Birthdays, Eclipses, and Stuff

Mom's birthday was the day after the eclipse, but since everyone was around for the eclipse, we did a birthday party with cake and ice cream on Sunday night. On her actual birthday she, dad, Kristi, Terry, Kory and I went to lunch at Jakers. She's looking pretty awesome for 71.

The eclipse was pretty mellow for us. The kids were at their mom's, so Kory and I just parked ourselves on our front driveway and watched. It was amazing.

Back-to-school started this week with our oldest daughter McKenzie heading back to school. So proud of her for doing this. It's hard to go back to school as a single mom, but she'll be awesome. She's going to ISU at the center in Idaho Falls. We got some traditional back-to-school pics with some extra squeezes from her son Ryker, and niece Morgan.

We kind of insisted that Caleb try cross-country this year, because we thought it would be a good experience for him. He's been running for the past few weeks with the Eagle Rock Middle School cross-country team. His first meet was in Rexburg near Rexburg Rapids. It was a great first race and he was pretty much middle of the pack at the end.

We had some extra fans there because my nieces Ainsley and Ellie were running for Madison, so their family was there and my parents. Kristi was helping at the finish line. Afterwards we took Caleb, Morgan, and Chloe to swim for the couple of hours at Rexburg Rapids and a few of the Andersons joined us. The day was made more interesting by a wildfire that started out near Hamer. The smoke from the fire got pretty thick at the end of the race, so I felt sorry for the runners.

Our weekend was pretty mellow. On Saturday night we spent some time at our Stake Fall Festival, which was a lot of fun with food and games. Then we hung out at a park with the little kids for awhile. Sunday we had a lot of the older kids around, and we just visited and enjoyed the great weather. Bring on Fall!

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Pie Face

Chloe had her tenth birthday and she asked for the game Pie Face. Yep, you've seen it. The one where everyone takes turns getting whipped cream in the face. Here are some precious moments. Chloe also got a little fort-making kit for her birthday, so we've had these structures in the family room for a few weeks now.

April 2023

April 2023 On April 1 and 2 we chilled and watched General Conference. On the first, we got a new cat to replace Todd. This cat’s name is Taco, she is a girl, and she’s a tortoiseshell calico. She and Binx have taken quite a while to warm up to each other, but I think we’ll get there. She is cuddly like Todd, so we all like that. On April 4 I watched Season 3 of The Mandalorian with my dad. On the 5 th , Kory and I took Austin and Leah to the Bee’s Knees for a birthday dinner. They have really great food there and it was fun to visit. On April 6, we had BYUI Graduation. It was fun to be there, since I’ve missed the past year due to my cancer. On the 7 th , Kory, me, and Caleb babysat for Austin and Leah. It was fun putting the kids to bed and singing with them. Stevie loves the song “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road,” so we sang that a bunch. On April 8, Kory and I went on a little date. We drove up to Driggs and had dinner at O’ Rourkes and then stopped and visited with my parents on t

Kory's Story

I just wanted to record this for our family history. When Kory and I were engaged, we went to Salt Lake to talk with someone at CES to see about re-applying to teach seminary. At the time, they indicated that he could re-apply, but they didn't seem positive about the likelihood of him getting re-hired. At that time, we decided not to pursue teaching again. Later that year, CES announced that there was no longer any block on people who had been divorced teaching seminary. Again, we talked with some people, but still felt that the chances of him getting hired were not good, because he would not be able to move if necessary, which is usually the case with new hires. In Fall of 2015, Kory had a strong impression to check with the pre-service director and see what he would need to do to try teaching again. We still knew that the chances were not great, but he felt that he should pursue it. He began attending the class for pre-service seminary teachers, and was assigned to student te

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