One Crazy Summer of Fun 2011!

This summer was crazy. Makinzi learned how to ride without training wheels. We are so proud of her! Just a couple of weeks after Tifani had Madisyn we loaded up in our non-airconditioned Isuzu Trooper and headed to the Manti Pageant with the youth in our ward. In was an amazing trip that I will never forget and eventually motivated us into buying a mini-van with air conditioning. Cade, Makinzi and Cody love playing make-believe. Dressing up is almost always mandatory. This summer Cade was Indiana Jones with a purple satchel my parents sent home from Guatemala, Makinzi was Short-Round with a baseball cap on backwards and Cody was usually some sort of bad guy that chased them around. For Independence Day Tifani's family came down and we lit fireworks. It was a blast. Our kids loved every second of it. Our neighbor, Janet, bought matching T-shirts she found on sale for our kids for the fourth. What awesome neighbors. Our kids love running, riding bikes, or scooters up and down the street visiting the neighbors. One of their favorite neighbors is Bruce. A middle aged man who works in his yard a lot. Our kids love visiting and speaking with him. He is a great sport about it and doesn't seem too bothered. Other activities that kept us busy were jumping on the tramp-displayed in the photo of Makinzi's static hair and T-ball. I coached Cade and Makinzi's T-Ball team. It was a lot of fun. We camped some, hiked, rode our bikes to what our kids call the small ponds and big ponds. We hung out with Melissa a lot and she let us swim in the pool at her apartment almost daily. Our kids love Clayton and are always excited to be with him. We miss the Bogg's family terribly, but we are super excited that soon we will be with them often in Pocatello. Tifani's Dad came into town for a couple of weeks and it was great to be able to spend time with him and with Darin before he left on his mission. Our summer fun was cut short by the news that I was offered a job as an assistant principal at the alternative school in Pocatello. We spent the remainder of the summer, packing, preparing our house to sell, and moving. It has been a huge blessing, but we miss our Nampa friends and ward dearly. Our neighborhood and neighbors were great. We were blessed and we are still being blessed here in Idaho Falls. God is watching over us and we are thankful for the many opportunities He has provided us. All in all it was one crazy summer of fun.