4th of July

We had a great, exhausting 4th of July this year. In the morning we loaded up the kids and drove out to Elk River. We hiked to all three of the falls.

The upper falls was our last one. Troy and Ted decided to go swimming. And Troy decided to take all his clothes off for the adventure. His first skinny dip!
Later, we had a BBQ at Bishop Rigby's house. Ted and Troy tried their luck at fishing in his pond, but they weren't biting.

Next came the slip n slide, and once again Troy had no problem taking off all his clothes.

We got our child dressed so he could end the night with a few fireworks. Here are Payton and him cheering for more.

Family Pictures by Bruce

Kamiak Butte

The kids and I hiked up to Kamiak Butte last Saturday with the ward. (Ted had class.) It was good to get out of the house on the weekend even without Ted. Troy did really well hiking the 1/2 mile up and back without complaining.

This is Troy and the Kibbie dome. It's the little silver thing in the background. We are really going to miss how beautiful it is up here!

8 months

Zada Mae is 8 months old. It might be the mother in me, but I swear she keeps getting cuter and cuter. She is crawling like a mad woman now. She will also pull herself up to the coffee table, couch, etc. and walk around them. She loves to walk while holding onto our hands.

Zada sleeps through the night, most of the time, but only takes two naps between 30 minutes, and an 1 1/2 hours.

She loves her big brother and has made it obvious to us that he is way funnier then anyone else.

She is a great eater, and has learned to love everything, but baby food peaches. She loves the canned peaches though. Zada has 2 bottom teeth, and I love that she has hair! We can put a little pony tail up on top.

We couldn't ask for a better baby. She is such a happy girl. We love her so much!

25 big ones

I turned 25 on Tuesday. Ted surprised me with flowers. Then he came home early with a present, Photoshop Elements! We spent the afternoon at the pool as a family. Later Ted took me out to dinner, thanks to the Thackers for babysitting! Ted has been super busy studying for the bar, so it was fun spending some much needed time with him. It was a wonderful birthday!

Bittersweet

We will be moving in less than 2 months, and enter the real world. (a.k.a we are no longer students.) Lately, I've been reminiscing about our time here in Northern Idaho. So here are some pictures from the last three years.

Troy was just a sweet little newborn when we moved up here.

We would walk up to campus to have lunch with Daddy his first year of law school.

This is a family picture after Ted's first year, Spring of 2007


Elk River, Summer of 2007

We will definitely miss the awesome aquatic center here. This is Troy summer of 2007.

Halloween 2007

Christmas 2007

Appaloosa Horse Museum, Spring 2008


Lewiston, On our way to a rodeo

April 2008

Seattle Trip, Fall 2008

Labor Day, 2008

Latah County Fair, 2008

We welcomed Zada into our home, October 19, 2008.

November 2008

Ted and Troy are really going to miss the college sports games they were able to go to up here.

When we first came up here, I remember meeting Lauren Brower, wife of a third year law student. I told her that they must be excited to move on. And she said, "Yes, but we've really enjoyed our time here in Moscow." And I thought REALLY? But now I can say that we've really enjoyed our time here in Moscow as well. We have made some great friends that have been our family away from home and we will miss them.

We've grown to love the Palouse. We are definitely a different family leaving Moscow then the family we were when we came. Troy has grown into a sweet, little, almost-three-year-old boy. Zada has been such a joy to have in our family. Ted has worked hard and accomplished a law school degree. I have finished a few projects and grown to love being a stay at home mom. Yes, we have made progress. We will miss this beautiful town that we have grown in.