July is Here

I am ready for a NEW start. We have had so many great events and some very life changing events over the past few months. But we will start again in July and move forward.

Jayci is enjoying her summer job in Rexburg. She is an AFY counselor. Which is a youth program Adventures for Youth. Kids ages 14-18 attend a week long camp where they have many activities, dances, firesides, ropes climbing courses and river rafting. This is such an ideal job for Jayci. She is such a great roll model to so many around her. We have planned a FUN trip to the Sand Dunes where we will get to meet several of her other counselors she has been working with. Jayci also plans to come home in August and start preparing for a mission.

Jake is serving in the Florida Tampa Mission. He is also adapting really well. The heat is unbearable for some. But he is enduring it quite nicely. He is also experiencing some amazing rainstorms. It is hurricane season so I watch the weather reports closily in hopes that he will not have to endure any dangerous situations. Today his NEW mission president Bruce Summerhays entered the MTC. I am not sure when the Summerhays' will make it into the mission field. I believe this will be an adjustment and he will be able to learn so much from them. He is falling in love with many people.

Shanade is working at Mack's Drive In in town. She is also working to get some extra credits over the summer so that she can spend more time at Bridgerland her senior year. This will allow her to complete a degree there sooner and allow her to also spend more time working. She is an amazing young lady that is becoming very responsible. Shanade has a passion for life. Her happiest moments are when she is BUSY. She is a great leader and has been such a blessing to have in our home. She spends alot of time helping me with Sophia and Spencer.

Kaleb is also trying to spend some time in the workplace. His aunt Holly has kept him busy doing projects, he is working part time at Dominoes, works helping the neighbors with different projects and hauling hay. He is very passionate about his 4 wheeler. He loves spending time in the garage working with his dad. There isn't anything they can't tackle. Kaleb truly enjoys taking things apart and fixing them. He loves to know how they work. When the snow comes he will be back on the mountain doing what he loves best.

Bailey is 13 and a definite teenager. Friends keeping moving our of her life. Circumstances take their families away and she misses them. But her love for her cousins has blessed their lives. she loves babysitting. Her biggest diappointment is that her parents do not share her LOVE in horseback riding. Its not that we do not want to support her. It is just an area we are not ready or prepared to invest in. We are very grateful to neighbors that help by allowing her to tag along.

Our life is never boring there is always something big in the works. We have come to accept that this is the NORM. I think that is the best way to describe and tackle it. We have been blessed to have Denton's sister Patty move into the apartment. She is such an amazing lady. The kids truly enjoy having her grandkis around that gives us more time with them. She is a really asset and blessing to us along with so many others in our life. We love and appreciate family and their support.