July Update

Sorry to back-track, but for my own journaling purposes

I want to keep track of what we've been up to, even

though it has taken me forever to post it! So, here is

the update with what we were up to last month...

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On July 1st, Dave got a call from the S.J. Quinney

College of Law at the University of Utah letting him

know that he was accepted as a transfer student!

We were thrilled! We had put a lot of thought &

prayer into deciding to apply to transfer to the U

& we felt really good about it. So we were happy

that it all worked out! It's nice that we're able to be

close to our families and to have cheaper, in-state tuition.

We definitely miss all our great friends up in Idaho though!

The transfer process did get stressful when we were
notified that Dave was accepted as a non-resident &
would be charged about double the in-state tuition. AH!
So ,although, Dave has lived in Utah all of his life except
for the 9 months we were in Idaho, they classified him
as a non-resident. We got it all worked out, but it was
a HUGE hassle to get them all they paperwork they
needed & we were worried it wouldn't get worked out
before tuition was due, but luckily it did!
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Dave filled-on a softball team with some of our

friends the first part of the summer. Cole

liked wearing his Boston hat & cheering for his dad!
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4th of July
We had a great 4th with the Todds & celebrated

up in Liberty, UT---yes, very fitting to celebrate

our Independence in a town named 'Liberty'

All of the festivities tuckered Cole right out!
of course he had to wear his patriotic pj's!

This picture really doesn't do the sunset that night
any justice. It was GORGEOUS!
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My brother Chris came to visit for a week in July.
It was so fun to have Cole meet his uncle Chris,
but we missed aunt Robyn lots! {she had lots of
studying to do for the National Pharmacy Board exam,
which she passed w/ flying colors!--And she also
had some dr's appointments to get more info on the
seizures she's been having. Which we're really hoping
will get cleared-up as they work with the medications
she is taking. read more on their blog}

Cole had a great time taking his first dip in the pool!
& enjoyed swimming with Chris.
The hat is more for my amusement than anything.
It just cracks me up! --of course it keeps the sun off
his face, but it also is pretty funny!

Later that evening we enjoyed some chicken
wings from The Wing Coop. They were too

spicy for me, but the boys went for it.

...I think this one & the pile of chicken
bones on his plate speaks for itself!
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Finding his feet & toes has been very entertaining

for our little guy. He loves to suck on his toes,

or just hold is feet and roll around.

another new favorite is sleeping on his side.

I think it's so cute!

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HAPPY 27th Birthday David!

Dave turned 27 on July 29th.

I attempted to make a Darth Vadar cake.
Didn't turn out that great, but oh well!

We also enjoyed an exciting game of Star Wars
Monopoly & ate at P.F. Chang's for his birthday!
I felt bad because we flew up to Moscow on Dave's
actual bday to move all of our stuff down, so we had

the celebration the night before.
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August Update to follow!