Please refer to the last post before you read this one--it will explain the insect music and the pictures of our oldest daughter!
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I do not have any recent pictures of Bethany that are not silly. That is because the last few times I have seen her, she does something funny each time the camera is turned on her and I also haven't seen her for a couple of months. The girls and I are going to Provo to visit the first week of August. Until then, these old pictures will have to suffice.
Bethany and her friend Molly
Pirates of the Caribean opening
Christmas Around the World at BYU
Seth ran in our stake pioneer fun run yesterday. No, he wasn't the only one running--people were just spaced out. Then he went to Idaho Falls looking to purchase a new bike.
Madi was babysitting down the street for the day, so John, Taylor and I drove up to Victor and floated Fox Creek into the Teton River.
Taylor is pretty good navigating her own kayak. It is a beautiful place, even though everything is a little hazy. We wish California would quit burning so that we could see the Tetons a little clearer. A funny dog ran along the river bed with us. Every once in awhile he would jump in the river and cross so he would be closer to us.
Taylor found a snail along the way, and she let him ride on her kayak. When we got to the take-out, she released him into the wild. Then we stopped at Rainey Creek Corner store in Swan Valley for world famous square ice cream on the way home. John and I had huckleberry and cream. Taylor had Oreo, but she said it tasted more like Heath Bar.
We had really good sushi and homemade french fries with fry sauce for dinner. It was a successful Saturday!
I would adopt the riding lawn mower thing if the price tag wasn't so high. Our grass is growing so fast that it needs to be cut more than once a week.
John put in a drip system to water our 150+ trees, and they seem to be doing well. He also put in a little garden. The tomatoes have flowers on them! The corn is only about 2-4" high, but we are cheering it on--even though it definately is not knee-high by the 4th of July.
Bethany is working 2 jobs in Provo this summer--one at the archaeology/ethnology museum on campus, and one at a Mexican restaurant. She has immersed herself in Spanish to learn the language more quickly--she has moved into an apartment half-filled with Spanish-speaking returned missionaries and instructed them to only speak to her in Spanish. She is planning on the fall semester at BYU where she will be the teachers aid for the Spanish dance class, and also dance with a folk dance team. She is preparing to serve a mission as soon as she turns 21 (Jan. 1, 2009).
I'm going to give it a try! I've found a place to rent, I have some interested people--I guess it is a go! In September, yellowstone clogging company STAMPEDE! will begin. Take a look at my website 
