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This may not have been the busiest week of my life, but it was definitely right up there. On Monday, I took Morgan with me to my parents' house and I finished scanning the pictures for the movie they showed at the viewing. I then drove up to Driggs to drop them off at the mortuary. On the way back, I decided to stop by the Teton Dam site for some dissertation inspiration. We then picked Kory up from a seminary meeting and headed home. The kids got to our house and a few of us went for a walk with Ryker on the greenbelt, but while we were out, a big storm blew up and cut the walk short. I came back and chatted for a bit with my friends Jody and Ken who were leaving a car at our house while they went camping (he works in Yellowstone, she was meeting him coming up from Utah).



On Tuesday, after the kids were done with chores, we went to the space exhibit at the Museum of Idaho. That night, I went to a Browning reunion with my parents and we had a nice visit with some relatives. After that, we ran through a song for the funeral, which Mom was accompanying.





Wednesday morning we loaded into a borrowed car and headed for Lagoon. It may seem weird to choose this time to go to Lagoon, but it's a family tradition to go each summer, and our missionary is leaving in ten days, so we're trying to fit things in. Since we were all together, we practiced our song for the funeral again.
 Now that all of the little kids can ride all of the rides, we mostly stayed together throughout the day. When everyone was ready for lunch, Kory and I went and got take-out from In n Out and brought it back for the kids to eat. Then the whole family went on Rattlesnake Rapids. Kory and I got the most soaked. After that, I was pretty much wiped out from the heat and this head cold that I cannot seem to shake, so I vegged in the car for a couple of hours while they rode their last rides. We got home really late and exhausted.






Thursday night Chloe had a soccer game. This is her first time trying soccer and I think she's getting the hang of it. I'm glad she's trying something new.

Friday we headed up to Driggs. Kory went with his siblings to the mortuary to help prepare his Mom for the viewing. We hung out at the house and went on some 4-wheeler rides and ate some lunch. That evening, all of us headed to the viewing.







We slipped out a little early from the viewing and went to Isaac's big concert, Patriots and Pioneers. It was a great concert. Kenzie and Madi came with their Mom and we all met up there to watch it. Afterwards, we took Isaac and the little kids to dinner at Freddy's.

On Saturday we got up early again and headed for Driggs. There was another viewing and then the funeral, which went very well. It was neat to be able to sing "In a Coming Day" as a family. Very touching. LaRell dedicated the grave and then we got some family pictures. We ate dinner back at Driggs and then hung out at the house for awhile.










Kory, Chloe, and I went to my parents' home on the way home to have dinner and hang out with Jodi and Evan's family.

Sunday we went to Josh's ward for a baby blessing, then hurried back to our ward to do our callings, and then went back to a family dinner.

A very special week, but I am so exhausted. And we have a missionary farewell next week. Crazy times.




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