Cameron Batchelor's Promotion

On July 31, our nephew Cameron (on the Batchelor side) was promoted from Warrant Officer One to Warrant Officer Two. We were so pleased that he invited us to attend. 

His mom, Jennifer, and his wife, Danielle, pinned the new insignia on him.

It was a really nice ceremony and we were so excited to be there. I helped take care of their new baby Levi while David entertained their 2-year-old Owen.

David, Kristin, father-in-law, best friend, Jennifer, Owen, Cameron, Levi, Danielle, Danielle's uncle and aunt

Program from the event.

Afterwards, we drove about an hour away to eat dinner at a restaurant owned by a friend of Cameron's. It was known for having different kinds of hard cider (obviously we didn't have any). 

Owen is so cute.

Daddy duty.

Our rental car was snazzy.

We flew up and back the same day. It made for a really long day, but we were so glad to be there. Cameron and his mom are the people we are closest to on David's side of the family.

David got the infamous windowless window seat.

Camping With the Baileys

We hadn't been on a "real" camping trip in a while. Our last one was pretty close to home and ended up being in the middle of a neighborhood. So when we found out the Baileys were going camping, we decided to hijack the trip. 

We had just purchased a new tent. We got a great tent on sale. (Plus Walmart accidentally sent us an extra and told us to keep it.) It turned out to be awesome.

We went to Poinsett Campground. It was beautiful. It wasn't crowded at all.

We had our tubes and kayaks. The Baileys rented paddleboards and a pedal boat.

Jalen, Natalie, Bailey, Alee

Baylie was a pro on the paddleboard.

With Alee

Me and David in the kayak.

We hung out and played some games...

...and even did Come Follow Me. The kids taught the lesson.

We ate lots of  yummy food...

...and lots of junk food...

...and hung out in the hammock while singing songs.

Dancing queens

Swing and line dancing

We had a great time.

Natalie, Rob, Beth, Gideon, Alee, Jalen, Bailey, David, Kristin

Being goofy

We were there for two nights. Early on the morning of our last day, it started to rain, and the Baileys found out their tent was leaky. They scrambled and got up and packed everything. We helped them and I wanted to stay. But my kids wanted to go so we ended up following them a couple of hours later.

Even with the rain, it was a really fun campout and we enjoyed going with friends.

I took this picture on accident, but thought it was cool.

World Cup July 2026

We basically ate our way through the World Cup. I made Argentine food every time they played. Sadly they lost in the championship match.

alfajores

empanadas

saltines and dulce de leche

We watched one game while watching the Jennings kids - Owen and Jake. They're so much fun.

Another game we made ñoquis.

I learned how to make mantecol. I bought it as candy in Argentina and loved it. Turns out it's really good homemade too!

And, of course, we drank mate.

I may have jinxed the final by making Mexican street corn. It was sure yummy though.

Milanesas - yum!!

It was fun eating so much food from Argentina and it was fun cheering them on in the World Cup.

Family Photo Shoot

We hadn't had family pictures taken since we were at the Salt Flats in 2020. We wanted to have pictures taken before Baylie went away to college. Samantha Nymeyer in our ward is a photographer and we traded a photography session for a piano tuning. We loved all the pictures.