So long Challis

We will be leaving Challis in a couple of days. This will be our third move in three years. With some help and prayers we found an apartment to rent in Kimberly a few minutes away from Casey's school. We'll have downstairs neighbors and will be sharing some of our walls again : /, but the upside is we'll have AC, (haven't had that so far) 3 bedrooms, and decent rent. We'll probably look into getting a house next year when our car is payed off.
While I'm thrilled to be moving, we are grateful for Challis. Challis gave Casey his first teaching, and coaching jobs. Overall Casey enjoyed his first year of teaching. It taught him a lot, and he met some great teachers and students, and basketball players. We were apart of a very good ward. We are one of a number of families moving out of the ward this summer. It's sad because Primary will be practically cut in half, its only had a little over 25 kids, and it will be reduced to about twelve fairly active kids.
Casey will start work at Kimberly middle school the last week of August. He is teaching 8th grade World History and will have a study hall hour. He's happy he doesn't have 4 different classes he has to make up curriculum for anymore. Casey will be coaching middle school football this fall with his brother Brett. He will also be coaching ninth grade girls basketball this winter. He's excited for the new school and we're all happy to be closer to family and civilization.
Right now we have the nations number one priority fire going about five miles to the west of us over the hill. There are over 600 firefighters in the area right now helping (Challis only has a pop of 1,000) so it's a bit crazy. There is also a fire to the north of us. Both are bringing the smoke in, but no other major concerns right now. We moved here last year when the area was covered in smoke because of surrounding fires, and now we're leaving with fires all around.
Some things living in Challis has taught me:
I will probably never own a pet; why - I've seen enough mangy, gross, creepy dear and their scat to last me a life time.
We've learned to live without things. - Since there is no real shopping around here just a couple of markets. We've gone without and learned to make do with a scanty produce section, bread that's often out of stock, and overpriced or expired food.
We are now very good at starting fires. - With a wood burning stove as our main source of heat we learned the ins and outs of fire
Kendal is a friendly little girl. - Challis brought out a social side to Kendal. She will talk to anyone and everyone, and if your in the park, grocery store, primary, or at a basketball game you become Kendal's friend.
We've mastered the at home date / family nights. -  With just one park, a sad bowling alley, a few restaurants, and fishing / hunting (which are both gross and dumb). We've gotten creative in our family entertainment. Kendal's favorite outings are the park, grocery store where she can get a cookie, and the library. My most creative date with Casey was origami. Our funniest was a night of you tube videos. 
We've learned that we can function as a one car family. Thankfully after a winter stuck at home we gained a second car, and it's super nice having two cars.

Now for the important part - recent pictures

 Walk along the Salmon River

 If one does something, the other is sure to join in.

 Popsicle's, got to beat the heat somehow

 The cuties : D