Last Young Womens project

Madison has only had one project left before she earns her Young Women's medallion. This last year has been so busy for her with school work and sports. I talked with her and thought that this summer might be the perfect time to finish it up. She also thought that it might be nice to earn it before we move so she sat down and worked on a plan for her last project. She decided to make meal planning her last project. I am very grateful for the help in the kitchen these last few weeks. Things are crazy at our house with the move, girls camp and school so not having to cook has been a blessing. Allison just finished her project and Madison will pick up where she left off.

It will be fun to see what she has planned for us. I am also so proud of her dedication to finishing her Young Women's project. She is a great example to her sisters.

Love my girls

While Kevin has been out of town the girls have had fun bonding. Today at Walmart they had fun while we picked up a few things. It is fun watching them together.

Later when we got home they sent me to bed because they were going to have a girls night watching movies. I love that they like to hang out with each other.

Some fun on a business trip

Kevin has been enjoying his job at Health Catalyst. When he took the job he was told that he would be traveling about two weeks out of the month. We were nervous about the travel but felt the career move felt right. Thankfully his travel schedule has not been as much as we thought it would be. Also he only travels Tuesday through Thursday so he is always home on the weekends. His current assignment is in Louisiana outside of New Orleans. He traveled this week and his team thought it would be fun to go on a swamp tour for some down time. He had a fun time and got some fun pictures.

Our little fish

Ashley finished her two weeks of swim lessons today. She is our kid that has no fear and just jumps into any situation and gives it her all. At the beginning of last week I was so afraid that I signed her up for the wrong level. She looked so small in level 4 with the rest of the kids. Level four is when they change and swim the full length of the pool too. I was not sure that she was ready for this but she showed me that I was wrong. She might have been smaller and younger then most of the kids in her class but she was definitely not lacking in swimming skills. She held her own and showed me what she had. It was fun watching her progress throughout these last two weeks.

4th of July

We decided to switch it up the year for the 4th of July and we decided to head to Twin for the weekend and spend the 4th at Kevin's parents. The girls were at first bummed to miss out on being at Miss Dawn's house but they were excited to be with their cousins and grandparents.

The girls spent the day hanging out with their cousins. Kevin and grandpa took them swimming and they had fun splashing around.

Grandpa barbequed some hamburgers for us. The girls thought it would be fun to eat in the back yard. It was a beautiful day and they just wanted to be outside all day.

We finished our day out by watching the fireworks at CSI. We weren't sure where they were going to let them off at so we just picked a place and hoped for the best. We had some time before the fireworks started so we passed the time by taking pictures.

When the finally started we were pleasantly surprised to be across the street from where they were letting them off. We could feel the boom. It was a beautiful show. Everyone enjoyed it and it was longer then we expected.

Back at the house Nana has some sparklers for the girls to do. They had fun running around the backyard with them. It was a great 4th of July.

SOLD

On Wednesday we received an offer on our house. It wasn't quite what we wanted so we countered. They came back with another counter that was what we were looking for so we accepted. I can not believe that this happened so quickly. Kevin got pretty stressed that we were going to be homeless on July 31st first when we close so he started looking for a rental. We were greatly blessed to find a couple that has a house they need rented until they move to Boise from from Burley at the beginning of next year. The girls are excited for the new home but leaving our ward is going to be hard for them. We only have a month to be out. This next month is going to go so fast. I am excited to see what the future has in store for our family.

Allison Swim lessons

Allison finished her 6th level of swim lessons today. She did not want to do swim lessons this summer at all but I am so glad that I made her finish all the levels. She went into swim lessons knowing how to swim beautifully but she needed to work on her diving. It was fun watching her swim all week because she does have a beautiful stroke and she makes it look so easy. She has defiantly come so far from when she started out at 4 with swim lessons.

It was also fun to watch her dive because I know that she was trying but it needed a lot of work.

The instructors did a great job with her and she was diving much better by the end of the week.