Kittitas in the Summer Time

It feels like it has already

been months since 

we were in Iowa.

Weird how time does that.

How about a quick update 

on the things going on

in our life?

Tyler finished his first year

as a graduate student

with amazing grades!

He works so hard

and I for one am very proud of him.

One more year to go!!

This past Saturday morning (June 22)

I ran in my first 5K.

It was really cool!

I was invited by a girl in my ward, Kye Gibb,

and another friend, Rachel Smith.

Rachel is 4 months pregnant

and she still ran it,

that is the definition of a 

champion my friends.

I think I did pretty good for 

a first timer and I'd like

to do some more now.

I don't think I want to do anything

longer than a 5K, 

I'm no Farley Gerber :)

Plus, I got a t-shirt

which is pretty much the main 

reason for doing it!

Just kidding, but seriously.

An exciting thing is coming up this fall,

I will be starting an online 

Masters of Social Work program!

I'm super excited for it.

Hopefully I'll be able to find

the time to do my schoolwork 

and still do a good job

of taking care of Kale.

Mommy first!

Other than that, not a whole lot going one.

Tyler has worked a few football camps

and he has a few more camps

coming up.

I've been asked to help at Girls Camp

so I'll be up there for four days.

My friend Rachel Smith is in charge

of the 4th years overnight 

hike and she asked me to be her

assistant. 

Rachel, as you already know

is a champion,

so we should have lots of fun.

And the best news that is

happening the soonest is that my 

mother-in-law, Pam, is 

coming up to stay with us for

2 weeks!!

Lucky for Tyler she's going to be here

while I'm at Girls Camp.

Dodged that bullet! :)

We can't wait for her to get here!

All right, enough chatting, more pictures!!

So, Kale is very techno savvy...

Hilarious.

He's also recently come into

a phase of wanting

to help me and Tyler with everything.

Like sweeping...

 

He still needs some practice :)

The other day the three of 

us went out to the playground

in our backyard 

and found a cool surprise.

Can you see it???

 

I think it's a frog but maybe a toad?

Idk.

But Kale LOVED it.

Every time it hopped he

burst into laughter.

And he wasn't afraid to touch it.

 

But then he started dropping rocks 

on him so we had

to distract him so the frog/toad

could make a run for it.

 

Kale loves the slide :)

 

 Peeking through the window!

This is how Kale watches TV now:

 

This is how Tyler and Kale

watched the NBA playoffs:

 

This is a foreshadow

of the teenager I will

have in my home one day...

This is Kale saying,

"I do what I want!"

because we told him he probably

shouldn't sit in the windowsill.

He sits there often now.

And plays "his" Kindle.

 

Today we took Kale to a 

"magic" show at the

Library.

I say "magic" because

the guy basically just made

jokes the whole time.

The kids loved it.

They thought he was hilarious.

Kale got bored.

He expected magic!

No, he's just not even 2 and all

he wanted to do was touch all

the other kids.

 

That is just the silliest face!

He must of got that from his dad :)

 

The following is a picture

of how Kale laughs now.

We might want to nip this one in

the bud before he 

gets bullied for it...

 

Well, that's all the pictures we've got!

Hopefully we'll have some outings

soon, and there are sure

to be lots of pictures taken

when Pam gets here.

TTFN