We've had some cool rain/thunderstomrs.
These clouds were amazing!
A full rainbow after one of the storms.
this one had a double one--and it was also full!
We've had 2 birthdays along with Father's Day--Zane turned 16 (didn't want any pictures so I didn't push the issue). He went to a movie & Chinese with Brienna & 2 friends.
Then Brienna turned 18--Crazy! Can't believe my kiddos are growing up!
Brienna opening her presents--Ben was explaining how he "made" this clothespin for her & how it took 2 hours.
(Actually he put it back together--and it didn't take 2 hours). But then he went to tell her how hard it was to cut the little spaces (where the clip goes) & how hard it was to make. Silly kid!
June was the month that we started using this awesome portable fire pit that Orley Pitt made for us! We have used each week in June. We all love, love, love it!
(Hey--I snuck in a picture of Zane!) Hot dogs & marshmallows--can't get any better than that!
Silly Ben!
There's my handsome hubby!
Emmalee--she also had a birthday the end of May (lots of birthdays--& Ethan's is Saturday!)
Too much fun!
What a goof-ball! I just wanted a picture of the marshmallow on his face!
Other news from June:
*Went to Girl's Camp & had a blast & tons of spiritual up-lift. Made a video (55 minutes!) of the fun we had.
*De-junked for almost 1 whole week--got ride of a truck-load of "junk/someone-else's-treasure" & a ton of garbage! (and thinned out my material!)
*Applied & interviewed for the K-12 music position at the school (updating a 20-year old resume was a lot of work!)
*Planned & finished booking all the motels for our amazing, awesome, crazy 32 day MEGA cross-country trip. Put together an itinerary into a power-point.
***OH--Did I mention that I was HIRED for the music position!!!!! (right after the interview). So now I have a ton of paperwork to complete, got finger-printed & started to go thru music "stuff" so I can figure out some lesson plans.
*Brienna registered for her classes this fall & made some payments for her housing.
**SUPER excited for my new adventure of being a full-time teacher!!! But it will be a big adjustment for the family. We get back from our MEGA trip on Aug. 8th & so I will have 1 week before school begins to try to figure everything out for teaching! And Brienna will be leaving for school in September.
*Since I will be teaching (7:30-4:30) I am trying to figure out my piano lesson schedule. Looks like it's "do-able" if lessons are every-other week. Then I will only have 2 (or maybe 3) lessons a day.
**Also trying to figure out which classes I need to take to complete my music endorsement (& when they are offered & when I will have the time to take them). I do have a few years to finish, so if they classes are offered in the spring/summer, I think I can manage.
**Also--taught the lesson in YW, then gave a talk in Sacrament (church) the next Sunday along with teaching Callum's Sunday School lesson (talk about getting a spiritual boost!)
*Went to the ice-cave with the youth for mutual (but "guarded" the entrance while the others went in)
*Okay--I think that's about the sum of June (I've missed some things in May & a few in June--I hope to get to that soon).
