This is the house we have a contract on in Kentucky. I love it! I just wish it was in Utah. It sits on an acre lot and has a ton of kids running through the neighborhood. We were even able to negotiate the "$6,000" swingset from them (huge joke!). Oh, and the other great thing about it is that our next door neighbors are LDS and have four kids, two of which are little girls about the same ages as Anna and Sara. It couldn't be anymore perfect for us.
Rob has picked up yet another hobby...Hot Air Ballooning. He has made friends with some of the ballooning people. He even got to fly in the hot air balloon a couple of weeks ago....Glad I wasn't around for that one! Anyway, I am in Kentucky to buy a house (which we did!) and while I was here it has been Derby week. They do this thing called the balloon glow. It starts at 9:00 at night. All the balloons light up at the same time. It's pretty neat. Here are some of the pictures that I was able to capture. Oh, and Rob and I were able to help crew. It is pretty fun!
Of course the slides were also a big hit. Sara even figured out how to climb up the big climbing wall.
Thanks Bedkes! We had a ton of fun! We'll miss you guys!
All the little kids wanted to see how they measured up. Not quite as big as a gorilla.
Anna had to see if she had hands as big as a gorilla. Not quite!
And since Anna checked Sara had to as well. They aren't the same size but sometimes they act the same!
Checking out the map.
So proud of her artwork!
Sara showing off her goods!
Anna must have her eye on something!
Anna didn't need any coaching. She is a hunting pro!
Once all of the eggs were found, Sara dove into her candy. She even ate the chocolate without removing the foil. Good thing she doesn't have any fillings yet! It made me cringe just watching her!
Here I am with Hermana Rogers. Funny story on how we met. When I was in the MTC, I couldn't find anyone else going to the Cordoba mission. One day, after about five weeks in the MTC, I was up running with my companion. This tall blond girl came up stairs and said that she needed another sister to come and play basketball. I didn't want to run anymore, so I volunteered. When we were walking back down I asked her where she was going and she told me Cordoba. I was elated! Finally, someone going to my mission! We ended up being in a lot of zones together, did a lot of splits together and we were even in a companionship for three days together. I will never forget one particular split. We were both pretty new in the mission and didn't speak the language very well. Nobody wanted to listen to us that day and by night we were pretty frustrated. So, we stopped at the corner "store" and got a coke and a alfajor, sat on a wall in the middle of a field and talked about how great it was going to be when it was our turn to go home. We had many other experiences together but there simply isn't enough room to write them all. It was great to reconnect with her again and relive those memories!
The missionaries of the MAC, or those that showed up. It was great to see everyone and we really missed those that were not able to attend. Hopefully this will be a new tradition!
As you can tell Rob loved the room. Notice how the girls are no longer playing with him, but he is still going strong! Look how proud he is of his design!
They had a wind tunnel machine that mesmerized the girls. It was pretty neat to watch the paper float up, but I wouldn't want to clean that ceiling at the end of the day!
Sara loved the cave! She went through the tunnel about twenty times before we pulled her out, kicking and screaming of course!
Laying down, admiring the view of the large dinosaur!
And the computer.
A visit to the museum is not complete without a picture in front of the large shark. Anna refused to be in it because it was too scary!
A couple of paleontologists in the making!
