Love Summertime!

Well I guess a lot has been happening...
School ended in the middle of June so I am done subbing until school starts up again. Treven finished his first semester at WSU with A's in both classes he took! McKenzie is walking now! Well what I call walking she will walk 7 or 8 steps but she is not scared at all! Melia is definitely 2 almost 3! The girls are just growing and learning more every day. It is amazing. McKenzie turns 1 this month on the 25th which is CRAZY!
We have gone to the zoo a couple of times and we also went on a trip to Lake Shasta with my family for a week ( SO AWESOME) I will post some pictures. We had so much fun wakeboarding and spending time with family. Melia loves having other kids to play with! Melia and McKenzie both had a hard time getting into the water. Melia got used to it and then loved it, but McKenzie never really got over it! We got through the week without a sunburn which is awesome. Here are some pictures from Lake Shasta and other things during the summer! I love summers! :)
Oh ya! We also went to Coldplay and I will do a separate post on that one! :) It was AMAZING!

Now in Vancouver...

Well it definitely has been a while! We moved on April 16th back to Washington. We feel like we have been way busy since we have moved. We are loving being back though! We love the green and the family here! We love having our family around because they seem to be all our best friends. It is great for the girls to get to know their family better. I will just sum up what is going on with each member of our family!

Treven- He started school last week at WSU Vancouver and he is definitely liking it. It is a beautiful campus and it is nice that it is within walking distance. He is taking two psychology classes that are only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He has a test every single Tuesday in one class so he is starting to study hard! This term only goes to June 18th so he will try to find some kind of work until school starts up again in August... we will see in this economy!

Kim- I started subbing for Battleground School District on May 6th. I am working Monday through Thursday then on Fridays I get to take care of my nephew, Noah! I love taking care of Noah and getting to know him better. He is such a ham and since McKenzie and Noah are only 5 weeks apart, it is great to have them play together and grow up together. I have had a substitute job every day since I started working which is great! They are out of school on June 18th so I will be done with work until school starts up again in September. Still looking for a full time teaching position, but I may just have to sub for like 3 districts next year at one time. I have to do what works! I also just ran a 5K on Saturday with my family and Melia (sister-in-law, not my daughter). It was great! We are working towards running a half marathon in September which I REALLY want to do!

Melia- Melia is loving having her cousins to play with! She cries every time we have to leave her cousins. We have had some sleepovers with the Fishers. Her speech has improved so much since moving. She wasn't having any trouble at all, she has just gained a lot more! I think it may be because she is interacting with so many people! She makes us laugh everyday. Today I was telling her that she needed to be nice or else she could not be around Papa or Grammy and she started crying so hard and saying Mommy I am SO SORRY!!!! She said it over and over again... They always seem to make you feel so bad for getting them in trouble.

McKenzie- She will be 10 months soon which seems CRAZY! She is crawling everywhere and babbling A LOT! She is a screamer as well, especially when she is around Melia. She is such a different baby than Melia was.. she is so serious when she meets a new person like she is just thinking about what to do. Once she gets used to you she is all smiles! She is moving around furniture and starting to stand on her own. She has her top 2 and bottom 2 teeth coming through all at the same time so she is being very clingy lately. She also is loving having more of the cousins around!

We are missing our friends in Rexburg and can't wait for some of them to visit in August! :)

We are looking forward to a trip to California to go camping with my parents and brother Mike and family this weekend. We also can't wait until the end of June when we get to go to California for a Stinchfield reunion at a lake house! It is going to be a blast! Well that is all I can really think of right now! We will update soon!

Swine Flu Hits Washington

Pulling herself up!

McKenzie is a fast crawler and now pulls herself up on EVERYTHING! Even our pant legs when I am doing dishes or cooking. She knows when Melia is in the bathroom going potty and crawls as fast as she can through the kitchen to get there. She makes us laugh daily! Easter pictures to come... I am tired and need to sleep so I can pack all day tomorrow... 3 more days until we move!

Day at the park with our friends, Kaycee and Mea

It was actually a good temperature today so Kaycee and I decided to take the girls to the park. It is about a mile away so we just decided to walk there. Mea and Melia are about 10 days apart and it has been so much fun being able to have them play together. Melia loves having Mea over to play and screams everytime she sees Mea out the window. Let's just say that our family is going to miss the Montgomery's A LOT. Here are the pictures from the fun day at the park!

More crafts I have made lately

This is the frame for our niece Ellyn.


This was a birthday present for our niece Leia. I am making them for all the nieces this year.


This was for my friend Heather. She is having her baby boy any day now and I made this for her baby shower.


This is for Andrew and Beck's room, my nephews. Obviously a sports theme.

Another update on Treven...

MRI showed nothing except fluid in his knee. Doctor here in Rexburg wants to scope Treven's knee so he can look and see in the knee. He is sure there is something going on because of what happened, but the MRI is clear. The only two days that the doctor could do the surgery were on the 8th and the 15th, well Treven's finals are on the 8th and we move on the 16th so both are not going to work. We decided it is a blessing because we don't have to immediately get the surgery done. The doctor also said that if we could not do the surgery that Treven could just start exercising on a bike (NO SPORTS) to help his knee a little bit, but then if it pops again that we need to go to the doctor and get it looked at further. Since we are moving, we decided on option #2 and that we will just wait until we move to Washington especially because we just found out that the COBRA insurance is around 800 a month which is just AH! So we will wait. That is the update!

13 more days until we move. Treven's dad is coming out to drive the truck with Treven and Melia, Treven's sister, will be meeting us in Boise to drive the rest of the way with me! We are going to leave early on the 16th and drive the whole way in one day so we will be in Washington that night! We are pretty excited. I am working on getting my teaching license in Washington. I have everything done except my fingerprints will be done on April 20th in their office so it can be done digitally and processed within 48 hours. Then I can start substituting in either Battleground School District or Vancouver Public Schools District. I also have a job fair for Evergreen School District on April 18th so I will be handing out my resume and having interviews there. We will see, hopefully something works out for us! Treven starts school on May 11th and will be done with Summer semester by the end of June so that he can come with my family to the lake house that we are going to this summer!

Back to packing!