Visits From the Grandmas

It was so fun to have the grandmas with us with all of the fun things we did at the end of the school year.  Palmer got a visit from Grandma Happy at Red Robin,

Grandma Happy also hemmed Palmer's temple pants.  Which is awesome because I don't think I could have.

Grandma Happy got to see Lincoln's spring football game.

Beverly came over for tea.  It was fun to have her over with the grandmas!

SGA Graduates

Palmer has had a little bit of a love/hate relationship with SGA (student government), but I'm glad he stuck it out through high school because he had some really good experiences.  

 

Barrington Hall

Whenever people come into town we take them to the Archibald Smith Plantation, but we decided to go to a new plantation house we haven't been to before.  It was Barrington Hall.  It was so beautiful!

So much cool history!

They had the most beautiful gardens.

Lincoln Humanitarian XP Trip to Ghana

Lincoln was pretty excited and nervous about is humanitarian trip to Ghana.  He flew by himself to Boston  and then the group flew to Portugal and then Ghana for 16 days!

 

He found out beforehand that there was a kid named Lincoln Neilsen in his group. Such a crazy coincidence!  They found each other pretty fast.

Ghana!

Right when they got there they went to eat at this cool restaurant that used to be a plane.

Inside the restaurant.

They also got to go on a safari.

They played lots of soccer with the natives. 

Lincoln was pretty excited to be the only American to score on the African team.

They got to play lots and they worked super hard.

They got to go on splits with the missionaries.

They killed a pig one night for their dinner and had to watch it be "prepared."  There were a few people that were traumatized.  

The boys all bought African ties.  Lincoln brought some home for his brothers too.

Lincoln was so cute with all of the kids.  He loved this baby so much!  He came home thinking he would like to adopt a child from Africa one day.

These trips are designed to build school for villages in 3rd world countries.  Each group that comes through the summer is in charge of a different part of the school.  Lincoln's group was the first group so they cleared the land and got the foundation ready.

One night they all braided their hair or got dreads.  

Lincoln's brothers thought he looked pretty "sic."

Lincoln was the chicken fight king.

More soccer.

We had no idea Lincoln could do a toe touch...

They worked so hard on this school foundation.

Lincoln and Lincoln signing their work.

Grateful village.

They were able to go to the temple in Ghana at the end of their trip.

While some of the kids went shopping, there two stole the picture taker's phone and did a photoshoot :) 

They got to go an swim at this cool resort.

Saying goodbye to one of their trip leaders. 

Lincoln got pretty sick of chicken and rice and was happy to eat something else.

The toilet situation.

Pictures in the airport before heading home!