09/13/23
We went to a local park that had obstacle course equipment:
Rachel queen!
You got this Lily!
Going up:
Teamwork!
They were very supportive:
No one made this almost impossible leap to the monkey bars but Rachel gave it a shot:
Lizzy’s making her way across with unease:
Good old monkey bars:
Rachel’s crushing this one:
BF’s Lizzy and Lily:
Who wants a frozen icee treat!?
That was an awesome youth activity!
09/09/23
On Saturday we headed back to the Big Bend area for more hurricane clean-up:
the second house was the next door neighbors:
Lizzy got into some poison oak! Her leg was hurting really bad. We doctored her up and she was ready to get back to work:
Rest break:
Still smiling:
We had quite a crew at this location:
Off to the next..a farm:
The animals were happy to be fed (extra) by Lizzy:
Lizzy guy became besties with Lizzy pretty fast:
They actually had a clean up crew come by yesterday so we headed to our next site:
Dad was back on the chainsaw.
Dad cut and we pulled:
And pulled!
This was our hard working team at the last site:
09/11/23
We made the TV news!:
09/06/23
Every Wednesday we get to go to a church activity with our friends. Today we had a lesson on photography taught by Daisy Engebretson. She is taking photography in school and is excited to teach us some things that she’s learned.
09/02/23
Although Gainesville, Florida didn’t get hit by the hurricane the big bend area got a direct hit. The Gainesville Florida Stake were assigned to go help out in Steinhatchee, Florida. Mom, Dad, and Lizzy headed out to serve:
We stopped at the meeting place to pick up our assignments:
We went to our first assignment and started right in to work:
We finished the first job and headed to the next:
Dad is teaching Lizzy how to safely use a chainsaw!
Lizzy found a snake!
09/03/23
We went to church for just the sacrament and then headed right out to the big bend area for more clean-up:
The second house was much more challenging:
Location number three:
09/04/23
On Monday Mom and Dad stayed home to go back to work but Lizzy went back with some ward members to continue to help with the hurricane clean-up. Your amazing Lizzy!
08/29/23
Hurricane Idalia is heading our way. Shutters all closed and outside items secured:
Emergency 72 Hour Kit out and ready to go:
The foster kittens are all safe and secured:
The storm passed us by so we went to practice tennis (in the racquetball courts so we can be contained):
We got a little better but we need more practice for sure!
08/10/23
Rachel is off to High School:
Junior year:
They both will be at Gainesville, High School.
How are you feeling girls?
How do you REALLY feel about going to school?
Have a Great First Day! We, including Miss Kitty, will miss you!
08/07/23
We have been fostering for the Humane Society a lot of cats and kittens over the past several months. Here are some of our fosters:
Miss Kitty, our neighborhood cat, adopted us a few years ago:
08/06/23
We wanted to make some yummy desserts so we invited the Tanner family over after church fro some chocolate cake and frozen rasberry fluff dessert:
Everyone enjoyed the desserts and the time together with friends:
08/05/23
We received a big box from Amazon delivery today. Before we could put the box away this happened:
08/04/23
Rachel received a couple of award certificates this year. One for school:
One for soccer:
