Summer Fun!

I took Part I Boards on July 9, went to school the next day, and drove home with Jenny and the girls on the 11th. That night I flew to the Dominican Republic with a layover at the JFK Airport. Needless to say, I was pretty tired when I got to Santo Domingo. There was a group of about 50 of us that went with the G3 Foundation, founded by Len Aste of Manti, UT. I had such a great time.   

 I pulled my first tooth! We did a lot of extractions, fillings, and cleanings.

 I pulled a wisdom tooth and brought some bone with it. I guess that is fairly common.

 Look at the size of those carrots!!!

 Cleaning teeth! My back sure was tired but I probably cleaned 40 people's teeth in one morning!

Most of the fillings we did were on the front teeth to increase peoples confidence and improve their smile.

 Before:

After:

Kids waiting to get their teeth cleaned, being taught about maintaining hygiene.

This was the view out of my bedroom at the resort we stayed at the last few days.

The last day of dentistry we set up clinic at an outdoor clinic. After we were done we went swimming in the river! It was great!

A view from the bridge.

I wrestled in the water for probably a full hour with this guy. His name is Victor. He works for the secret service for the Dominican Republic. He was assigned to stay with our group during our stay and make sure we were okay in all our activities.

The trip was subsidized to by political groups to keep costs down for us. This guy is a Senator that is running for president (I found out there are 16 political parties). He helped sponsor us and visited us in the clinics with lots of cameras running. He gave out chocolate bars with his picture on them. I thought that was kind of funny.

I have many sponsors of my own to thank: my parents, Jenny's parents, President and Sister Seal (mission president), Grandma and Grandpa Williams, Chris Williams, Kelly Williams, and Preston Williams. Thanks to all of you so much for helping me be able to go on this trip. I wouldn't have been able to go without your generous support.

UTAH VACATION!

We stayed at a condo in Ogden with the Williams family (our second year in a row going there). It was very nice and we really enjoyed our stay. Here we went on a walk and visited a cemetary by Pineview Reservoir.

My three cute girls!

Brinley pushing Ashlyn!

Ashlyn saw Maren drawing on her arms and asked if she could draw on herself too. I told here no that we don't draw on ourselves but she could draw on Aunt Maren's arms if she wanted! Can you tell who did which arm?

Trevor lining it up. It sure was good to see this guy. It had been 2.5 years!

Ashlyn definitely got her fill of sugar on this vacation!

Thanks to Grandma Williams we were able to go to Seven Peaks three times while being in Utah! We had a blast! Ashlyn really enjoyed the slides and playing in the water!

"Like A Family!" (Ashlyn's phrase for doing things together as a family)

"Cheese!" One of the few words in Brinley's vocabulary.

Ashlyn loved climbing across the snake. The first time she got out of line and decided not to do it. A little later she decided to go again. She conquered her fear and went across! She ended up doing it probably 5-10 times!

 "YAY!"

We went bowling for Minnie's birthday and this is where Brinley really started walking. She had taken steps at a time for the weeks preceding. It was the motivation of walking up to be able to push the ball that got her to do it! She was walking around the whole bowling alley after that.

Fun times visiting Grandma Lewis! They both had fun with her. Grandma Lewis had Brinley laughing pretty good playing peek-a-boo. Ashlyn liked having Grandma Lewis read stories to her.

Golfing at Gladstan with my dad. He's played three times in the last 10 years probably (and two have been with me). He's a sport for taking me.

Tea Party at Granny Williams! The girls had so much fun! (Notice the pretty matching dresses that Granny made!)

We went to Bear Lake with Grandma and Papa Martinson and Minnie the last few days before going home. We had a great time. It was beautiful. Although we were pretty worried about how the girls would sleep. The first night Brinley cried for probably an hour before falling asleep. She woke up several times. At about 2am Ashlyn woke up and climbed in bed with me while Mom laid by Brinley. A few minutes later I felt something wet on my arm. Ashlyn was throwing up. A few vomits and crying episodes later, it was morning. We were amazed at how good and fun the girls were the next day despite their lack of sleep.

On our way home we stopped at McDonald's. This picture is proof of how tasty McDonald's fries are.