Vacation

Claire

This little adventurous girl loves playing outside in the backyard here in Blackfoot with all the things there is to do like the trampoline, swings, dogs, and so many things to get into. Chris has been helping fix some leaks in the basement and Claire loves to try to help with the dirt and really has a fun reaction to when we ask her for help. She gets really excited to be involved in our activities and will follow what we do when we ask for help with cooking, cleaning, taking care of Shay, and carrying things. I'm glad she is at this stage even if her help is small, it means a lot, and is a great way to get her to go back inside when it is dinner time. We now need to find a better way to convince her to eat more food! It still seems that she doesn't eat a lot and she doesn't like to sit down at meal times with us to eat what we are eating. I know she has the staples of food she eats and some of them are healthy, but I wish she would try more things and eat meals of bigger sizes.

Shay

It seems that she is just the opposite of her sister when it comes to eating, especially at meal times, she knows where she sits and expects food as soon as she sits down. Even when we are still cooking, if she knows it is going to be time to eat soon she wants to start, and lets us know by reaching for what we have an pulling on our pant legs. She is a little picky and we have found things she doesn't like, but for the most part she will eat new things and always has a lot of the stuff she already likes. This also happens with other things like when we went to the beach, she was scared of the sand at first but soon loved it and didn't want to leave.

Idaho

We have enjoyed being with family and been blessed to be away from a lot of the negativity that has been going on in the world. I see so many things through the media and wish to share my love for those suffering and affected more by everything. I feel it is important to be informed and take step back to look at the information without bias before commenting and feeding the flame of emotion. I also feel I need to work on my own love for everyone and try not to judge others, especially as we are moving to a new area, I want to show my light of Christ. I hope I can be a positive influence and meet some great people on our new adventure.