August 31, 2008

So Now that it is just Dave and I home, this is what it looks like here. Either Dave on the bed watching TV alone.....or I am sitting by him. That is pretty much it. What an exciting life! Acutally, today we went to church, it was great....Joylene Quick and Merlin Blad spoke. I had to give my R.S. lesson today and I am very glad that is over. After church Mel and Jo and the kids came for dinner. Bryson was with Jackson so that was extra fun. We had corn on the cob and I should have go a picutre of Jessica eating her corn...she loved it. Now the kids are gone, we have spoken to all the girls on the phone and I have to work tomorrow so I guess I will go to bed. What an exciting life huh?

August 31, 2008
On August 23rd Chelsey flew out to Washington DC. We put her on the shuttle in Pocatello and she was off. We miss her but are glad she gets to have this opportunity. She is there until December.

On August 25th I took Whitney to Provo to help her move in and to visit Casey. Whitney is all moved in and ready for another exciting year at BYU. She auditioned for the Ballet theatre and made it. Her first show is Sept. 18th - 20th.

So while I was there I went to Nephi with Casey and Luke and his Dad took us on a horse ride up the canyon. They run their cattle up in the canyon and I really don't know how they gather them in those mountains. It is pretty steep in spots. We had fun though and then went to Lukes house and his mom made us dinner. By the way....what do you notice is the same in each picture?

August 31, 2008

On August 22nd, Chelsey, Whitney and I hiked to table rock. See that flat little mountain in the picutre? That is where we hiked to.

IT took us 3 1/2 hours up and the same down hill. I was trying to keep up with the girls the whole way. The last 30 minutes of the hike up is a killer. This year I listened to my IPod for some inspiration up the hill and I think it helped. It is sooooo beautiful on top. You can see all the way down the valley into Driggs and of course it is a close up view of the Tetons!!!

Of course we always have to get an arabesque shot! There is a reason I did not post the ones of Chelsey and I. The way down was easier on the breathing but my toes were killing me. I was sore for the next couple of days. We had a great time though. We ate square ice cream cones at the "Dam" store on the way home. What memories!!

August 7-10, 2008 We went on a family camping trip to warm River just outside of Ashton. We had a great time as you can tell from the pictures. The kids loved floating the river on the tubes, the girls all had a book (from the Twilight series) to read and we even played some cards. We went to Mesa Falls and Yellowstone park and saw a play in West Yellowstone, ate some great ice cream and shopped. We came home tired, dirty and grateful for carpet and a bathroom with a flushing toilet within 10 feet of the bed.

Aug 3, 2008
Okay so I wanted to edit my new post and I don't know how so I am just adding on.
Friday and Saturday I spent in Boise at a conferance for childbirth education. It was a great conferance and I learned alot. I am going to be teaching some childbirth education classes at the hospital so it was very helpful.
Today we are celbrating Chelsey's birthday because no one was around on the 1st of August...her official birthday. Mom and Dad and Daves mom will be here for dinner and then Mel and Jo and hopefully Shawn and Rachelle will stop by on their way home from Utah.
I am looking forward to our camping trip this week end and especially looking forward to seeing Casey. We have fun things planned so new pictures will be posted next week!!!!

August 3, 2008

So.....we went to the circus this last week with Grandma and Grandpa James. If you saw Rachelles Blog you have seen a similar picture of the one to the right. The lion that Jenika liked is here as well. Dave said several times on the way home "that was Awesome" spoken how only Dave can. It was fun to be together and the kids really did enjoy it. We picniced at moms first and with much to do I got a picture of me and my sisters. Karl was supposed to be sitting by Cindy but he vanished.
Thanks Mom and Dad!!!

I am still trying to figure out how to set this up.....