So I just spent the last half hour trying to update a little journal I have about the cute things the girls do. I haven't had this journal in my hands in about a year, so it was a little overwhelming, but I thought that since this is kind of my back up journal I would post it here too.
So Avi is in the 3rd grade, she had a WONDERFUL teacher; Mrs. Taylor, who is a sister I visit teach as well as our bishops wife. She substitute taught Nathan when her was little. She has a friend, Sadie, show comes here almost everyday after school and they do their homework together. She was baptized on August 6th, and loves being in Activity Days with the older girls in primary. I am her primary teacher, so she really likes that, and luckily she is still good in class even with me in there.
Dailynn is loving kindergarten. She has a good teacher that has so many fun ideas for the kids. She is learning a lot and fast, and she loves doing homework (except for reading). She has great friends really close which is great for me because she still has a hard time being alone to her own entertainment for more than about 10 min a day.
Jeslyn is just her same wonderful adorable self. She LOVES shoes! Anyone that comes over just dumps their shoes at the door, and runs to play. but within a half hour their shoes aren't there anymore because JJ has run off with them. The problem is that she doesn't like her shoes. She loves to put them on, but keeping them on is not her forte. The instant we get in the car, the shoes are off. She is learning more words daily. She isn't afraid to try to say anything, but she still isn't very good at saying anything the first time. Just today she started saying grandma (guma) and grandpa (papa). I don't think we will ever be able to get drink right, it is still "nee" and that was one of the first words she learned. We do have please and thank you though and they are so cute. I tried to get Blankenagel a few days ago, and it wasn't recognizable but she got the right amount of syllables.
Nathan has had a good summer. We have had projects to work on, and he has repicked up a new hobby. He likes to go play disc golf, and has found a bunch of guys at work who will play with him. He has a standing appointment every Tuesday after work to play for a few hours, and has even gone on his lunch break and a few Saturdays to different courses. Other than that he has been working hard and taking us to 7 peaks once a week.
I have been trying to figure out who people are around me. I got put in primary in the first month of being in the ward, so I get the fun task of meeting people other ways than church. One day after primary I was walking around to round up the kids and ran in to my brother's best friend from high school. I come to find out that a month before they had moved in across the street from me, but since they are in a different stake I had no idea, they had just happened to be in our ward that day. Since then I have become really good friends with his wife Allison. Dailynn's little friend on the other side of the culdisac has a mom who is just someone that everyone should experience once in their life. I could spend hours listening to her just be her fun and crazy self. Over the last few weeks I have had a chance to hang out with her and have really cherished those hours. My stake has a volleyball night each week, and going there has been a great help as well. Although I don't see any of these people during the week, it is nice to be able to see them on VB night and know they are excited to see me, even if I am not that good.
We have had a great time living here, and are excited to see what else we get to experience here.
We went to Green River for a family reunion and Kristl brought some inflatable canoes to float down the river, Brandon thought it would be fun to go down standing up, and dad was just getting used to the ride. I don't have a lot of pictures, I'm not so good at getting them, so here is what we have got. I think Avi took that one in our tent.
Uncle Jason was really great to perform the baptism and confirmation for Avi.
The first day of school didn't come come soon enough for us. The picture I have of Avi is sideways, so I am just putting Dai in. Isn't she cute!!
