So, I'm almost caught up on summer blogging:)
Adam came home from his mission in the middle of July! He served in Ukraine. We all love having him home. David and I were spending our summer apart (while dating) when he left for his mission. Now, we've been married for almost 2 years (in December)!
The end of July, we had a little Beus family reunion at Ensign Ranch. David was still teaching driver's ed so he couldn't go. Jessica and Spencer were in town from College Station. Along w/ J and S, Glenn, Kathy, Adam, Heather, Nathan, and their kids, and I went up to Ensign for a night. We had a great time (except for the sleeping part). We went to the pond and watched the boys go on the rope swing, we hunted for pretend bears, we had a delicious bbq chicken dinner, and the kids and Heather went on the slip 'n slide in the morning before we came home. We slept in cabins that had built in bunk beds (no mattress of course). I slept in one cabin with H, N and kids. Everyone else slept outside under the stars (except maybe Adam and Glenn slept in another cabin?). The cabin was hot and Parker and Evan woke up a lot. Basically, I was happy that it was only a one night deal.
I just LOVE these kids!
Tarzan Colson, Tarzan Adam, Pensive Kathy
David and I went to the best mutual activity ever! They watered down a corner by someone's farmland and we played mud football. I loved it! We miss working with the youth. I hope we have more opportunities to serve with the youth in church.
We also enjoyed spending the summer living next to awesome neighbors! (Chad, Chelsea, Dawson, and Jett) I miss them! Here is David holding Jett.
The end of August, we attempted a trip to Provo. We were planning to take Adam to school and get him all set up in his apt. and go to my good friend Mandy's wedding. But..... we were destined to spend a day in La Grande, Oregon. Adam's car made it about 30 minutes outside of La Grande, which is 3 hours from Othello. Adam's car died going up Cabbage hill. I was amazed at the Adam's optimism throughout the day (the picture above captures his composure and good naturedness). I have to say it was slightly contagious. He is such a good boy. We were towed to La Grande by a very nice man. The wrecking yard guy gave us $200 for the car (covered the towing plus 50 dollars to spend any way he wanted:) After exploring the options (rental car, bus, etc.) we decided it was too expensive to continue our trip. David's dad came to pick us up around 5pm (we arrived in La Grande at 10:30 am). We were very grateful to his dad for picking us up. We spent the day exploring downtown La Grande. We found a very expensive used book store, 3 second hand shops (David got a nice polo), a fabric shop (a man cut my fabric- a first), a park to play frisbee, a chinese restaurant for lunch, and a college campus (I never knew La Grande had a community college). We decided the people at the auto shop thought we were all high school siblings. They asked David if he had a credit card (like they didn't think he was old enough) and they gave us a ride to the park because they were worried about us finding it. We were humored by that:) It turned out to be a better day than anticipated. I was really sad to miss Mandy's wedding, but we made the most of it. One lesson we learned was to get trip insurance on one way flights when your one way ride has any chance of breaking down. Good thing we got cheap tickets (I think we were only out $200 total).
Enjoying a sunny day in La Grande.
This summer and early fall, I've been able to watch Evan several times. He is such a sweet boy, even with his "in charge" attitude. We made cookies 3 or 4 times. I guess he thought that was standard when he came over. We played Sorry a lot. We read some books. He watered the big oak tree outside my apt complex. And, he played with Mr. Bear. He wanted to give him a hot baba (bottle of milk) every time. He also insisted that Mr. Bear was wearing his pajamas and not the little red shirt that came with him. (side note- this is the bear that Aunt Debbie gave to me a few years ago so that I will always remember the night I projectile vomited in her guest bedroom. This bear, among other things was hit by my mess. She may have just wanted to rid her home of the unpleasant memory of cleaning up after me in the middle of the night. Also, the bear has been cleaned thoroughly since that eventful night.)
Adam came home from his mission in the middle of July! He served in Ukraine. We all love having him home. David and I were spending our summer apart (while dating) when he left for his mission. Now, we've been married for almost 2 years (in December)!
