Walk In The Woods

Before Earl's summer ended and he went back to school, we decided to go for a little hike in the woods. Nadya has been asking for months for us to go and I'm glad we did. It was nice to go where we didn't hear any cars and were able to enjoy the trees and the little pond that was on the trail. We got to see geese swimming in the pond and a ton of dragonflies. The girls enjoyed it and it was fun to be with Earl. We had such a good time with having Earl home during the summer. We were so lucky for that time. I love it here and am so glad that we are able to live here.

Me and Nadya.

Samantha and Earl. This was how she was for a lot of the hike/walk.

Nadya playing with one of her many sticks that she picked up.

Another stick.

Fashion Show

Nadya's friend, Venna, wanted to do a fashion show. So we went over to her house and the girls got to have fun dressing up and walking down the runway. They had a lot of fun spinning and dancing to the music. It was very cute to see how excited they were to do it. They couldn't wait and kept asking us when we were going to do the fashion show. It was a very cute idea and Nadya hasn't stopped talking about it and she wants to do another one.

Over Already?

I can't believe that 6 weeks are already gone. We have loved having Earl home from school this long. It has been awesome having him around to be able to go on a 2 week vacation. That is the longest one either of us has ever taken. I have loved being able to go to the pool with him and the girls, taking walks in the woods (Nadya has been asking to go for weeks), and just enjoying having him around.
He started his preceptorship today and will be gone for 2 weeks. Good luck sweetie, hope you have a great experience. Then once he is done with that back to school. Oh well, at least we had those 6 weeks. It has been great.

More vaca pics.

Samantha's staple after hitting her head on the fireplace at Grandma Healy's. Our first trip to the ER and it came during our vacation. She did pretty well considering. We spent 2 hours in the ER and spent only 5 minutes with a doctor. Maybe someday I'll understand why?

Summer Vacation

We have finally been able to take a long summer vacation. We had so much fun with our families and friends. Earl's family came and visited us at the beginning of June and then we caravanned back to Utah with them where we stayed for 2 weeks.
We were able to see our new niece and nephew and play with our family. It was so good to see everyone after a year. The drive to and from Utah went really well and I was surprised at how good the girls did. Thank goodness for the portable DVD player.
Thanks to our parents who let us crash at their houses for all that time. We really appreciate it and we miss everyone.

Nadya milking a cow at Wheeler Farm.

Samantha playing guitar hero with Dad.

Samantha asleep at the Hotel on our way to Utah.