July

 July was the busiest month of all time!!! It started with More building and cleaning and Moving!! 

On the 3rd, we took a break from working and Adam did this…

While trying to do this..

Thankfully, other than a goose egg on Adam’s head no one was hurt. And, other than a broken axle, the buggy was just fine too.

We managed to get everything moved into our new place. 

We had to sell and give away a lot of things and put some things in storage, but we finally got settled in. 

I also spent a great deal of time getting my new preschool room all put together. I am so happy with it.

The girls and I we’re pretty emotional as we finished cleaning the old house and said “Goodbye”. I loved our home so much. I hope the new owners are as happy there as we were.

Adam and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary this month!! We had a nice dinner date at Charlie Clark’s in Pinetop. 

The Ray Quist Family was in charge of the big Quist-Johnson family reunion this year. We arranged for it to be held at the Diamond W Ranch in Pinetop, AZ. 

Over 125 people came and It was a total blast!! We all had a wonderful time enjoying each other and all the fun activities. 

Grandpa Quist rode the zip-line!

    Caleb went on several bike rides. 

I love this picture of my dad and most of his siblings. 

After the reunion, we went camping at Green’s peak for a couple days. Braunsen came and went biking with Adam and Caleb. 

We got some major rain this month! Thankfully, we didn’t have any flooding in our home, but our property sure got soaked. Adam dug a big trench to channel the rain water from our property and our neighbors property  back towards the wash. Our state was in a pretty bad drought, so we aren’t complaining one bit! We love the rain and will take all we can around here. 

I wanted to take one last little trip with the kids before school starts and they get super busy with their studies and extra curricular activities. At the last minute, Caleb decided he should stay and work, so it ended up being a girls trip. The girls invited their friend Ashley Dees. We went to mission beach in San Diego and had a wonderful time. We played at Belmont park, and went to Sea World. But, our favorite part was just playing in the ocean waves! We got some boogie boards and had a total blast with them.  I love the beach and ocean so much! We missed Adam and Caleb, but we are glad Ashley could come!

Well, that pretty much wraps up our crazy summer! I wish I could say things will settle down a bit when school starts next month, but I have a feeling things are only going to get busier!! 

June

It seemed all we did in June was build and clean and pack and build some more! While Adam and the kids, with the help of Richard and Tyler and various nephews built our new place, I’ve spent the month cleaning and packing. 

It is truly amazing how fast this building has gone up. Most of it is Adam’s barn for his tractors and building materials. A small part of it is going to be used for my preschool and as a temporary living space for our family to stay until we build our new home.

Caleb amazed us all by running a half marathon this month with uncle Michael and cousin Sam (Emmalee’s husband).

They got off to a bit of a late start and were misdirected at the start of the race. They ended up running 14.9 miles!!! Caleb got some pretty wicked blisters but overall he enjoyed the experience and he is glad he did it!

 

May

May was a fun and busy month! 

Eliza’s 4x100m relay took #1 at the state meet! In fact the The Snowflake High school girls and boys track teams placed 1st overall at the state meet!! We are so proud of everyone on the team. Sarah’s ankle never healed up quite enough for her to participate. She was sad she couldn’t compete at the state meet, but she was very supportive and proud of the other girls on the team. 

The trio all went to prom. Eliza was asked to go by Levi, Sarah was asked by Bryce and Caleb asked Tristie to go with him. Our friend Tashina Teller came and did the girls hair and makeup. They looked stunning!!

This group was so much fun! The boys all did an awesome job planning the activities leading up to the dance. 

I am so happy that our children have such a wonderful group of friends.

Angela and my mom came up that weekend as well. My mom made the courage’s and boutonnières and Angela came and did the girls nails. Magnus (Angela’s son) is a little obsessed with tractors and got to spend some time with Adam and all of his tractors.

We got a contract on our home this month. The buyers have agreed to let us lease back our home until our new temporary living quarters are done being built. 

Adam and a lot of his family members got 700sq ft. Of concrete done for our new barn. We are so thankful for everyone’s help.

We were able to host the Burk Family Women’s conference one last time before we move. So many “sisters” came!! We all had so much fun together. 

My Grandma Burk belonged to a “craft of the month club” before she passed away. For our craft this year, those who wanted to, completed one of  her many craft projects. I think she is proud and happy that we had fun with her crafts.

 

April

Braunsen came up for a quick visit and he and Caleb spent the better part of an evening building a track with blocks for their remote controlled cars.  Obviously, not much has changed in the past 10 year! Haha!

Adam and I enjoyed a day date busting through snow drifts near Greens peak. Daisy came too!!

Adam and Richard have started another year of building homes in Shumway. They sure work hard and get a lot done in a short amount of time.

We went down to the valley for Emmalee and Sam’s wedding reception. They were sealed in the Gilbert temple in January, but due to Covid concerns, they waited a few months before celebrating with everyone. The only picture I got from the party, was this one with my siblings. It was a wonderful reception! We all had a great time.

The kids are all still busy with school and track. Sadly, Sarah injured her ankle, so she hasn’t been competing with the team. Caleb has been able to run the mile race at a few of the meets and is improving every time! 

 

March

We put our home up for sale. It’s kinda sad, and kinda exciting. We’ve lived here for over 13 years and made so many wonderful memories here. It will be sad to say goodbye, but exciting to start a new chapter of our lives. 

The kids started their track season this month. The girls 4x100 relay team is awesome!!

We took a quick trip down to the valley. The girls are so sweet to spend some time with their cousins. We all loved meeting baby Jace for the first time. 

We enjoyed the high school Spring choir concert. 

Sarah was inducted into the National Honor society this month. Great job Sarah!!