August 6th

Jonah celebrated his 26th birthday this month. 

We had a nice morning together which included breakfast and presents.  Then Buck and Jamie came over and we went hiking at the Kaweah Oaks Preserve. 

It was a little warm so we got in the river and found a giant tadpole!

We passed through a section of trail that was filled with spiders, yikes!!

 We got in the river again and if felt so good!

We finished the evening up with movies, coffee, and ice cream!

 On Sunday we had breakfast with Jonah's sisters and their families.  Sarah made homemade tortillas just for Jonah!  After breakfast we headed to Mill Creek to hunt for crawdads with my sisters.  Unfortunately there was too much water in the creek and despite our best efforts we didn't get any crawdads.  We still managed to come up with a feast at my parent's house.

 We had a "feed" outside on the picnic table

As per his request, Sarah made Jonah a chocolate coffee ice cream cake for dessert!

Calvin Crest

Jonah has had some Saturdays off so we've been trying to take advantage of them. One of them we drove up to Calvin Crest and spent the night Saturday night.  We had a nice time walking around and visiting with people, we especially had a good time talking with Rachel while she worked in the laundry room.

Jonah loving the mountains

Hanging out with Rachel

We are going to be moving up to Calvin Crest in about 2 1/2 weeks to live there for the school year.  I'm going to be working in the kitchen and Jonah will be on the accommodations team.  We're a little nervous about the move but also really excited for the change and to live in the mountains again!