Summer is here!!!

Well, Christine and I haven't written lately and its about time. I have to say we have definitely enjoyed the nice weather recently. We are trying to take advantage of this nice weather because you never know when it might snow again. [shudder] So we had some fun outdoors this past week.
Monday we had a little family home evening at the park. We decided to go play bocce ball. We got a bocce ball set at Christine's bridal shower and hadn't played with the set since we got it. So we headed over to the park and had a great time playing. It was fun when people would stop with a question about the game or say how much fun the game is. It is not very often that people play bocce ball in the park. It was a close game with a come from behind victory (I won). It was definitely loads of fun.
Then after we got home, I checked a message on my cell and found out that some of our friends were playing volleyball that night so we ran over to their apartment complex and played sand volleyball for about an hour. People were impressed by my jump serving and overall playing ability. People are often suprised because they don't expect much from a short guy, I guess. Anyway it is always fun to impress friends who haven't seen me play before.
We also enjoyed the weather on Friday evening. Some friends of ours invited us to go up the canyon and roast hot dogs and marshmallows and have smores. It was loads of fun getting to know some of our fellow ward couples with no kids. We did a little hiking and playing a game around the camp fire. There was little creek next to our camp and a nice little waterfall not far from the camp fire. Christine decided she would cross a branch that had fallen across the creek. Then she crossed a different branch on the way back - one that was really slippery and sure enough took a few steps in the creek. It was all fine because she just took her shoes & socks off when we got back to camp and dryed them out by the fire. We played a fun game where you ask silly questions and everyone answers secretly and the person asking the question tries to guess which person wrote which response. We weren't very good at guessing, but we both got each other's right.
All in all, we hope to do a lot of fun things this summer. We look forward to doing some day hikes and getting some good outdoors time.