Week in review

Last week Casey wanted to see how well Kendal would do sleeping in a tent in preparation for our camp out this month. They set up a tent and spent the night in our yard. Kendal loved helping Casey put up the tent, and we were hopeful that she would go to bed decently since she skipped her nap that day. It was still light out when Kendal and Casey went to bed, and Kendal was so excited about the tent that it took about an hour to get Kendal to go to sleep. At one point Casey came out of the tent and looked at me through the window with his hands in the air like "what do I do with her?" It was a long night for Casey. As much as we're anticipating the Darrington camp out and spending time with family; we're not anticipating two nights in a tent with Kendal and Pete.

Casey's had basketball practice this month. The boys have two tournaments and a basketball camp this month. Friday and Saturday Casey went with a chunk of the team down to Arco for a tournament.  The boys did well on Friday winning three out of five games. Unfortunately they fell short during the tournament games on Saturday and their day ended early.

We've figured for a while now that we were going to be in Challis for this next school year because jobs just weren't showing up. In the last couple of weeks a bunch of job opportunities came available, so Casey sent out some applications. He scheduled two interviews one for high school in Oakley Idaho, and one middle school in Kimberly Idaho for Monday. Casey's has two brother's living in the Twin Falls Area and his older brother Brett teaches at Kimberly high school. The kids and I ended up joining Casey for his trip. I wasn't looking forward to so much time in the car with the kids (7 + hours), but we couldn't resist seeing family. While Casey went to his interviews the Kids and I spent time with Vanessa, Sarah, and their kids. We played, ate lunch, and went to the lake. The kids had so much fun, and I got a glimpse of the fun we'd have living close to family. Peter did awesome at the lake. I wasn't sure if he'd like the sand or colder water, but he enjoyed himself, ate sand, drank the water, crawled around the water, and splashed. Kendal had a blast chasing her cousins, getting sand in every nook and crany of her body, and playing in the water.

After the lake we headed back for dinner joined by Casey, Brett, Terry, and Casey's folks. (all four kids in the car conked out in minutes - didn't stay that way, but it was a blissful few minutes). While there Casey got a call from Kimberly and was offered and accepted a new teaching job. (Thanks Brett for putting in the good word for Casey : ) Casey will also be coaching freshman girls basketball and could potentially do football. We are very happy with this move. Moving closer to family will be wonderful! Challis was our starting point, we are thankful for the opportunity we had to be here this past year. Looks like our next couple of months just got busier : D