camping

so we were going to go to wisconsin to see kelly's brother and family next week, but last minute changes we had to do something else because of the money issue. so we are going to go camping instead. we are really excited because this place is so amazing. it used to be an old rock corry, and the ohio state changed it back to nature and it is so beautiful. this place is about 3 hours away and it is FREE. nothing here is free, but this place. so that's where we go. it has a pond with fish in it and only kids can fish there. kaydin caught a HUGE fish last year. he was so proud of himself. so that's a possitive! it has a playground that the kids can play at. we have had awesome camping in utah and idaho, but this is by far the most amazing. we are going up wed. night after kelly gets off work and staying till monday night. i can't wait. i love being surrounded by god's beauty. there is just something about camping in a tent and just relaxing. very soothing to the soul. anyway we will celebrate kaydin's 10th birthday there. I AM JUST SOOOOO EXCITED> can you believe kaydin will be 10? i can't. oh my gosh my kids are getting really old. wow that makes me old. ahhhhhhh. :) anyway just thought i would add to my blogs.


oh by the way, rhett, marissa, kalista, and keegan are doing very well. mom said that marissa stood up and her stomach has really gone down, lucky girl. i am sooo jelous. jk.

we still haven't heard anything on jobs yet, but we are praying hard and with all of your prays the lord will put us where we need to be. thanks for all of your love and support. we love all of you so much and miss you and hope that all is well with you and your families.

life here.

well if you didn't know Rhett and Marissa had there baby! he is so cute. 8 lbs 14 oz. i feel bad cause rhett and haven are both being layed off next week. lazy boy is moving out of state and that leaves a whole lot of people without a job. so marissa told the doctor that she only would have insurance for another week and so he induced. both haven and rhett have kids to take care of and i pray that the lord will help them find new jobs quickly that pay good.

gavin is pretty miserable and if any of you could email him with strong words of comfort he could really use it. Gavin Garr Gavin Garr x_2nr_x@hotmail.com. please pray for him and email him and let him know that we support him and that he is doing the right thing.

summer is still going and really i like school. it's not that i don't like my kids being home it's just that ALL they do is fight. ALLLLLLL the time. so now i've worked out chores that have to be done and less friends to play with. the more they play with friends the more they fight and are really rude to each other. we go to the metro parks and walk a lot with hope and they seem to like that. i know that hope loves it. she is a really good dog.

:K: so some of you know that kelly is applying to three jobs. one is houston, one in austin, and one in utah/idaho. we have to wait for the one in utah/idaho to post and then he can apply. this is really interesting for me. kelly worked with a guy like 4 years ago. kelly made such an impression that he works in utah and told his boss that kelly is the man that they are looking for. he has all the knowledge and work skills that even though he doesn't have sales experience that he would personally take him under his wing and train him. wow that is amazing. this job isn't even posted yet and kelly has a guy that is standing up for him and encouraging the main boss to look at hiring him. again WOW. i am soooooo proud of him.

anyway i know i ususally don't post very long ones but i felt it was time. love you all and please pray for rhett, haven, gavin, and kelly that if the lord wants us back in utah/idaho that we can get that job. LOVE YOU ALL TONS>

pics of our trip.

here are some pics.

our travels to see scott

oh my gosh it was sooooo much fun going to visit scott. the weather wasn't that great driving, in fact it didn't stop raining till we got to D.C. but it wasn't too bad. we got there friday night and they made us dinner. clayton is so sweet. scott had just gotten out of the hospital the day before, so we didn't do anything but gab and watch a movie that they both we in. it was fun. sat. clayton went garage saleing and when he got back, kelly and i cleaned scotts wheelchair and took him to D.C. with us. we wheeled him around and saw some amazing sites. i am really glad that we were able to spend the weekend with them. they took us to a play sat. night and it was really fun. we then left sunday morning and came home. over all we were in the car driving a total of 16 hours. i love scott and clayton so much. they have hearts of gold. thanks so much for letting us come and stay. i will add some pics later.