14 June 2015

Hello,
   I hope you`re all having a good day. Dad is gone to a Stake Priesthood meeting right now. I was just showing Gran some of Jacquie`s and Garrett`s pictures from their trip to Scandinavia, that she has posted on facebook. I hope you can have the chance to look at them as well.
   We`ve been having some nice weather here...sunny, but WINDY!
   This morning Gran and I went to Jennifer`s step-son, Chase`s mission report. He just got home from his mission in West Virginia.
   The most wonderful news this week of course is that Hyrum and Deseree Adamson had their baby girl, Cheyenne, and that the first doctor was wrong...she is just fine. Even weighed over 5 pounds. She had to come cesarean section, but mama and baby are both home now, and doing well.
  Dad has been keeping busy, he taught an all day Enhanced Concealed Carry class yesterday, will do an all day 4H class on Monday, and then will teach hunter`s safety every night the week after that. I wish he had kept track over the years of all the people he has taught...the number would be large. He has done so much good.
   Gran, Grandma, and Grandpa, all are doing okay...nothing really new.
   It sounds like the Weaver reunion (that Heidi was in charge of) was a success.  I hope we get to see more pictures from it!
   Jocie and Janie worked hard again this year for the Relay for Life, cancer society event. It wasn`t as well attended this year as other years, but it was very nice.
   I am enjoying my new Tablet...the keyboard is different, but I`m getting it figured out.  Thanks again, sweetie, for suggesting that I get one. I added Pandora to it on Friday...oh, my, goodness!  That is wonderful! If I didn`t have anything else to do all day, I know how I`d spend my time. I haven`t had a lot of time with it yet, but so far I have three channels, Chicago, Glenn Miller, and Glen Campbell...loving them!
   I hope you all have a great week. Love to each one of you! 
Mom/Johanna/Nana

Hi everyone,

Just thinking about all of you and I thought I'd tell you how things are going around here.  Just regular life, really.  

I took the five oldest kids up to Silverwood on Saturday.  It's an amusement park in Coeur d'Alene, not as big as Elitches, but still fun.  The elementary kids get free tickets for reading.  We had a good day. Stuart and his kids were there too, so the kids had fun with some cousins.  I was really surprised at Annie!  She went on a roller coaster, a ride like a ferris wheel but the seats are enclosed and spin upside down while going around the wheel (hopefully that made some sense), and on a drop ride like the tower of doom!  Naomi tried a roller coaster too!  Crazy!!  James and Spencer spent the day together.  They went shooting, dropped bear bait, worked in the yard and had a great time.  

Stephen and I both had dentist appointments today.  Stephen also worked for a guy in the ward getting a house ready to paint.  He's also been working for another guy in the ward here and there doing a lot of weed whacking and other yard work.  He's liking the work and having things to do!

James made a little garden spot for the kids in the front of the house this year, and each child chose something different to plant.  It was looking so good until a few days ago when a rabbit found it and has eaten all the carrots, most of the peas, and quite a bit of lettuce!  The tomatoes and peppers have been safe so far!!

The Activity Day girls went for a hike on Moscow Mountain today and I got to go with them.  We've been doing a lot of hiking as a family this year and we're getting better at it!  We still hear complaints, but they aren't lasting quite as long now.  And Spencer has been walking the whole way too!  Well, sometimes he'll get a ride on someone's shoulders, but mostly he walks.  We usually only go a mile or maybe two.  

I'm afraid Spencer has got hand, foot, and mouth.  He was really grumpy Sunday and Monday.  Had a fever Monday night, then today, Tuesday, got a really itchy rash on his feet, hands, and some on the back of his legs, nothing in or around his mouth, so maybe it's something different?  Whatever it is makes sleeping pretty tough to do, though, which is why I'm working on this email at 1 in the morning.  

James took a friend bear hunting tonight and his friend got a nice black bear!  They're both pretty  happy about it.

Annie got some pretty exciting news last week!  She gets to move up to the next dance class, which is the top group in the dance school!  I have to share the email I got from her teacher with you guys.  I'm so proud of her!!  

Hi Mrs. Mobley!

I had such a wonderful season with Annie this year! She was so sweet and she became a friend to me and the other girls. I was so impressed with how easily she jumped into one our most advanced levels in her first year! That is unheard of. Not only did she fit in, she became one of the most advanced dancers in her class with her natural form and flawless timing. I was so proud of her hard work and how much she learned. But what I'm about to say is even more unheard of:) I would like to bump Annie up to the Prizewinner class this next season, Wednesday 5:30-7:00. A few other girls from her class are eligible to move up as well so she will not be alone.

 My sister could hardly believe that a first year student was ready to move up to our most advanced class but I assured her that if Annie kept up her practicing, and worked on dancing bigger:), she is more than capable of dancing at that level. Anyway, I had to boast about her just a little:) If she is up for the challenge, she will need to attend a few open studio sessions this summer to catch up on steps. Miss Katie Bouma will be sending out info on these sessions soon. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Blessings!

Ruth

Anyway, we are enjoying our summer so far and really looking forward to our summer plans.  James will be taking Stephen, Ellen, Naomi, and Noah to Montana this weekend.  The boys will stay there and the girls get to go down to south eastern Idaho.  We'll just have Annie and Spencer at home for a couple of weeks.  Then kids will switch around a bit!  Whew!!

Well, Spencer is asleep so I'm going to sleep too.  I love you all and think about you all the time!!!

Love, 

Aimee

Sounds like good times in Moscow! Glad to hear everyone is doing so well. Keep up the good work! 

Love you guys. 

Sam