Summer, come and gone!

Wow, so much has happened over the summer. I haven't blogged at all unfortunately. I did say the last time I blogged I might become a hermit well it happened. Summer semester for me was pretty busy with trying to do well in school and hanging out with my little girl. I am happy to say that I still did pretty good (two A's and two B's) even though it wasn't what my goal was but that's okay.

Like I said lots of things have happened this summer other than school. First we went down to St. George for a week! That was a blast, my sister graduated from high school! I am so proud of her and all of her accomplishments. She is quite the young and talented young lady! She has recieved many awards and high honors for her beautiful voice. She moved up to Boise and has been living with us for the Summer. It has been so much fun having her. More on that later.

Also on our trip to St. George we took Kallie swimming for the first time! She wasn't sure about it at first but she eventually got use to it and had some fun!

We also took a trip to Oregon to visit Kori's cousins. It was a lot of fun and for one of the days we headed to the coast and went to the aquarium. It was the first beach Kallie went to! Haha the picture cracks me up though because you can't even see her face. It was so windy and cold so our next beach will have to be at a swimmable one.

This is just a funny picture of how Kallie likes to take her naps. She is a pro at relaxing.

 

Kori and I also had an amazing opportunity to help out with BYS (Boise Youth Spectacular) this year. We were in charge of meals. It was a ton of work but so much fun and totally worth it, we got to go to some really amazing speakers and performers including Alex Boye. Did I mention my sister Christy got to be a councelor and got sing a solo with him! Kori also wrote a song and performed it at BYS.

                              

BYS was durning our finals week of school so after that was over we decided to relax by the pool. Kallie is good at this kind of thing.

Once we got some relaxing in we immediately had to pick up and move. I shouldn't say had to because we actually didn't mind moving to the new place. We have been very blessed and honestly don't know how to explain why but the Lord has been watching over our little family.

Kori has an aunt and uncle who live in California but are getting tired of it so they decided that moving to the Boise area is what they wanted. They weren't quite ready to move when they bought the home so decided to let us "house sit" until they sell their home in California and find jobs here in Boise. We are paying the same rent we paid for our previous apartment so we are getting a smoking deal. The builders finished it the week before we moved in and it is beautiful. I have fallen in love with the home and wish it was ours to keep. Here are just a few pictures. The kitchen is my favorite room, there is a lot of counter space!

Kori says the master bathroom is his favorite so I had to post a few picture of it. I have to admit it is pretty sweet.

Anyways, the home has a very big yard, three car garage, three bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, and a bonus room. When we have to leave it next year it will probably be difficult for us to leave especially if we move into an apartment again. The neighborhood is so nice and our neighbors are even better!

I just really wanted to post this picture because it was so cute! Kallie gets so happy and excited every time someone plays songs and sings to her. It is adorable to say the least. Christy has been such a blessing to have around!

This video is for kicks and giggles. Kallie is just too cute to not post this! We love her so much and love that she is such a happy girl! Also Kallie is officially a crawler today! She took her first crawl step! She is better at scooting herself backwards but by next week she will be with the professionals.

I mentioned that my younger sister moved in with me and Kori for the summer. The reason, she needed to get some living away from home experience before leaving on her mission! I am so excited for her! She is leaving next month for the Temple Square mission. Maybe it is only five hours from home but hey, she is going to meet some pretty amazing girls from all over the world and get to hang our with the general authorities! I will be keeping a blog for her while she tells us all about her cool experiences. You can look at it here!

Speaking of general authorities, Kori and I are getting interviewed tomorrow morning by one! As part of the seminary hiring process we will be interviewed as a couple before they pick people to hire! Wish us luck ;)

The summer has come and gone and this is what we have been up to! We are both doing school again this fall, woot woot! Iwill try to be better at blogging more often this time around! Thanks for reading!