Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Lazy Days of Summer and Doc's Farewell

I don't know if I'm impressed or worried about this level of laziness.
 I guess you could call is efficiency, but it is pretty lazy. 
 The upstais is getting framed! There is a little ladder to get in, and Leo can't quite figure it out. 
 He wimpers and whines until someone lifts him in. 

It's usually DeA that helps him up, and then she smothers him with attention. 

This is the view out the front windows. Not bad. 
  Rock is earning money by mowing the neighbor's lawn. Jens is antagonizing him because that's what little sisters do. 
 The lake has reached the perfect balance between refreshing and not freezing. 
 The kids jump in pretty much every day. 

 Ryker became obsessed with this toothbrush that he saw at the store. He earned money to buy said toothbrush. What an odd thing for a nine-year-old to become obsessed with. 
 The kids hear that we aren't going to install a pool at the new house and have taken it upon themselves to dig their own. It's been a dusty process. 
 We've been practicing hanging out in our living room. 
  It's a nice place to hang out. 



 Dioci wasn't going to have a going away party before she left for her mission. That didn't seem right, so we invited the whole ward over to come wish her well. 
 It was a pretty raucous party. 

 Dioci flew from Wenatchee to Mexico City to attend the MTC. It was bittersweet sending her off.  
 Dioci was a little overwhelmed, but at least she had a smile on her face. 
 Leti and Francisco watched her all the way to the end. 

A Poutine Reunion

My old roommate, Joey, was passing through No. Idaho and wanted to meet up at Silverwood. It was a great idea, so I took some time off work to make it happen. The kids hit it off right away, and spent all morning playing street hockey. 
 Joey wasn't going to take it easy on any of the kiddos. 
 
We hit the waterpark portion of Silverwood first. The kids ran all over and had a ball. I had over 30,000 steps!

Water park hair? Still beautiful. 
 The kids were exhausted on the way home and barely stayed awake long enough to hit Golden Corral. 
 It was much harder to wake up the second day after all those steps the first day.  
 There was a lot of staring at breakfast. 
 Here are the junior Poutines along with our kids. Joey's sister and her family were there too, but not there for this picture.  
 Just think, in like seven or eight years they can be next generation roommates and keep the roomie chain connected. 
 My cute ladies. 
 Ryker was worn out and hungry when we decided to do the train ride. He perked up when they started shooting guns at each other.  
 Jens loved everything about the train. 

 We had to wait in line for the amusement park rides, a lot longer than we did for the water slides. The kids did love riding together. 
 We hit a magic show and pizza that the kids loved. 
 It took them a few days to recover from all the walking and walking. 

Ryker selfies and house progress

This is Ryker. He can dress pretty dapper at church when he wants. 
He says he doesn't like to have his picture taken, but I have an awful lot of pics like this one on my phone. 

The kids and I went to the lake with Leo (not pictured) to give DeA a break from us. She eventually ran to the park and then took Leo home with her while I took the kids to lunch. It was a fun day. 
 It was also a very sunny day, which is why we moved inside where we were more easily harassed by Nya.  
 The Jens was still bothered by the sunlight through the window, cool shades fixed that. 
 DeA went on a mountain date past Antilon. It was pretty, and so was landscape. 


 The house is coming along smoothly. Ryker loves these ladders that they built in to the framing. 

 
 Jens loved cleaning Ryker's future bedroom. Why won't she clean her own current real room?
 Ryker making big plans for his crib. 
 DeA's worried that her giant walk-in closet won't be giant enough. 
 Supervisors. 
  This will be the dining nook view. Not a bad place to have dinner.  
 There was a double rainbow! What does it mean?
  More supervisors.