I've already mentioned Daniel's birthday and ordination. Those events happened in June. We also celebrated Chad's birthday in June. It passed relatively quietly. I made him a lemon meringue pie, at his request. We had to have it a day late, for some reason that I can't even recall! Thirty-nine is not so momentous an occasion as forty, I guess. So we'll have to really whoop it up next year!
June was the big start to the summer for us. We filled it with letter boxing; a little here and there. The next 4 pictures are from our adventures looking for boxes.
In June, Nathan saw an orthopedic specialist for his leg/hip problems. That's when he was diagnosed with "spastic hamstrings" which we have since abandoned and moved on to more reasonable explanations. I am including this picture because I caught Nathan on camera (hard to do) with a severe case of the giggles. :)
Mid June had us at the Shrine Circus, watching routines that we have started to memorize.
Even so, it still manages to mesmerize!
OK...so this one looks less like "awe" and more like "yawn", but the circus is not action 100% of the time.
Hey, Daniel.
We anticipated a rush of people leaving all at once and decided to skip the two-elephant finale at the end to get out of the parking lot ahead of the chaos. It worked and it was worth it!
Chad's maternal grandmother turned 90 in June and the family got together one Saturday to celebrate her. We visited with cousins a lot. I gave the camera to Chad to record what was most important to him. He turned the camera over to the kids. So we have a lot of pictures that aren't really that important at all. Here are some of the better ones.
And what about a picture of the honored matron? We got one. I doctored it for you so you would be able to pick her out. Wow. We did good.
We recently discovered that Chad's something-great grandfather homesteaded in this area (Presto, not Preston). I used to know how far back but I've forgotten and if you want to hear any of the story, you won't mind that I don't feel obligated to find out before I post. The delay has been long enough! Anyway, we tried to do some investigating one Sunday afternoon. We found a very old stone house built in 1909 - by the people that bought the land from the Colletts. So here is a shot of the land that they used to live on. Good ol' Idaho; it's easy to picture them out there since the city hasn't found this beautiful piece of earth yet.
And that is (was) June in pictures.
Chad started his new job in June and it has been challenging to be separated so much. I am having a hard time running a family, a house and a farm while taking care of church responsibilities and trying to keep from giving up all of my "me" time. I think the hardest part is not having family around; no one to call on and impose upon without feeling like a bother or intruder. I end up leaving my kids home by themselves a lot and I feel guilty about that.
I have some great neighbors and a few friends that have lightened the burden, but it really isn't the same as family. Even being able to call home to discuss the challenges and get a pep talk isn't an option.
So I hope our current situation improves soon and that we can just "keep on keeping on" until it does.
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