reunion, school, foreign exchange students...

The Perazzo Family Reunion was the first weekend of August. AWESOME! We were at a camping grounds in Heber City, Utah. Some family members that we hadn't seen in years were able to be there. Great people. Great times.

Henry playing on our bunk bed

Ben beat me in this "Minute to Win It" contest...emptying a box of kleenex one tissue at a time

Eric and Alicia's Minute to Win It was to empty the ping pong balls from the kleenex boxes

Heather, Brandon (as moderator), Alex, Ryan, and Hannah playing "Family Feud"

Glen's nap is about to end

Henry!

Hannah used her awesome silk screening skills to make "Perazzo Family Reunion" t-shirts

Mom and Dad P answering questions about themselves (in their t-shirts)

Henry and Ryan facing off

Heather and Hannah participating in the talent show

Andrew, Henry, Heather, and Baby Girl Perazzo

Then school started on August 14th.Alex is now a junior and Glen has started his 29th year of teaching. Good luck, boys!

they seem happy enough to be heading back

Seminary started on August 21st. I have 12 freshmen in my class...4 girls and 8 boys...and I'm loving it. They are amazing and I love being with them. We are studying the Book of Mormon this year and it's going to be fantastic.

On Thursday the 24th I got a text asking if we were interested in having a foreign exchange student. Just a few weeks ago the idea had popped into my head that I'd be interested in doing that, but since school was about to start, I figured it was too late for this year. Within 24 hours of the text, our application was in and Hannah and I had chosen 2 boys to be ours.

The application was approved and now we are just waiting for Tuesday the 5th when they should be flying in. Hannah, Alex, and I are so excited. Glen is okay with it, but does not have the level of excitement as the rest of us.

Kyung Dae is a freshman from South Korea. His bio says he likes computers, museums, photography, playing board games (he won us over with that one), traveling, and walking.

"Sam" is from Thailand. His birthday is next Sunday, making him exactly one month older that Alex, so he is an 11th grader. His bio says that he likes basketball, hiking/backpacking, martial arts, music, swimming, and tennis (he won us over with that one).

Can't wait for next Tuesday!

The 29th was Adam's birthday, so I went and visited him this week

Alex, who had his first tennis match on Tuesday (and his second on Thursday), hopes that Sam will be a really good player and be able to help the team out.

In other Alex news--he passed his driver's test on Wednesday and so is now a licensed driver (ack!!!). His first solo drive was to Harmon Junction to get himself a much-deserved ice cream cone, of course. Then this morning he got to drive himself to his new job at Lattin Farms. Our baby is no longer a baby.

and this is just a picture I took on one of my morning walks this week

Lastly, Ryan is coming home this weekend and will be here this evening. He's only staying till Wednesday, but at least he'll get to meet Kyung-Dae and Sam.

It's going to be a crazy week! :)

Oregon, Deni, scouting, the car, and Twin Lakes

We (Glen, Hannah, Alex, and I) spent a week in Oregon visiting my folks. Had a great time. Even got my dad to play a few games with us. Didn't do much but hang out. It was cloudy for the fireworks on the 4th, so we didn't get to see the fireworks as they just seemed to make the clouds glow. Wish they didn't live so far away.

Since I don't have any fireworks pictures, here's a fun youtube clip of some:

Mom showing Hannah some watercoloring techniques

Denise was able to come for a short visit. We played so many games that 2 weeks later my arms are still hurting from spending so much time leaning against the dining room table. Wish she lived closer.

Alex went to scout camp where he had a great time and did some awesome things. He was chosen one night to be the solo camper...he went off into the woods and spent the night alone. The Seneca run is a race where you do things like shoot a black-powder gun at a target, throw so many tomahawks, run carrying a rock.... Alex came in 1st. He also came in 2nd for the camp in archery. One of the amazing feats he managed to do was shoot at a tomahawk and split the bullet on the edge of the hatchet. (I probably have some of those facts confused, but Alex isn't home to double-check anything)

Glen has been very busy helping with 2 different Eagle Scout projects that have been working at fixing the old movie theatre. The first one was our nephew Thomas's project where ancients fabric wall coverings were take down out of the 2 theatres. The second project was Orin's dealing with painting the walls now that the curtains were down. They did a great job and its look has improved so much.

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Glen painting from the projection booth

Meanwhile Hannah drove up to Rexburg to pick up Eric and Ryan for a visit. They haven't been home since Christmas, so it's been so great to have them here.

One of the projects that has been going on this summer is that Glen took our Camry that had been rear-ended in March and fixed it using the parts from our Camry that died last October, I think it was. Eric and Ryan helped him to finish up.

The guy at the garage said it would cost $2,000 for him to fix it. It cost us $16.00. That's how much the inspection cost needed so we could register it with a salvage title. Glen replaced the muffler, a rod, and the back bumper (using the parts from our other Camry, so they were "free").

We borrowed a friends cabin up at Twin Lakes, California for one night. Hannah couldn't go, so it was just Glen, Eric, Ryan, Alex, and me. The boys went kayaking for a little bit. We played games. Watched The Rockford Files. Bumped into Mont and Elaine who live 2-3 miles from us here but have the cabin next door to the one we borrowed.

It was beautiful, serene, and refreshing. Ahh. And on the way home, we made a quick stop to Fort Churchill. They guys don't think they'd ever been there before.