7 Weeks-New Horse JJ-Last Week of Summer

Our summer is officially over, and we are headed back to school tomorrow.  Kason hit 7 weeks on Wednesday.  He is really getting to be quite smiley.  He is getting into a great routine.  He is much less fussy and fun to be around.  He often falls asleep by himself now without being held.  He’s sleeping about 6 hours at night.  His hair is starting to thin out from his growing head; he is taking after Grandpa Lindley on that one! He is definitely the center of our lives.

I spent the week working, coaching, and improving my repertoire of dinner recipes.  I made spaghetti, corn on the corn, fruit salad, salsa chicken, Kaylynn Carter’s (my coworker) Chicken Almond Salad, and Kenny and Tara Lindley’s Italian Pasta.   I am very far away from mastering the cooking thing.  I managed to light the almonds for the salad on fire.  Yes, an open flame that nearly lit the whole house on fire.  Needless to say, I think I am going to stick with a supervisor to keep an eye on me when I try to cook anything else.  I worked Monday and Tuesday to print checks.  Kason was a great tagalong in the office; my best babysitter is my boss.  She spoils him rotten, and he loves it.  I got lots done and worked really quickly thanks to so much help.

Kolt and I also started volleyball practice this week.  We practice Mon-Fri. from 7-9:30 AM.  We played 2-on-2 on Monday, then spent the next 3 days learning skills, and then played 2-on-2 on Friday to see if there were any changes in the results.  It is fun to watch the girls improve.  Kolt enjoys playing with them in the scrimmages.  He helps them improve quite a bit and is learning the skills well enough to help the girls also.  I have enjoyed having some girls I know on the team as well.  

Kolt had a doctor’s appointment with Dr. Peter Cannon on Monday.  He needs to start shadowing physician’s for medical school applications, and Dr. Cannon is going to take Kolt along with him on Fridays for the next couple months.  Kolt went in for the first time on Friday.  He loved it.  Dr. Cannon did a great job of knowing the right patients for Kolt to be with.  He also gave Kolt information to read about each case beforehand, so he knew about the condition of the patient.  He is looking forward to shadowing him.

Wednesday Kolt and I spent the day in town.  We intended to only take a few hours at 10, but we didn’t get home until 3.  We went to the Institute building to meet with Bro. Seedall, Little Caesar’s for lunch, Burger King for ice cream, Walmart to get groceries, the bank to make a deposit, ISU to pay tuition and pick up books, Dr. Southwick’s for Kason’s appointment, back to Walmart for a prescription, and then to Stockman’s for a gift card.  What a day! At the doctor’s appointment, we found out that Kason has thrush again; within a day of taking the prescription, both of us are feeling great! In the evening we went to Rope’s football scrimmage. Kason rocked Grandpa Piquet’s shades! We are excited for football season and the cooler evenings!

Thursday I played the organ for Ron Olsen’s funeral.  My mom came and watched Kason.  Brother Olsen told me 2 months ago that he had never heard me make a mistake on the organ. I told him he just didn’t listen close enough! Brother Olsen will sure be missed.  On Thursday my mom and I went out to Chloe & Ashley’s volleyball game at West Jefferson.  They both played really well.  We hurried back for a Ward Party at the Iona Square.  I visited with Jeanna and Brandi Simmons.  We sure have some good friends in this ward.  

Kolt worked on Cody for the last week; he put her up for sale today.  She has made a lot of progress.  He rode her up to work cows at Jared and Trish’s on Tuesday.  We are hoping to sell her in the next little while as Kolt bought another horse this week.  JJ is a 5 year old buckskin gelding who needs a few pounds and a lot of rides.  We picked him up on Saturday morning down in Wallsburg, Utah by Heber City.  Kolt’s dad arranged to drop off some truck parts in Utah on the same trip and also picked up a half linger horse.  We stayed at Kolt’s cousin, Chris Jensen’s, house in Provo.  We had a great trip! Kason was a great sport; he slept almost the whole trip.  I took advantage of that and slept most of the whole trip also! I am all caught up on sleep!  We left Friday night after Kolt’s dad got off of work and got back Saturday evening just in time for my volleyball team activity.  We hit Olive Garden in Logan and had the Never Ending Pasta Bowl. I think it was the best food I've ever eaten!

Sunday I taught the lesson about writing in journals. We watched the movie Oh, Remember, Remember by President Eyring.  Kolt talked about his ancestors who kept journals.  We spent the evening visiting with Kolt’s parents when we picked up JJ.  We spoiled him with some grain and apples.  We are excited to work with JJ.