Hi fam!
We are now official Utah county residences. We are more than thrilled to have sold our home and be at this stage of the process. Mom and Dad have been amazing hosts and have rearranged their home to accomadate our family of seven. We love being here and love that our kids are getting to know their grandparents even better. We hope the feeling is mutual. The kids are all well. The heat is driving them nuts and they ask to go swimming every day. We're going to have to find something for them. They are, however, making friends around the commons area as well as at the ward we're attending out in Saratoga Springs. We're hoping that will make it an easier transition for them once school starts and when we finally get into our home out there. Katy had her 9th birthday. She took some friends on a nature walk in the mountains for her party and we all went to see Ratatouille (sp?) that night. We also finally decided to get Katy some reading glasses. The ophthalmologist was less than impressive or convincing that she actually needed them but we decided it couldn't hurt her in the end.Alyssa is compounding her vocabulary daily. It is so fun to hear what she'll say next. Her favorite words are "cookie" and "no" (but not together). We had a fun 4th of July! We were able to watch the provo parade from Jonathan's brothers condo stairwell. It was shaded which was nice. We have actually gone to three parades this month all with shade and excellent seating. We saw M'kaaylie in 2 of them which was fun as well as Kyle's girls and Shaelyn. The kids favorite part has been all the free candy thrown out to the crowd. It was worse then Halloween. We went to Canada the second week of July with Jonathan's family to see his brother Dave who now lives there. The 19 hour ride up all in one day about did me in. The kids were fantastic (mostly because they got to take turns in the RV Doug had rented). We visisted Banff and Lake Louise and Glacier National Park. It was fun to revisit all the places from when we went to the stampede when I was younger. Jake and I both got pretty sick the night we camped in Banff but seemed to get better quickly and thankfully it didn't spread through everyone. I came home from the trip with elephant feet and legs. I am holding onto water pretty bad in my legs and feet and have to prop them most of the day. My hands are also numb most of the time and I found out I am very anemic, but no worries, I am now on Iron and only 8 weeks to go. This to shall pass and what a great reward in the end. We expect you all to visit us now that we are conveniently located. We hope you are all staying cool and continue to have a great summer.
love,Jonathan, Denise, and fam
PS. We have a foundation, YEH! Hopefully framing will start in a week!(in construction time that means 3 I am learning)