August 4th-13th, 2022

Lelu, Jake, Finn, TT, Kenna, Rel and her roommate Lena, plus the Martins came back up. Last year the Martins trip was cancelled because we were evacuated for the wildfire. Before everyone got there, Jake, Lelu, TT & Kenna went out on the boat to help me and I tried AGAIN to get up surfing. For the past 4-5 months I was doing squats evert day, strengthening my grip and watching training videos so I could learn to surf. I’d tried before everyone got there on the 4th but hurt my hamstring so I gave it a month to heal and then went for it. I could feel my hamstring not liking every attempt and then the last attempt I felt a twang in the connection between my hamstring and my glute. It’s September as I am writing this and it STILL hurts. I’m pretty sure I tore something. I could never get down into the wake before falling but at least I stood up a few times. Maybe next year. And sadly this is from the only super short video I appear in, and again no photos – but I also don’t have any photos with Bruce & Debi. It’s becoming extremely apparent that I need to get in photos to prove my existence. (Look at my horrified face and I am not supposed to have my arms bent!)

This year, Jake’s brother Caleb got home from his mission on Wednesday and they came up to Montana on Friday. We had a great week! One big highlight for me was that we went and picked cherries at a neighbors orchard.

Sporting my glasses since he forgot his

I realize I put this photo in the extended fourth of July blog, but this was actually from this week. Kenna just kept catching fish after fish. (yes, they do release them back into the lake)