Almost done

I realized the other day that I have not written in the blog all summer. I wanted to give an update on what we have been doing. We moved out of our house on June 21st. It was a full weekend. We went to Corbin's banquet on a Saturday and began cleaning and boxing things up on Sunday. We finished the moving on Monday afternoon. Tuesday morning Cole, Anna, Grandma Barratt, and myself flew to Utah. Anna was sick and so we were up the night before with her, but we made it to American Fork late Tuesday night.

Corbin drove to San Antonio for officer training. Although we have been separated for the summer I think we have managed okay. I miss Corbin so much and can't wait to be together again in our new house in Georgia.

Here are some highlights of our summer in Utah:
-Anna completed swimming lessons with flying colors. She is now officially a fish. We are just waiting for her gills to grow.
-Steel Days in American Fork. I think we have the record for going to every event (it seemed that way). Cole was in the baby contest, but somehow he didn't win. Anna danced when every float went by at the parade, and caught some candy, too. We loved the Diamond Rio concert and Cole especially loved the fireworks.
-Attending concerts at the Scera Park. Anna can still tell you about the lady who got mad at her for rolling down the hill. Grandma Barratt is still trying to recover from trying to stand-up on a hill while holding Cole.
-Taking a lot of drives in the afternoon. This was the only way to get Anna to take a nap.
-Cole learned to crawl and got two new teeth.
-Cousin Tanner stayed at Grandma Barratts for a few days. Anna took good care of him.
-The Esplin Reunion. Anna got to ride a four wheeler, hay wagon, pony, and cow all in the same day. Anna also got to ride the school bus with her cousins. It was good to celebrate the 100th birthday of Grandma Esplin. She is a great example to our family. It was fun to see lots of Esplin cousins.
-Maynard Dixon art show. This wasn't very much fun for Anna and Cole, but something I have wanted to do for a long time. I had so much fun talking to artists and looking at paintings. I hope I can come back next year.
-Going to school to surprise Grandpa Partridge. We didn't want to leave without saying good-bye to Grandpa and Anna loves to be at school.

Look at all of the fun things we have done and we still have a month left. I am sure we will have more things to all to our list.