know that dance is a part (smallish) of gymnastics.)

 We do {heart} BYU.

 {BYU}

 I asked my mom to hang out with me on the girls' last day.  I had a few places to go to on campus - including the Independent Study's office, which deals with the high school program Miles is doing this year.  We started out at the most south-west building on campus and walked to the most north-east building - it was a good work-out and even included lots of stairs!  It was fun, though (right, Mom?!).

 Our Thursday outing to Mirror lake.  Beautiful - both the ladies and the scenery!

 The girls thought these bridges were a bit creepy . . . loose planks, open wholes, etc.

 

My dad secured the perfect picnic table for us and we had a lovely lunch.

 Lucy a little nervous about getting her ears pierced . . . but the lady who was doing it was really great and it all worked out!

 The first piercing - she survived and did great!

 Oh, she's so cute.

We ended the mall with a soft pretzel and yummy TCBY frozen yogurt.