Summer Happenings

Time to catch up on all that has been happening this summer. Kent was asked to be one of the speakers at a Multi-Stake EFY at Garden Valley in July. He was okay with doing this until he heard who the featured speakers were: Hans Olson and Shawn Bradley! After that he felt a little inadequate. But really, aside from Shawn Bradley, he was one of the best speakers there!

Derek came home in July to go on the rafting trip for the Singles Ward. So while he was here we went out to eat at Texas Roadhouse with Tyler, Kati, and Quincy. Quincy had a fun time throwing the peanut shells on the floor and then smashing them!

One of our favorite things to do is to bring Quincy home with us and have him spend the weekend with us. So when Kelly was home for a few days she brought him home with her. He started noticing that Grandpa wore hats out to work and whenever he went places. So, then he decided that he needed to wear a hat like Grandpa and won't leave the house unless he had one on!

I love the Singles Ward! The kids are great and so are the activities. Kent and I go to almost all the FHE's, firesides, parties, and most anything else that is going on. One weekend we had quite a few relatives at church (and their friends), so Christa, Tanner, and Erinn planned a picnic in the park after Church was over. It was great. Have to do that more often :)

Well, the day arrived for Tyler and Kati to move out of their apartment :( So we spent Friday helping them load up the van and clean their apartment. As a reward we went to eat at Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Excellent food. So with no place to stay, they came to our house for a few days before going to Washington. We had all of our kids home, minus Mike who had to stay for football games. So, with Heather and Trevor here for the weekend we got to play with Jakoby! He is growing so fast, and is a good baby. He also looks a lot like Heather's baby pictures. Too bad they live so far away because we would be good babysitters!

Saturday, August 15th, was Quincy's 2nd Birthday. For fun he got to ride on the tractor with Kent and bale straw. He loved it. Later we had a nice BBQ and cheesecake for dessert. Quincy wasn't sure what to think of the candles on his little cake, but once he figured out he had to blow them out he wanted to do it over and over again. We gave him two tractors as presents, and according to Tyler, he talked in his sleep that night about his "two tractors"!

Sunday was a sad day. Tyler, Kati, and Quincy left for Washington. I know he has a good job waiting for him, but it is still hard to see them go so far away. We are sure going to miss them (who will we take out to dinner now?). But we are so glad that we had the chance to have them live close to us for 3 years. We are going to miss having Quincy spend weekends with us :(

Can't believe that summer is almost over. Time to make some fun plans for things to do in the Fall!