Breckens 2nd official Tennis tournament

The last Saturday in July Hurricane put on another Tennis tournament for middle school age kids.  It started at 7:30 and we still didn't beat the heat.  Brecken had a bye the first round and had to wait around for a little bit.  Addison came over to watch Brecken, and Preston was down but had a golf game so he didn't stay long to get a picture.  Brecken played our neighbor girl Maggie Holmes for his first game.  He had a great game and was able to win fairly fast.  Next up he had to play a boy who was a year older, and he ended up winning even though he didn't play his best.  He made it to the last match of the day.  It was hot and almost noon.  They took breaks and sat in shade, but it was still hot.   Brecken kept his cool and was able to stay in control even when he had some bad sets.  He got in the other kids head and came out 1st place again.  I  was so excited for him. This kid doesn't' show to much emotion but I  could tell he was pretty excited to get 1st again.  He is a great young man adn wants to get better at Tennis coach Rahde has been such a good coach and friend to Brecken.  

 

Shaylee mission July 21st-27th

 

Home Made Salsa

Lisa called and let me know that Fries market had bushels of tomatoes and since this season's tomato crops didn't do great they probably wouldn't be getting any more in.  I had her pick me up a bushel and she got a bushel and we thought between the two of us we could make enough for mom as well.  I  enlisted the help of Brecken and Landon.  Our chopper we use to chop everything up into little pieces broke so we had to do it by hand, but the boys did great and we were able to bust out the salsa fairly fast.  We let it roast outside all day and then that night I brought it in to boil bath it. The boys were pretty excited to hear the lids pop and were even more excited to eat some chips and salsa for dinner that night. 

 

Landon B-Ball tournament

We had a hard tournament this last weekend.  Landon had to play in a tournament where they had to combined some 6 grade and 5th grade teams with his little 4th grade team.   He was up against people almost twice his size, but they had grit and didn't give up.  The fought had tell the last second and we are proud of these boys.  We did win our very first game.  They were a team from vegas and they were about our age and size so that was fun.  The next couple days the teams were all older and bigger.

 

FishLake with cousins

Landon had a basketball tournament at the end of July, so while we were at that Brecken was invited to go up to Fish Lake with Uncle Quin and Aunt Dani's family.  He was pretty excited to go and Landon was pretty sad to miss it.  Brecken had so much fun with Kai and sleeping out in a tent.  He was excited to see his other cousin Laiklyn up there as Myas friend since Landon couldn't go. They had fun fishing, hiking, and playing games.  His favorite part was the ice cream and razor rides, as well as some movies Quin let them watch white chicks and he hasn't stopped talking and laughing about it since he watched it.  Quin also had them wash up in the lake and Brecken said it was quiet cold.

Shaylee's Mission July 14th-21st 2026

You might be thinking hey you skipped the week between the 6th and the 14th.  That would be correct.  Shaylee didn't call last week because she had the opportunity to go to Jasper National Park with a family that offered to take the sisters. She said it was so pretty and they saw such beautiful waterfalls.  She loved it.  So we then had to wait Until the 21st to talk to miss Shaylee.  She told us all about her trip plus canada day, and all the things.

JASPAR

CHAPTER 54: FOREST HEIGHTS- DOWNTOWN EDMONTON

WEATHER: Mix of sun and rain 

MISSION 5K

We had the mission 5k this week and it was super fun! In our mission once a year its tradition for us to run a 5k. It was rainning all night the night before we went so when we went running it was super wet and humid and lots of slippery mud! After the 5k we got to play some outside games and i played spike ball and that was fire  it didnt really feel like a zone conference but oh well  (im most certanitly not complaining) 

JASPAR NATIONAL PARK

We went to Jaspar national park on Monday for our P-day and it was stunning!!! The drive from here is about 4 hours there and 4 hours back so it took up the entirety of the day! Shout out to the Ovietts for taking us! It was so pretty but exhausting at the same time  It was the first time i saw mountains in over a year... so it was amazing! 

HIGHLIGHTS: 

♡ Ran up exchanges with two trainees 

♡ George is 1 week into keeping the word of wisdom after 40 years of smoking 

♡ The elders bought us frostys 

♡ Ate a tower of nachos (6 layers) 

♡ Walked in dog pee 

♡ Played some soccer 

♡ On that finding grind 

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT: 

Prayers of Faith

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/04/17eyring?lang=eng

A talk weve been sharing with our members:)

Anyway love and miss you all  Sis. Monson