Past Few Weeks

Emersyn got a job! She's had it for a little bit but told us we couldn't come by until she was done training. She is at Stella's, an ice cream place in Eagle. She likes it so far, but it does make her wrist hurt after a longer shift. 

These past two week I traveled to Twin to train a new employee. It's actually Brad's sister Heidi, so it was fun knowing them a little more, even before we started to train. 

As I was getting ready, the dogs knew something was up. They know what suitcases are and it usually means we leave for a bit. I took mine out to the car and Luna jumped in. She wanted to go. I had to drag her out of the car. Thankfully I was the only one leaving, so it wasn't bad for her. 

It was nice for a bit to not have to do anything after work. I would get dinner most nights and eat and watch movies all night. I caught up on a lot of random movies and had some good food. I spent time with family as well. While it was nice to just veg out all night, I did miss being home and seeing my family, so I'm glad to be home now. We still have more training to do but the rest will be in Meridian. I never thought in my life ever would I be traveling for work AND training people. It is a lot of fun to train new people and watch them as they start to understand the job and all we do. 

Jacks Is 15!

On Sunday Jackson turned 15! The same with the other kids, it's gone too fast. He started drivers ed, so our last one we have to drive around with for six months. I was in Twin for work, so we were able to have Jarom at our house for a week. The two had a blast. For his birthday we went and the 'The Backrooms' then had dinner at a BBQ place. On Sunday we opened gifts and the treat he wanted was Small cakes cupcakes. He wanted a few gaming and One Piece things for his birthday. 

He finished his first year of High School this year. He wanted to go to Renaissance like his siblings and he went knowing none of his Jr High friends were going. The mom in me was a little nervous for that, but he loved it and made new friends throughout the year. He is really into gaming and gets online and plays with Jarom and friends from school. He still will clap when he does something well. He also likes art a lot still and took an art class this year in school. Its fun to see what he creates. Jacks has been watching and catching up on shows and movies that we or the other kids have said are good. Right now he is finishing the office. He loves to watch movies with Beck, when Beck suggests one that we will let him watch. Jackson did a Ted Talk in school about how younger kids now don't like to sit and watch drama movies. His teacher loved it and he got one of the highest scores. Jackson has always loved dramas and will sit and watch long movies that typically kids his age won't watch. He at the age where he is figuring out who he is and a style he wants. It's always fun to watch them learn and grow with that. It's even better when styles from Brad and my teen years are the things they choose. He has liked driver ed so far, but says that turning is the worst. Hopefully that gets easier because that's a big part of driving. He is a lot like Brad and very calm and mellow. Even Emersyn's friends notice that he nonchalant. He loves Dave's Hot Chicken and gets Uncle Paul to go with him as much as he can. Paul likes it more than the rest of the family. When I started these birthday updates, I didn't think much about the three questions I always ask them. Looking back now, there are so many other things I could have tracked that would have been better. But here we are. His favorite subject is  History. His favorite food is fries (he is my son) and his favorite game is Cuphead.

Small Catch up

Emery brought her ceramic home. I can say they are a bit better this year than they were last year. 

Jacks asked if we could get him a rotisserie chicken from Costco for school on Wednesday, and some wasabi. It was a weird request but we did.  

A group of his friends had a feast on the second to last day of school. They had pizza, desserts, chips, soda. When he started the year, he went to this school knowing that it was just him from his previous years friend group. I was worried about him eating lunch alone or not having someone to just hang out with. So to go from that to a big group doing something random like this made me very happy. He said they had a big crowd around them near the end. 

Just because they can be cute, sometimes. 

Jacks text Brad last night and asked if he could buzz his head. I don't hate his hair, but I also don't love it. As you can see in the pictures from earlier, he had a lot of it. It's now all gone, a nice cool summer cut. 

Photos Back

We got the photos back from the anniversary weekend and turned out really well. 

 

Birthday Week

 May is a very busy month for us, but it's also a really good month. Cam and Cailey are home now. 

Well they are done with school. They left Monday for the UK for a month. 

Flights weren't bad, and are still trying to get used to the sleep times. Since Cam's wreck he has been nervous in cars and cars being close to the one he's in. UK roads are not helping this. They are very narrow roads and driving on the wrong side of the road kind of messes with your mind too. Even with that, they are having a good time so far. 

First birthday up is Brad. We had my parents 50th, then that Monday we drove to Pocatello to help the kids moved back, then Tuesday was his b-day. We took the day off, ate some good food and built a Lego. Perfect lowkey day. 

Few days later the boys turned 20! I can't believe we have two kids who are no longer teens. The night before we drove to Twin so the next day we could help Charles with yard work. A lot of the siblings got together to help set his yard up for the season. 

Then we drove home and all the boys went to see "Mortal Kombat 2". Emery was out with friends so Cailey and I watched a chick flick and did nails. Its been so much fun doing nails like this whenever we want. 

When they got home we had meatball subs, Cam's birthday meal choice, and did cake. Beck wanted cheesecake and Cam wanted Tres Leche cake. Cailey and I made that and it was a hit. It turned out really well. Beck's birthday meal was the next day and he chose Pot Stickers. 

It's a little harder as the kids get older to give a year review. They change some and go through a lot but it's more adulting things vs little kid fun things. They both are becoming amazing strong adults and it has been fun watching them as they grow from older teen to actual adult. Beck had a big year with work. He's a shift lead and taking on more responsibility that way. When they pull number, he tends to have some of the best. He's been really into watching movies lately, and while they aren't my cup of tea, it is fun hearing about some of them. He is still working towards his goal for moving and is excited for that adventure.  Cam finished year 2 of college. He has grown a lot being away from home and having to take care of everything. We do still help some, but he is realizing the work school and work and eating and keeping a house is. He thankfully has had Cailey by his side the whole time too. He got into his first major wreck and is still healing mentally from that. And most exciting and importantly, he got engaged. It's been fun as a parent to watch them grow together and make the decision to spend their life together. I know it will be a great one. 

50 th Weekend Celebration

 This year my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Every person we told that to said how amazing it is, because you don't see many make it that long.  Brad made a video of the years, we got together for dinner and memories. Second day we went to the temple, the grandkids had an afternoon hanging out, then the adults went out to a nice dinner and finished off with family pictures. The last day we went to church together and had lunch afterwards. It was a busy but good weekend.