23 June 2024

Helen met up with her cousin, Kaylee, at freshman orientation this week. The Hulls will be well represented at the U in the coming school year. Besides Helen, Logan will be returning to the U following his mission and Kaylee and Salem will be freshmen.

 

Becky repotted the plants in her classroom this week. The plants love the wall of windows along one side of the room. It's fun to watch the plants grow.

Gibson and friends planned an overnighter at the coast this week. Here is a photo of the sandcastle they built. From the left are Jason, Ed and Gibson. Not pictured, but also on the trip were Grace and Adia.

Becky joined them as the responsible adult on the trip. Although after getting lost on the way to the campground, losing cell service and then leaving in the morning before most of the kids were awake, she questions her value as a chaperone. Not wanting to sleep in a tent, Becky just threw her sleeping bag, a change of clothes and a toothbrush in the back of the car. Easiest camping trip ever,

It would be more accurate to say Becky had a parallel overnighter with Gibson at the coast. The following photos are Becky's version of the trip. The kids chose to camp at Clifford Kampf State Park in Northern California. It's a tiny campground on a cliff above a beautiful beach.

The short path from the campground to the beach passes this natural grotto that frames a waterfall.

Although Becky was at the campground for less than 12 hours, she was fortunate to walk down to the beach in the morning at low tide. There was exactly one large rock on the acres of sandy beach.

And on that rock there was a tide pool! Becky finds tide pools magical, full of interesting creatures: plant-like animals, tiny crabs and fish. The biodiversity of God's creations is breathtaking.

The road to the coast passes by Stout Grove, a patch of redwoods that maintains its beauty and stillness even though hundreds of visitors pass through every day. Becky took a few laps around the grove before heading home.

Abe finished up spring semester at BYU this week. This is a photo of Abe with his roommate, Hyrum, after a game of ultimate frisbee.

Abe went to see the movie Inside Out 2 with friends.

On Saturday Abe headed out to his first assignment as an FSY counselor. He ran into his friend, Ethan, at the Salt Lake airport. Ethan was headed to Tacoma, Washington and Abe was headed to Rohnert Park, California.

Here's a photo of Abe at Sonoma State University, his home for the next week. Today is a bit of a break before hundreds of teenagers arrive tomorrow for FSY.