O deer

I knew moving to Challis meant that i would be in hunting / fishing territory; however i never realized how much i would be seeing deer around my home. Everyday we see deer around our neighborhood, and hanging out in our yard / lot. We have an apple tree and a lot of lawn for the deer to feel welcome, they also love to hang out on the field part of our lot that's next to the house. Kendal loves having the deer around. Casey has taught her that the ones with antlers are the boys / dad's, the ones without are girls / mom's, and the little ones are fawns (Kendal insists their babies). Casey doesn't mind the deer and likes to count them and see how many there are out there at once. I'm not thrilled to have them roaming freely, eating the apples, and leaving their scat on the yard, but alas it is what it is.

(Jordan you're welcome to come anytime)

Casey survived his first week of teaching. He's had a lot to do putting together his classes and lessons from scratch. Two of his classes are also being transmitted to a few other schools in other areas so he has to figure out how to get their homework / assignments and work with the system. He had a training on Friday to know how to run the program. The training normally takes 14-16 hours. The instructor shoved it into 4 hours for Casey so he could be ready for the class asap. He's got so much to do, and spends so much time at school and at home making sure he's ready for school.  I am wicked proud of his hard work, and i know he's doing awesome.

We met with the bishop this past Sunday. After only two weeks in the ward Casey is now Sunday school president. I was told my calling is coming, but they understand i have an infant that needs my attention for the present time. From what we understand there are many members in Challis, but a good chunk of those members are not active. Plus any active members who work at the mine can only attend every other week. The bishop was saying that they pray for people like us to move to Challis. (Another way of saying God has his hand in all things) Casey isn't super excited with the calling at such a busy time in the school year, but again he can and will do a wonderful job.

My days revolve around Kendal and Peter. Kendal always wants to play with her brother (which means poking / smothering with love) and play games (she has figured out how to get into her favorite game on the computer and play most of it by herself). Pete has discovered his tongue this week. (Sorry, no more roll overs yet) He is also getting quite social giving lots more of smiles and cooes.

Pete loves his tub time (until we take him out and he's wet and cold)

We were giving Pete tummy time and he fell asleep : )