Miles had some very brave co-op teachers this year who rewarded kids that completed the work with a trip to the Burley area of Idaho so they could camp out, visit the Bruneau Sand Dunes, see the Japanese Internment camp from WW2 there, and bond. So grateful for willing leaders!
The timeline is all blurry now- but I think this was the summer of us just being scrappy and trying to make it job wise. We started boarding dogs as a way to bring in extra cash, Richie was washing windows on his own, I was selling soap at markets and running the basket business. Crazy times.
The high adventure this year for the stake was a 50 mile hike! The goal was to try and hike 50 miles in a day. Crazy! Miles tried his darndest and made it 32 I think, which is pretty impressive for someone who had probably never walked more than a few miles at a time. Grateful for leaders who doctored his feet, kept him hydrated, and even swapped out their own shoes for his, so he wasn't getting blisters in the same place.
At this point, this space was still functioning as a chicken coop. Richie put some work into it to spruce it up and put all new compacted gravel inside.
Kid's Day!! I randomly had some free passes to the trampoline park, we got Dips, and watched movies outside on the tramp. Pretty good day.
We go to Roaring Springs once a year, when we can use the free passes we get through the reading program. In years past, Lauren Fogle and I would brave the waterpark day with all 12 of our kids on our own. Let me tell you, it's so much easier to have Richie there with me! And this year was extra fun because we planned to go with the Petersens. Check!
17 years of wedded bliss! We spent the morning butchering chickens for a client, and spent the evening at our favorite restaurant, Brick 29. :)
All the rest of the June pics, full Summer mode: Park play dates with friends, shelling peas, puttering around home, basketball camp for Benson, etc.
