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That's What Friends are For

I love summer, because everyone is on the move and I get to see people I hardly ever see. On the same day that Isaac left for his mission, my friend April and two of her kids came to town. Her son, James, is going to BYUI this fall, and she can't get off work then, so she wanted to show him around beforehand. I accompanied them to my parents house where they stayed for a few days (my parents were out of town). She loved the house and said they should totally go on airbnb.

The next day I went to Rexburg again and took them on a tour of campus--showed them all of the buildings that James has classes in. Then we ate at the Crossroads and Kristi came to join us. After my mission, Kristi and I went out East and stayed with April--saw New York, Boston, etc and then all of us went to Palmyra and participated in the Hill Cumorah Pageant, so she was happy to catch up with April too.


We went to Karianne's and then all went to see Spiderman Homecoming. It was hilarious.

A couple of days later Kristi had them over for dinner.




That Sunday was Kristi's birthday, so I went over for some cake and ice cream.

Can't remember what day, but Kory and I slipped away and had a little sushi picnic in the park. It was great. I didn't take a picture, but my great friend Annie was coming to Rexburg to help her niece pack up at the end of the semester, so we got to visit for a few hours and I loved it. Forgot to take any pics of that.

On Saturday the 22nd, Kory and I joined my parents for the St. Anthony parade. Kory isn't a huge fan of parades, but I insisted he needs to see this one because they still do lots of floats in it. He was impressed. I also got together for a few minutes with some of my besties from high school, Jenie Skoy (Poelzig) and Jeni Bills (Fogle). Nice to bump into them.

After the parade Kory and I ate at the Frostop. Then I insisted we should go on this short hike to Sheep Falls. This seems to happen every time I go there, but we got lost and took about an hour to find the trailhead, which kind of killed the joy a bit. But once we got to the falls, Kory loved it and climbed around and explored for quite awhile. 


After the hike, we vegged at my parents' house for awhile and then got together with some friends from my old Sugar City ward. Nice to visit with these great people.

On Monday, Kory had the day off for Pioneer Day, so we got together with his friend BJ and went golfing at Teton Lakes. We had Morgan, so BJ brought his daughter Eliza to hang out with her. They had fun learning to drive the cart. Morgan got some of her first golf pointers from her Grandpa.  After nine holes, I took the girls to lunch and then back to the Rowe's to play while the boys did another nine holes. The guys had a blast, even though it was 90 degrees out.




So, a great couple of weeks getting to catch up with old friends and hanging with my family. Tomorrow I'm off on a roadtrip to CA with my parents for the big Gee Family Reunion--all my cousins, etc. Kory's reunion happens to be the exact same time, so we decided I'd just go with my parents and he'll stay here with the kids. Hope we all survive.

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