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This week Halle attended her first ever Tennis Camp. Rusty was skeptical that 5 year olds could learn tennis, but he was wrong. She did awesome. Her teacher was great and knew just what to say and do to make the whole thing really fun. The camp was just 4 straight days, and now we…

Jim’s siblings created a Facebook page where we could all go to share our memories of Jim.  We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, and we’ve created new friendships and strengthened old ones.  One of my favorites that was shared was from one of his seminary students, Macy.  I’ll never sing the Hello song again without thinking of…

This was the conversation we had on the drive home from church today: Halle: Mom, I’m excited to go to Utah. Me: Me too.Halle: Do you think Grandma has any bandaids at her house?Me: I’m sure she does.Halle: What kind do you think she has? Princess, Dora, Barbie….Me: Probably just the plain old brown kindHalle:…

It has been a beautiful month!  I love fall with its cool mornings and warm afternoons.  It makes everything feel right.  The month began with a trip to Yaya orchards.  Unfortunately, most of the orchard was wiped out this spring from all the rain.  But we still got to go on a tractor ride, pick…