I have many requests that I update the blog, so here goes.
June 2013
Not much happened this month. We did go to Scheels, a sporting goods store that opened last year. We found a Father's Day present for Chris's dad and enjoyed looking at the stuffed animals.Daniel wanted to ride the Ferris Wheel, so he convinced mom to go with him because dad doesn't like Ferris Wheels. It turns out that mom doesn't care much for them. She did survive it and Daniel loved it. Here are a few pictures of it:
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| Daniel 'driving' the monster truck. |
We also visited my sister and her family a couple of times when they were in Sandy. Daniel enjoyed playing with his cousins.
July 2013
We started out this month by going to Yellowstone National Park with Katina's mom. We enjoyed seeing the park; however, we did not enjoy Kathryn screaming the entire time she was in her car seat. We also went to Challlis for the Fourth of July parade and visited with a friend of Katina's.
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| Daniel was excited to see his first buffalo. |
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| Elk in Mammoth Hot Springs. |
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| A buffalo that was causing a traffic jam. |
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| Old Faithful. |
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Bacterial pond
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A pretty hot pot that Daniel kept calling 'hot pockets'
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| Kid on a unicycle in the parade. |
Daniel became officially potty-trained this month. He doesn't wear diapers at all anymore and has relatively few accidents. He even learned to pee standing up and will go in places away from home, a big accomplishment. He adores his sister and needs to be reminded constantly that she is not as strong as him.
Kathryn started crawling, clapping her hands, pulling up on furniture, and loves to eat finger food.She is an extremely busy girl who is very determined in every thing she does. She still gets very fussy when she is tired.
Chris worked for the Church Distribution for a couple of weeks in July before that project ended. He has done a few small projects since, and currently has one lined for the middle of August. Next month will be a year since he has been unemployed. Scary times, but we have faith that things will work out. He also got released from teaching Primary this month. They could not find another male teacher to teach with him. He probably won't be without a calling for too long.
Other noteworthy things happened this month. We got a new couch. Our sweet neighbor who passed away in January finally got her place sold and we took her hide-a-bed couch. We love it, especially having a little bit of Lynette in our home. We also went to Float Preview party and to the 24th of July parade. We were excited that our stake's float won the theme award. We also hiked Ensign Peak with our ward. Quite an accomplishment since we are both out of shape. Daniel did great--he didn't even need to be carried at all.
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| Kathryn being cute as can be. |
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| Both kids |
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| Daniel as a tiger from Chris's temp company's picnic in the park. |
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| Our stake float. |
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| The cool guy on stilts. |
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| Chinese Society dragon. |
