We have been (I have been trying to get this post done for months.) living it up this spring/summer. With Richard home from school and not working yet, we just play and play and play! However that all came to an end this past week when Richard started his internship (July 5th); which is the greatest blessing. Maybe we will be able to get out of school with a few dollars left in our savings accounts afterall. :)
We've have had lots of fun. Everything's better when he's with us!
Here's what we've been up to...
Richard built the kids a sandbox. In Santa Monica every park had sand and the kids loved building sandcastles and such. Here the parks are full of bark, so our sand toys were getting lonely. Daddy fixed that but not without the help of Bubba. When Sarah saw the sandbox, she very emotionally said, "Oh, it's so beautiful!" They spend hours in it everyday.
We went bowling one afternoon. Sarah had been before but it was Luke's first time and he loved it. Of course he would, it involves balls. Obviously we need to keep our day jobs. Doesn't look like any of the Atchleys will be going pro anytime soon. :)
Richard's mom's side of the family are fierce at their family history. He has some cousins that have put together 3 huge volumes of family history. While Richard was reading our latest version, we discovered that his Great Grandfather, James Johnson was both in the House and Senate here in Idaho. How cool. I worked as a capital tour guide while in college and knew that they had pictures of all of the previous House and Senate members hanging around the chambers. We headed to the capital for a fieldtrip.
One morning we decided to drive 2 hours east of us to Twin Falls to see Shoshone Falls. We received a lot of snow this year and had heard that the falls were running very high. Shoshone Falls is larger than Niagara Falls and let me just tell you, I have never seen it so full. It was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!! As you can see we got very, very wet. Drenched really. I was wringing my hair out as if I had just showered.
We really had a fun few months. The kids and I have begun to adjust to the new work schedule and I guess it makes us look forward to having dad home even more than before!
We miss you love!!!
We sold homemade rainbow kettle corn, caramel corn, and purple berry popcorn for our on-site fundraiser. Sirri and her friends sold it like we were at a baseball game. It was a big hit, but we're already dreaming up some "real" food to sell next year. You can only eat so many treats and hot dogs in one night, even when you are walking all night long.
