We were so happy to have my cousin Cera and her family stop in for a visit on their move to WA. The kids were so excited to have a daddy to play with even if he wasn’t there's. Aaron was so great to read stories to Micali and wrestle with Eli. Micali was also in love with their new baby Gavin.
These two pictures crack me up because Jaylen is smiling just like his daddy did. Micali and Aaron were trying to see who could have the biggest CHEESE.
With daddy gone there are a lot of things I get to do that I haven’t had to do. Like fixing Marley’s dog run (finding the right hardware at the store and drilling into the tree to make an new hole), running clothes to the laundry mat since our dryer is out of commission, mowing the lawn, jumping a dead battery on the van---shouldn’t have left the keys in it.
So many things that help me appreciate all Luke contributes on a daily basis.
Here is a picture of Abigail and I getting ready to mow the lawn.
Yummy! A great way to end a sunny Saturday full of morning chores, mini golfing, mowing the lawn and fun with the babysitter while mommy took a break to go to the temple!
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?”
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?
busted chin, scraped elbows, fat-lip, bruised shins…….and she keeps on riding ALL THE TIME!
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.
We cut Kara’s hair! She loves it!
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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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.
