I started back to work the first full week of August. My to do list as a librarian is pretty long, and then adding the creation of new classes I've had plenty to do these last few weeks. Casey came in a handful of times to set up his room and to help me with different jobs. He's lucky going on 14 years of this with some major and minor tweaks to his curriculum over the years that he doesn't have to prep a ton. The first week back I helped out with middle school registration for a couple of days. It's weird not having a middle school kid for a couple of years, but I'm not mad about it because Kendal and Pete's sports schedules will line up for the next couple of years.
That same week we heard clicking sounds coming from our fridge and Monday morning our freezer then fridge went out. Thus began our fridge saga. We ordered parts that Casey felt would work only to wait for them to come for the better part of the first week. When the parts came they didn't work so we then had to find and prove we had insurance coverage for our appliances. That was almost a week long mess because the fridges were bought from Andy via Kim so nothing was attached to Casey and I and home depot gets rid of records for purchases after two years. I can't count how many times we had to submit and resubmit the same receipt over and over and then Andy had to yell at people that it was the true receipt. Once finally approved sometime last week we then had to call in a service / repair place to get an estimate. They came out two days later only to tell us what we already assumed which was the compressor was out. Then began the process of insurance approving that and deciding to pay us or replace the fridge. Days later they said they'd send a gift card so we thought we'd wait, but Andy decided to just keep the gift card and Venmo us money, so we bought a fridge. . . that will be here next Wednesday - when we're at work. Hopefully we can make the timing work or I'll bug a friend or two to help me out. So, we've been living with a big cooler as our fridge for three weeks and just making do with a lot of grumbling (and tears on my part), but handling it as best we can do.
Alice started piano the first week of August. She was hesitant and nervous to begin his journey (and apparently barley talked to Christina), but she is doing better in her lessons and is happy to be learning and growing.
Casey and Pete went to high Adventure with the older boys in our ward from the night of the 6th to Saturday afternoon on the 8th. They went fishing on Friday, and then floated the river. Saturday morning they went and did paint ball. They got to stay in a nice cabin and have a fun time together for the weekend!
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We've worked hard on the back lawn this summer after the grub ruination of spring 2026, and decided to finally tackle the grass reconstruction of the damage done in the front. Casey's been faithful in watering and taking care of our baby grass. It's growing in well and we are hopeful that we can continue to prevent further grub damage and make it a thriving lawn going forward.
All three kids had their school registration the second full week of school. Alice will be in Mrs. Maxwell's class this year, Kendal's schedule is full of duel credit classes, and she's got quite the load on her plate, but we know she'll come out on top! Pete isn't all about school this fall, but I think it's more loosing his independent and loose schedule that he's been able to hold on to all summer and a little bit knowing he's heading towards his harder years in school.
The Dansie's upped their back to school traditions by a week since Breah was heading out on her mission this past week. We had the annual movie night last Friday and watched sheep detectives and chatted with friends. The next morning we had the kids triathalon. Alice didn't love doing it, and scared herself out of the swim, but still persevered in the other events and did her best. Peter came in second overall just a bit behind his best bud Austin (against quite a few older boys). With Breah "retired" poor Kendal is the only girl with a bunch of boys in that top category. She wasn't happy with any of the events, but was still a trooper and participated.
Kendal went in yesterday morning and got an Echocardiogram. She had enough red flags when she got her sports physical plus a slew of family history against her that her Dr. deemed it a precautionary thing. Kendal was very nervous and worried about the findings. She was told she has a beautifully shaped / looking heart and the gal was great guiding us through the process and answering all the questions. She did find an irregular heartbeat that she'll share with the results to a pediatric cardiologist in Boise that will give us further direction. (I couldn't help myself - reminiscing about the last time I wore a bracelet with Kendal's info on it was when she was born.)
Alice had Activity Days yesterday. They went and played at the splash pad in down town twin and then told jokes and made goals.
The kids did their time trial yesterday for Cross country. We went early and watched / supported the middle school kids. They did a kids 1/2 mile race that Alice begrudgingly did (still don't know if we'll get her into cross country someday or let her do her own thing). Kendal ran next with the high school girls. She felt off then let the mental game crush her and didn't finish like she wanted to. Pete did well and was a sprint race with Austin in the end coming in among the upper half of the group of boys.
We went up to Boise to spend the day at Roaring Springs with Nicole, Jordan, and their crew. It's fun to go together because we can build endless groups to go down the slides together. The sun was hot, but we had a few hours of relief when some clouds came through. Even with the long lines it was a great day together.
Kendal and Pete have gotten a lot of friend time the last few weeks. Whether it's an outing with them or just simply hanging out. Alice is more of our homebody that has a hard time venturing out to friends, but is happy when they come over wanting to play. Alice admitted that she's most excited to be back to school because that's where her friends are. We hope this school year is above and beyond amazing for all three of them.
More pictures -
Casey picked some of the cucumbers he's grown this summer! Plus a shot of my beautiful hydrangeas! Alice in her selfie world. Kendal with her friends. Pete literally hanging around with his friend.
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