It's Official

We are the official residence owners of the wonderfully tight home of Jerry and Marilyn McGhie. No, sorry, you heard that wrong. We are living temporarily in their home. But personally I think it's great to have a roof to sleep under. When Grandpa Jerry and Grandma Marilyn left, we weren't exactly sure at that time that we were going to be temporary owners of their wonderful home (btw, guys, the new carpeting looks GREAT and is so nice I could sleep on it!). With continuous hours of Psych ahead of us and the great Alpine Days partly over, there's nothing more to love (oh, and the Olympics-- that's pretty great, too!). So, as far as we're concerned, there's nothing else happier. School is just a downer. Shopping is the best. Buying new grocries and some new appliances is so-so. Having to re-clean everything because the guy before took NO CARE whatsoever to this home is pretty sad. But we're still happy.

Silly but cute

Here we are!

Here's a little taste of Reyna and I's summer. Today they are going to Ogden, and I won't see them till next summer. Waaa!!!! But we spent nearly EVERY day of July together anyway. . . It was so much fun! Yesterday, we went to the mall and she got her haircut, and we both got proffesional Clinique makeovers. . .it was so much fun!!

We've been mostly goofing off (doing those funny - but cute - photoshoots and playing around) It's been great having Aleona, her friend from Russia, come stay with us too. Aleona got a makeover yesterday too. It was so much fun!!!

Thanks for the great summer girls!!! Next year, I want to have even more fun (is that possible???)

Backwards French Braid/Side Ponytail

I am a little bit amatuer, because I actually did this braid by myself, but hey it's cute to look at.

I saw this girl at Girls Camp with this braid and I thought, "Oh, how cute!" Just by looking at it, I starting work on it and got in on my first try. It's hard to explain, but if you can French braid, just do that to the side, stop at the end of their head (don't go all the way around) and tie it to a side ponytail. It's that easy!

Love,
Addi

Lemonade for sale!

Tal and Nate loved making lemonade for their stand. They sold the lemonade in front of the church together. Nate is Tal's cousin. It was so cool to see them! They did a great job. It was so cute.

Done

We are officially DONE (besides the rest of the school shopping, and our mani-pedi date, Mom is over with her school prepardness). School registration? Done. School shopping? Semi- to almost pretty much done. Save the date? Done. Wedding invitations? Done. Aw, what a wonderful feeling. I just need shoes and shorts, and we need school supplies (they won't even give us the list! How rude!) Our registration was the only problemo.


Tal and Ethan were being registered at the elementary school. BAM. Easy. When they finished, Mom dropped them off at Kristen's and we quickly ran back to the school - the junior high, which is right across the street - only to find that our proof of residency was completely unkown. Why? Of course, we are a scattered bunch. In a weird housing situation, we had to call Grandma and ask her to fax a signed proof of residency form. Thankfully, she did and it came in FAST. Luckily, we caught them on their PDay, so they were at home doing what they do.


After a long meeting with the counselor, we were finally done and we quickly ran home. Three trips to the school and back only to get in. That's crazy. And they're only offering French and German. Where's Spanish? But I did French last year, so I did it again. German sounds cool, but it's a lot of work to me. . .I am not the retro type.

Well, that's our wondrous experience. Oh, how we love Timberline!