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YW Activity

09/13/23

We went to a local park that had obstacle course equipment:

Daisy and Lizzy on the first obstacle:

Rachel queen!

You got this Lily!

Going up:

She made it over!

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:

Marianna trying a different way.

Good old monkey bars:

Manuela!

Rachel’s crushing this one:

BF’s Lizzy and Lily:

Go Lizzy!
She’s up!

Who wants a frozen icee treat!?

That was an awesome youth activity!

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More Hurricane Clean-Up

09/09/23

On Saturday we headed back to the Big Bend area for more hurricane clean-up:

Lizzy and Sawyer jumped right into work.
Dad climbed up on a shed with the chainsaw!!!
Lizzy, Daisy and Sawyer were working great together.
The tree is half down but we finished the other side and went to the next job.

the second house was the next door neighbors:

Dad got in right away with his chainsaw.
Up high too (not safe, but…).

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:

Yes indeed! They are strong and very capable!
Lizzy back at the chainsaw practice!

Rest break:

Still smiling:

We had quite a crew at this location:

Off to the next..a farm:

Lizzy was so excited to feed the animals!

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!:

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Young Women’s Activity

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.

Daisy is in the forefront on the right across from Rachel.
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Hurricane Clean Up In Steinhatchee, Florida

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:

It was early in the morning and Lizzy was ready to go!

We stopped at the meeting place to pick up our assignments:

Brother Rae is the lead person on our team.

We went to our first assignment and started right in to work:

The ocean water had flooded carrying fish a mile!
Where did that shoe bottom come from Dad?
The bottom of Dad’s boot fell off!

We finished the first job and headed to the next:

The missionaries joined us at the next location.

Dad is teaching Lizzy how to safely use a chainsaw!

Lizzy found a snake!

No fears!
The end of the day and still smiling.
Yes, we were tired too!

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:

Dad climbed up on the fallen tree!
Working hard!
Dad wore sneakers today and they broke too! Mom got some duct tape to keep them together.

Location number three:

Still smiling a ready to work!
A quick rest break for the missionaries.
Back to work and getting a bit tired.
Lizzy’s getting in some more practice on the chainsaw.
Tired but glad we were able to help!
Lizzy is a beast and worked hard all day

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!

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Hurricane Idalia

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!

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Back To School Already!

08/10/23

Rachel is off to High School:

Freshmen year.

Junior year:

Ready to go!

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!

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Fostering Cats and Kittens

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:

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Miss Kitty, our neighborhood cat, adopted us a few years ago:

Miss Kitty can be a little grumpy about all these cats in the house.
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Dessert with Friends

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:

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In The Box

08/05/23

We received a big box from Amazon delivery today. Before we could put the box away this happened:

The feline side of her took over.
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Congratulations Rachel!

08/04/23

Rachel received a couple of award certificates this year. One for school:

One for soccer: