First Day Action

School has started. We came home from Havasupai on Saturday and started school on Monday.

They were happy to start and said that the walk to school wasn't that long after hiking from the bottom on the hill at Havasupai.

At the end of the school day, we went on our traditional getting ice cream.

We invited our friends who are attending the new elementary school. The reunion was a sweet one. Pun intended.

Lance gave his 2 weeks notice at Raytheon the day we got back. He was really nervous to tell, but it went better than he thought it would. He finished his 2 weeks. His co-workers took him to lunch. He started his new job on Monday.

You know on the 1st day of school parents take pictures of their children. Here is Lance on his first day - nerd pack and all.

The boys finished their summer reading program. We decided that they would read as many pages as the Mormon Battalion walked in miles.

Underfoot read all the pages, and Hurricane's job to was listen to and read pages. They both completed their goal.

The sunflowers have been beautiful.

The monsoon has come in full force.

The rain is very welcome and helps keep our house clean outside.

 Both houses have had the inspections and the appraisals. We have started to pack our house. Last Saturday, we packed the canning materials in our outdoor shed. We cut the lids off 2 barrels and filled them then 2 boxes. We didn't realize how many jars we have. We will need to fill every single jar in Colorado.

 Saying goodbye to friends is going to be the hardest thing. On Sunday, we went to supper at a friend's house. Their son thought it was the last night we would see each other.

The Earls family has offered to have a wake for us before we leave. It is August 13 if you'd like to come. Let us know to give you the details. Two weeks from today we will be moving. Hard to image our time is short here.

Be Well!