Chill Week

We took it easy during the past week. I've still been sick but without any respiratory symptoms, and Joseph and Katie are improving quite a bit. It's easy enough to manage fatigue during these days at home. Instead of trying to go to every community activity, I've stayed home and taken naps, read books, and watched TV while doing my regular daily stuff. We haven't done any big projects either, which is completely fine since we head to Ecuador next Tuesday. I'm both excited and terrified at the same time since it's all new to me.

I did leave the house last night to go to a movie with James. Fly Me to the Moon was pretty funny, and we got ice cream cones afterward.

Katie and Lewis have their last day of tennis today. They've really enjoyed it and are always so happy when we pick them up.

We have a dinner today for the Primary teachers and staff at Sis. Hall's house. Last year's was great, and I hope today's is too.

I shared an album each day of the slides I did for my dad. They turned out really good, definitely better quality than prints I've scanned in the past. I also worked on videos, cutting them into clips, editing them, and uploading them to YouTube. I'm not done with them yet, but I'll work on them again after Ecuador when I have time. We have a lot to do to get ready for school, and it starts on August 20th this year. The summer has really flown by.

Rexburg, 4th of July, FSY, Slides

June ended with Zak Redden, one of James's old mission companions, coming over for dinner. His kids played with our with Zak and his wife went to the temple. We then had dinner together. It was a pretty fun time, and it was the first day I felt completely better from that nasty cold.

Monday morning, we dropped Joseph off at the stake center for his bus ride to Provo for FSY. We then continued on to Rexburg with stops at Smith and Edwards and Chick-fil-a.

Tuesday, James, his dad, and the 3 middle kids hiked the wind caves while Melodie and I went to the temple. We had a good day at the house with Samantha and Juliana, then we got pizza from Righteous Slice for dinner. The hikers didn't get back till late.

Wednesday, we celebrated Summerween with the kids and shopped at D.I. in the afternoon. James and I left for our anniversary dinner, a Brazilian place in Idaho Falls called Tche's. It was absolutely delicious, and we had a great time walking around the mall afterward. We stayed in a cheap Moab-themed room in Shelley.

For the 4th, we got up and drove the 10 minutes to Grandpa Lee's concert and breakfast in Firth. It was delicious, as always. We got back to Rexburg just in time for James to take the kids to the parade in Rexburg. Samantha was in Victor for that parade since Grandpa Head was the grand marshal this year. I stayed at the house and organized all the pictures I'd brought back from digitizing at my house. We had dinner with Lars, Emily, and the Lees in Rigby. We then watched fireworks in Rexburg.

Friday was also really busy. We went to Bear World, the Renaissance Faire, and Macbeth in the park.

We drove home on Saturday with no problems and got unpacked. Joseph got home before us and had an uneventful day playing video games.

This week has been busy, but not in the same way. Katie and Lewis have tennis at the high school every day Monday - Thursday from 9:30-10:30. They have loved it so far. I had a presidency meeting, and we attended a ward party last night. I also took Kenny to the dentist for a filling today.

I got my slide scanner, so I scanned all the slides I got from NC. I've also finished cropping, rotating, and organizing them into albums, so I'm sharing them one at a time with my family. It's been so fun to see my dad's old mission pictures as well as some other trips he took in the 80's before I was born. Next up are videos, then photos, then cassette tapes and hopefully more slides when Rex finds his from his mission. I don't know how long all of this will take, but the process of scanning the slides was much easier than I expected. I've now seen over 1,000 pictures of South America, but I'm still nervous to go there in less than 2 weeks. Haha.