TA DA!!! We have grass!

We have been working hard to obtain something besides mud and dust on our acre, and we have come up with...grass! And weeds. Lots of really tall weeds. But at least there is less plain old dirt.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.

Seth graduated from Boise High School May 27. We were able to go to Boise for Memorial Day weekend. Even Bethany surprised us by showing up. It was fun to be all together. We hopped in the car(s) and spent a night at Bruneau Sand Dunes State Park. We took a couple of friends with us--Holger and Nora.

Taylor and Nora Harren

Watch this for a splash!

a little frisbee...
alright Madi!
Seth, Holger and the Harren's went on a float trip last week in Oregon. Seth forgot his fly rod, but had some leader and flies. He found a stick, tied on some line, and landed quite a few small mouth bass. Holger will be returning to Peru July 7. He made Seth promise him that he would visit him there some day.

Seth is working almost full-time at Journeys here in Rigby. He works with developmentally disabled individuals helping them to achieve goals. He found an ultimate frisbee team to play with in Idaho Falls, and has been doing that a couple times a week.
Madi has been busy with summer band and a little babysitting. She marched in the Jefferson County Stampede Days parade a couple of weeks ago, and tomorrow morning she will march in the Menan 4th of July parade. She turned 14 and went to her first stake dance. In her own words, "It was amazing!"
Taylor is making new friends and learning to work in the yard. She is very good at weeding and raking now. We have taken a couple of trips to Rigby Lake and she is still an excellent swimmer. 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 http://yellowstonecloggingcompany.cabanova.com/ to see what I've been up to!