Wells Ward Campout

We had such a wonderful time at our ward campout a few weekends ago (June 25-26). I loaded the remaining camping gear in the van on Friday and headed up to Park City around 3 pm to pick up Chris from work, since it was close to where we would be camping. The campgrounds were owned by the Murray Stake, however they rent them out to other wards to use.


This is the first thing we did after arriving and finding a camping spot. Setting up the tent was fairly easy and the kids couldn't wait to get inside to play.

Ashley's friend Jill came over to hang out while we set up the tent. Madison thought she needed to sit in Rylee's Bumbo since Rylee wasn't using it.

Rylee dressed in her pajamas watching the adults play volleyball.

That evening we roasted marshmallows. Ashley didn't want her picture taken as usual.

My friend Mariana and her family camped near us. We both ate dinner before arriving, but decided we wanted to use my dutch oven to try some cobbler. The peach cobbler tasted yummy!

Brian, Simon, and Jill Ahlers

Corinne and Dan Anderegg, another wonderful couple from our ward camped near us as well. They sat around the campfire with us and enjoyed some cobbler.

Our campsite had a zipline and the kids LOVED it! Madison couldn't wait to go and would cry if I went with Ashley instead of her. I thought it would be too scary for her, but she is my little daredevil.

I went a few times with Ashley since the zipline was over a 50 foot ravine. She kept telling me she wanted to do it by herself but the last thing Chris and I wanted was for her to freak out half way across and fall fifty feet. I went down with her one more time and then left her on the seat by herself and Chris pulled the seat back up to the top. She held on really tight on the way back so I figured she would be fine going down by herself. She did great and went all alone the rest of the time we were there.

Here she is going by herself.

We had a great time. I just wish I had gotten more sleep. The girls slept well, I am just a really light sleeper now and couldn't sleep with the noise of the wind and the kids moving around in their sleeping bags. I think I got a total of 45 minutes of sleep.

Other than the lack of sleep, we hope we do this again next year!

Pep Boys Update

An update on my Pep Boys experience.................

From my previous post, you can tell I left Pep Boys Wednesday night upset and angry. The manager promised he'd call me with a response the next day. Thursday afternoon he did call me. He explained to me that he spoke with the district manager and that the two of them decided that giving me $40 to reimburse me for the mileage and gas the other customer used, was plenty of a reimbursement for this situation. I immediately told him I disagreed and told him that $40 was indeed needed to replace those two things, but that now more was owed to make up for the ridiculous mistake of giving my car to a complete stranger. Jack the manager then said that he doesn't understand why this doesn't cover it and that the customer who had to drive my car all the way back to Pep Boys was put out more than I was. I couldn't believe he just said that.....but then it gets even better....or worse I mean. I say to him...YOU GAVE A COMPLETE STRANGER MY CAR! THEY COULD HAVE GONE THROUGH MY PERSONAL THINGS, STOLEN THINGS OUT OF MY CAR, FOUND OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION IN MY GLOVE BOX, ETC. He then has the gall to say.....You brought your car to Pep Boys where my employees and I are complete strangers to you, yet you gave your car willingly to us. My jaw dropped and then the conversation turned from a slight argument to yelling.

He explained to me that I needed to give him a better story to give his district manager if I was wanting him to go back to the district manager for a better refund. I was irate. I told him I no longer wanted to deal with him, and that I was taking this to corporate. He said that if that is what I felt I needed to do, then I should do it because he wasn't going to do anything more than the $40.

I immediately called corporate and spoke to a kind woman that didn't know what to say after I gave her the entire story. She couldn't believe Jack would say such things to a customer, especially the comment of the employees being strangers, and that the client who drove my car around was put out more than I was. She said I would be getting a response from corporate in less than 48 hours.

On Saturday I received a call from the assistant store manager at the Pep Boys where the situation occurred. He apologized profusely and said how embarrassed he was that something like this happened. He said he had talked with corporate and they were willing to give me a refund of half my bill, which was approximately $110. I was happy with this considering I was done arguing with people on the phone and I just wanted to be done with the whole thing.

So those of you who take your car to Pep Boys to get fixed......beware!!!!