Tuesday, June 28, 2022

        School has ended and summer has started.  Here are the kids walking down to school.  This was Xadia’s last time walking to elementary school.  She is now in 7^th grade.  

Here are a few pictures from her graduation.  She is standing with Natasha and Izzy who are some of her best friends.  The other picture is with Walker.  She has known him since pre-school.

              I caught Jacinda getting into the fridge.  I don’t see her much during the summer.  She is either working or hanging out with friends so I decided to snap this picture while I could.

              McCabe and Jacinda went to FSY.  Jacinda had to come home early because of allergies.  McCabe stayed the whole time and made a lot of friends.  He was wiped out.  I caught him sleeping on the couch during the day.  He never does that.  He was very tired.

              Summer brings swimming parties and campfires.  We love having the neighbors come swim in our pool.  It has been a lot of fun but also a lot of mud.  Unfortunately, the backyard is not coming together very quickly.  In fact, our contractor left us high and dry with a lot of damage and their insurance will not cover it.  What a joke!

              Early June we got to go to the sidewalk chalk festival.  It was so fun seeing everybody’s creations.  We saw two of Jacinda’s friends there, Carissa and Tommy.  It was a hot day but we had a good time.  Teagan really liked the knock off chalk art of Lighting McQueen and the saying of “Kachoo” instead of “Kachow.”  We stopped by Blacksmith on Main Street and got some ice cream.  It made the day more tolerable.

              Xadia and McCabe went on a trip back east with cousins.  They are visiting church history sites and early American history sites.  They are having a great time.  Xadia is doing a great job taking lots of pictures.  Teagan joined a non-competitive swim league.  He is doing a great job improving his swimming techniques.  Gabe Haddock is also in his class.  He is having a lot of fun.

              I love where we live because we see lots of neat things.  Here is a huge moth hanging out by our front door.  The antennae look like feathers.  It is so amazing.

              McCabe along with Kade and Lance Stubbs are going to the “All Stars” camp out.  They are leaders this year.  It is a great place for them to strengthen their testimonies and teach other young men about gospel principles.  We drove to Heber and sent them on their way.  Meanwhile, Teagan, Xavius, me, and Tim took a walk around the area.  There were so many mosquitoes.  I am glad we had on bug repellant.  We did not get bitten but they still hovered near us.  Tim spotted a hole in an Aspen tree.  You could hear the chirping of baby woodpeckers in the tree.  It was quite magical.  Xavius and Teagan had a great time posing and walking through the wildflowers.   Teagan stopped at every laying log for a picture.  He also had his whittled knife which made the picture extra special.