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Summer At Last

We finally got out of school on June 8 so we can start our summer festivities.  This is Morgan after an Activity Day activity. She is obsessed with cats! She was bummed when I told her she couldn't wear the face paint to school. 

We said our official good-bys to Austin and Leah and Andy as they headed to Arizona. We've been making good use of Facetime and planning a trip really soon. They are liking it so far down there. Austin has just been doing orientation the first few days at work. (You may not recognize Austin. He took advantage of the time between BYUI and work to grow a beard.)

Caleb had his end-of-year choir concert and they sounded pretty darn good for a teeny eighth-grade choir. Caleb has a nice voice and we hope he'll keep singing in high school.

One night, just for variety, Kory and drove up on top of the highest mountain in Idaho Falls to watch the sunset. It's where the older Thunder Ridge waterpark used to be, so I guess it's called Thunder Ridge. We had fun goofing around and enjoying the view.



We've been enjoying bike rides and the nice weather. One night we biked to Sunnyside Elementary. Phoebe actually cut her knees jumping off the swing, so I guess some things don't change even if you're now officially a Senior in high school. ;) Phoebe is working at Jimmy Johns for the summer, so hopefully it will keep her busy and help her save some college money.

Here's us enjoying some Orange Leaf yogurt.

Last weekend I went to the Mormon History Association conference in Boise, Idaho and presented some of the research from my dissertation. It was fun to meet up with some other scholars on the same topic and got me motivated to keep pushing forward. I've been putting in lots of extra hours on my dissertation and am about halfway through a draft. It feels good to maybe, possibly, be seeing the end in sight.

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