Summer time and the livin is easy....

Actually summer time and the livin is easy...or easier. Since the last update we had christmas in OUR house then spent some time with Justin and Laural in OH (blast!). Claire continued to teach math at the college and Brad continued to teach at the high school. He says the year went by fast. We bought a used riding lawn mower, since the free push mower wasn't cutting it (get the pun?). So now Brad has to spend 2 hours cutting the lawn with 20 min breaks during to reattach the belts (fun,not).

Ellie and Carter played soccer. Well Ellie was officially on the team Carter continuously made attempts to gain access to the field in many cases succeeding. Ellie started out a bit timid but quickly became aggressive and serious. By the middle of the season she was grabbing and pulling and calling for the ball and taking shots. If you ask her she scored like 12 goals a game. Really it was more like 3. Not too bad still. You can view both kids soccer abilities in the video below.

For the summer Brad started playing with the 1st team on the Springfield Demize, yes trying to keep the dream alive. Unfortunately and fortunately he had to give it up for this summer to continue research at BYU again this summer. He is happy and sad about that. Now you will find him drooling away at a computer somewhere in the ESC. He is basking in the world cup action kicking him self for not going to South Africa his native land.

Claire is looking hot. She is currently preparing for a 10k or 10 thousand meter run on July 24th in Santa Cruz, CA (Wharf to Wharf). She is awesome acquiring unique culinary arts skills which is greatly appreciated by Brad. She has recently cut her hair hence the hot part at the beginning. See pics below but dont look twice men. She is very much enjoying laying by the pool and playing in Utah with her friends and children. Oh what a life.

Since we are in Utah we would love to get together with many of you just give us a call or email us and we can try and make it happen if we havent already.

PS the video is longer than wanted you might skip to the middle if not family, however I am making up for 7 months of not posting so maybe just sit through it.