Going, going, gone

Here I am, packing to leave for yet another weekend away. Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending the temple with Sariah as she went through for the first time. It was such an amazing experience to be there with her and see how happy she was to be at this point in her life. The road she took to get there was rough and winding and I think it helped her appreciate the meaning of the temple that much more. My plane ticket was "one-way" so I could drive with her back to Idaho. She and Hunter will be staying with us until she can get settled here in Idaho. I have been so spoiled having her out here with me this week, I don't know if I will ever want to let her go. Monday night she watched the kids so I could join Brad in some outdoor volleyball. Tuesday night she watched the kids so Brad and I could go out and celebrate my birthday. Then Wednesday was bitter sweet, It was my actual birthday and I turned 30 (you might think this is the bitter part but not in my eyes). I am happy with how I've spent these last 30 years and am looking forward to the next 30. We have to live in the present right? Sariah made me fajitas for dinner and Brad mixed me up some Brazilian Lemonade. It was bitter though (the day, not the sweet sweet lemonade) because we had to say goodbye to my nephew Hunter for the month of July. He will be spending it in Colorado with his Dad and as much as we're going to miss him, this is going to be a great opportunity for Sariah to get things checked off of her to-do list and to be able to job search.

Today Alex helped me harvest our first batch of blackberries from our neglected garden. I'm so glad to have a helper because I'm having a hard time keeping up with it since we really haven't been home much since it started producing fruits and veggies. Oh ya, I almost forgot to mention our day at Roaring Springs water park the day before I left for Medford. Alex is now 50 inches tall and meets the height requirement to go on all of the rides at the park. I'll be surprised if Johnny makes the 42 inch mark by next summer though to go on some larger rides. He's fine with that though, it took lots of coaxing to get him to go on the ones he was allowed on. Then of course after the first run, he wanted to go on them over and over again.

Now we are taking off to Cascade to spend the weekend with Brad's family up at the cabin and some fun on the lake. It's always fun when we all get together, especially when jet skis and fireworks are involved (not at the same time of course). :o)

Then, last but not least, I just posted some pictures of out cute little buddy, Braden, who I took pictures of a couple of weeks ago for his second birthday.

If you want to check them out, click here.