Hello Mountains!

This has been an interesting year to say the least.  Now for the big reveal, which most of you may know by now.  My parents are moving to Boise.  The process of getting to this point has been filled with lots of emotional ups and downs.  My parents have agreed to give up their lives in Northern Idaho and come down here to help support Terrell, I and the girls.  My beautiful sister and her family are giving up living down the street from my parents.  It has been super hard for them.  At the end of the day, they want the girls to experience the closeness of grandparents that Dylan and Hallie had.  There was also a lot of discussion among the girls and I as to whether it was best for us (and Terrell) to move.  At the end of all of it, right or wrong, we have decided to stay in Boise.  This is home for us.  

All of this brings me to this post.  Typically the girls spend a week each summer at my parents.  Well this year, it was planned to be right before their house went on the market.  We decided to change course.  Kendall flew up the week before Sid and I.  She helped my parents start packing and spent some quality time with her cousins.

While Kendall was up playing (and working), Sid and I had a little fun ourselves.  We went to the musical Matilda.  It was amazing.  Absolutely Amazing!

We played a lot of SkipBo, ate a bit of ice cream and generally had a good time.

We arrived in North Idaho the weekend before the fourth of July.  One of our first stops was to Starbucks.  Hallie got a job as a barista.  It was great, because now I had a legitimate excuse to indulge!

Hallie and Johnny were so great with the girls.  They took each of them out for some one on one fun!

In between packing boxes, we managed to squeeze in some fun.  We spent the afternoon at the CDA beach with my sister.

Let us not comment on how much taller Kendall is than me and how much shorter she is than my sister.

I just love these girls.  It is moments like this that make me smile!

Of course we had to feed the fish at the golf course.

They are so huge, this picture does not even begin to do them justice.

I courageously (or naively) taught Kendall to drive the four wheeler.  She followed direction well and took it very seriously.

On the fourth of July, we drove to Montana to celebrate with Danielle and Kyle on their wedding day.

It was great to see everyone!

Sidney finally found her perfect genie dress!  She and cousin AshLee spent some quality hang out time together.

Me with my beautiful Sisters-in-Law.

They ended the night with an amazing fireworks show and sparklers.  It was a magical day!

Oh, my parents will be here Saturday!  Yay!