The end of July, we had a little Beus family reunion at Ensign Ranch. David was still teaching driver's ed so he couldn't go. Jessica and Spencer were in town from College Station. Along w/ J and S, Glenn, Kathy, Adam, Heather, Nathan, and their kids, and I went up to Ensign for a night. We had a great time (except for the sleeping part). We went to the pond and watched the boys go on the rope swing, we hunted for pretend bears, we had a delicious bbq chicken dinner, and the kids and Heather went on the slip 'n slide in the morning before we came home. We slept in cabins that had built in bunk beds (no mattress of course). I slept in one cabin with H, N and kids. Everyone else slept outside under the stars (except maybe Adam and Glenn slept in another cabin?). The cabin was hot and Parker and Evan woke up a lot. Basically, I was happy that it was only a one night deal.
I just LOVE these kids!
Tarzan Colson, Tarzan Adam, Pensive Kathy
David and I went to the best mutual activity ever! They watered down a corner by someone's farmland and we played mud football. I loved it! We miss working with the youth. I hope we have more opportunities to serve with the youth in church.
We also enjoyed spending the summer living next to awesome neighbors! (Chad, Chelsea, Dawson, and Jett) I miss them! Here is David holding Jett.
The end of August, we attempted a trip to Provo. We were planning to take Adam to school and get him all set up in his apt. and go to my good friend Mandy's wedding. But..... we were destined to spend a day in La Grande, Oregon. Adam's car made it about 30 minutes outside of La Grande, which is 3 hours from Othello. Adam's car died going up Cabbage hill. I was amazed at the Adam's optimism throughout the day (the picture above captures his composure and good naturedness). I have to say it was slightly contagious. He is such a good boy. We were towed to La Grande by a very nice man. The wrecking yard guy gave us $200 for the car (covered the towing plus 50 dollars to spend any way he wanted:) After exploring the options (rental car, bus, etc.) we decided it was too expensive to continue our trip. David's dad came to pick us up around 5pm (we arrived in La Grande at 10:30 am). We were very grateful to his dad for picking us up. We spent the day exploring downtown La Grande. We found a very expensive used book store, 3 second hand shops (David got a nice polo), a fabric shop (a man cut my fabric- a first), a park to play frisbee, a chinese restaurant for lunch, and a college campus (I never knew La Grande had a community college). We decided the people at the auto shop thought we were all high school siblings. They asked David if he had a credit card (like they didn't think he was old enough) and they gave us a ride to the park because they were worried about us finding it. We were humored by that:) It turned out to be a better day than anticipated. I was really sad to miss Mandy's wedding, but we made the most of it. One lesson we learned was to get trip insurance on one way flights when your one way ride has any chance of breaking down. Good thing we got cheap tickets (I think we were only out $200 total).
Enjoying a sunny day in La Grande.
This summer and early fall, I've been able to watch Evan several times. He is such a sweet boy, even with his "in charge" attitude. We made cookies 3 or 4 times. I guess he thought that was standard when he came over. We played Sorry a lot. We read some books. He watered the big oak tree outside my apt complex. And, he played with Mr. Bear. He wanted to give him a hot baba (bottle of milk) every time. He also insisted that Mr. Bear was wearing his pajamas and not the little red shirt that came with him. (side note- this is the bear that Aunt Debbie gave to me a few years ago so that I will always remember the night I projectile vomited in her guest bedroom. This bear, among other things was hit by my mess. She may have just wanted to rid her home of the unpleasant memory of cleaning up after me in the middle of the night. Also, the bear has been cleaned thoroughly since that eventful night.)
i'm sad you guys couldn't make it :( but happy that you enjoyed exploring la grande! i've only ever been there once. trick or treating on my way to ontario for a soccer play off game in high school. haha. i love that you always put pictures up!
ReplyDeleteWe miss you guys too! Sad face. Dawson constantly talks about "Daydid and Mahyee" especially when he sees a car that looks like yours!! Glad to see that you guys are enjoying that new house of yours! We'll have to get together soon.
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