Off to school…..

The Brainiac of the family has left for two weeks of college life. He is taking 3 courses this summer and will probably be SUPER busy until the end of July.

We all got some hugs from him before he left.

That smile on me is mostly FAKE. I wasn’t that excited for him to be leaving. He told me I have to be strong though so I am trying…..really hard!

I told Luke I would keep him posted on what we are up to while he is gone so here are a few more random pictures.

Eli was so worn out from playing outside all morning. This “nap” only lasted about 10 minutes and he rolled over and said, “Time to wake up?”

When I hung this shirt on the line I looked right at Marley and told him to not even think about it. Well he thought about it….and DESTROYED it.

Micali misses her Daddy. She keeps asking if she will ever see him again. She also asked this morning…Does my Daddy still love me?

Thankfully Aunt Kara is still here to keep her entertained!

Learning to ride a bike is ROUGH!

busted chin, scraped elbows, fat-lip, bruised shins…….and she keeps on riding ALL THE TIME!

Grandpa, Uncle Doug and Kara come to visit

My little sister Kara is here to play for a couple weeks this summer. We are sure enjoying having her.  Luke is in training and then will have summer school at Utah State after that. It is nice to have her here to play with the kids and to have someone to hang out with. We have been having a lot of fun outside.

My dad and brother Doug dropped Kara off and we had a fun visit before they went on to see Kendra, Austin, and Derrick.

Abigail and Eli playing with Grandpa.

Making Uncle Doug a pretty pretty PRINCESS!! He was such a good sport.

We cut Kara’s hair! She loves it!

I love watching her look in the mirror at herself randomly throughout the day. She said it has never been this short before!

Eli got a new summer buzz too!

It has been awhile…

Well we have been busy around here with the end of school (two weeks ago). We were planning to move to another house here in Monticello and have a nice fenced yard and garage while Luke finished his Doctorate degree. After lots of praying and looking into ALL options----Luke resigned his position today. We have applied to jobs in Michigan and are waiting to see what we hear. He has also found out he can continue his education there at a couple of universities depending on the job situation. He is now looking to just get his Administration Certificate so he can be a principal instead of getting his Doctorate. That may come later but for now, after the few classes he did take towards his Phd, he has decided he would like to be a principal of a high school or middle school instead of a professor at a University. We are excited to see what is in store for us and look forward to new opportunities.

Since we had planned on moving at the end of the school year the house has been mostly packed since we had our offer accepted on the house in Mid-April. Now we are just enjoying our time of being together and enjoying the great outdoors.

 

--She is not a binkie baby but she is cutting all four molars so she doesn’t mind chewing on anything she can.

--Marley and his favorite ball.

--Micali is getting so good at riding her bike. She is a little to confident of her skills. You can can’t see the band-aid on her shin or the two on her elbow. She had started doing tricks, two feet on one pedal. After a couple falls we had to have a talk about being safe and not try tricks when she is so little.

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Random Shots of our sweet “Abs”

All ready to help mommy clean out and pack the garage.

Working on her 3rd breakfast, begging food from Grandpa.

ripping her bow out of her hair, and then “fixing” it

She loved grandpa rocking the chair for her. She would rock back and forth like crazy if he stopped.

Chewing on that bink trying so hard to get her molars in or to make them stop hurting.

Not sure how many times we are going to have to tell her to not EAT the sidewalk chalk.

Mesa Verde

While Grandma and Grandpa were here we decided to take a trip to see Mesa Verde National park. We had heard it was one of the TOP 5 things in the world to see. And since it isn’t far from us we decided we had to take advantage of crossing that off our lists of things to see.

It was REALLY cool to see all of the cliff dwellings. Our picnic was cold and windy and our hike was HOT and tiring but we all had a great time anyway.

Micali working on her book to get the junior ranger badge.

Getting sworen in as a Junior Ranger!

I love the junior ranger program at the national parks. Micali really enjoys being able to look for specific things while she goes throughout the parks.

On Sunday Morning

The next morning when Micali realized Grandma and Grandpa were really gone she had all her stuff out of her room packed so she could move to their house to see Gypsy!