the photographer

Hallie just loves playing with this old camera.  She takes it very seriously too.

    

we miss the pool already

Our old apartment complex had a pool and it was soooo nice to have such easy access to a pool in the summer time.

  

carousel

Hallie rode the carousel the same afternoon these pictures were taken.  Dani was a pro and Hallie didn’t so well.  She refused to ride on a horse and would only do the bench.  Hallie enjoyed it but was a stinker about it.

   

We let her step in the water for just a bit before leaving and left.  She definitely wanted more time to play in the water but we needed to get home and she needed a nap.

 

company picnic

Before leaving Idaho we were able to go to the company picnic.  We had lots of fun.

   

Hallie was chicken for all the rides.  She would insist on waiting in line and getting on them and then chicken out before they actually got going.

  

She loved the face painting of course.

 

new adventures

We are no longer in Idaho. We packed our moving truck July 22nd and the 23rd we finished loading up the last of our stuff and completed the rest of the cleaning.  We had some awesome help with everything.  Thank you to all those that helped!!!  That afternoon we drove to a hotel in Boise.  This part of the drive was pretty easy Hallie slept most of the way and Berret and I were so relieved not to be packing or cleaning that driving was a break.  Our stay at the hotel was fun.  We were really close to everything.  We got fresh produce to snack on, went out to eat, and picked  up a some walkie talkies at Target.  In the morning we went swimming at the hotel to tire Hallie out, got cleaned up and ready, and went to eat.  Then it was time for Hallie to nap and the drive to begin.  The drive started out ok and it helped a lot that Berret and I had the walkie talkies to use (Berret was driving the truck while I had Hallie with me in the Santa Fe).  We stopped at a rest stop toward the top of the Blue mountains and after that the drive was awful.  On the way down the Blues I got honked at by a semi truck that was driving crazy.  A minute after that both lanes were clogged and I was stuck behind some really slow semi trucks and I almost got rear ended because I was in the back of this line of cars and a car came racing around the corner and had trouble stopping soon enough.  My nerves were pretty much gone the rest of the trip after this.  The last couple of hours didn’t help when the sun was going down shining right in our eyes making it extremely difficult to see, oh and Hallie was awake and not so happy.  We decided to stop around Troutdale to eat and let the sun go down.  The town was practically shut down though.  There was a huge accident with a semi going the opposite direction and roads in the town were closed and people were being put into a detour.  It took forever to find somewhere to eat while trying to get around all these road closures.  After we had some time to rest and get food in our tummies we were good to finish the last 45 minutes or so.  It seems completely silly that we had to stop so close to the end but Hallie and I NEEDED the break.  Ok enough whining from me.  We are here safely and that’s what is important.

 

We are excited about our new adventure here. We have most of our boxes unpacked. Two rooms are already painted and we plan on doing the bathroom this weekend. Berret started his new job Monday and is liking it so far. Hallie and I are keeping busy with projects during the day and playing.

(Pictures were taken at Porter Park in Rexburg after a lunch with Warren, Allison, Dani, and Weston.  Hallie already misses Dani and gets excited whenever she sees a picture of her.)