End of Summer 2016

Posted by Paul and Jenny Stoker

This summer has been pretty good if I do say so myself. It is the first summer in our new home here in Utah and I have to say it is a lot better than last summer. Last summer consisted of packing, saying goodbye, moving across the country and living in a small apartment that we all hated.

This summer was vastly different because we were in a house again. This home has been amazing. It sits on a cul-de-sac with lots of other kids and we have made so many friends and found so many fun things to do here in Utah.

The kids will be starting school next week. I always have mixed feelings about them going to school but it's the circle of life. Paul and I will get back to home improvment mode and enjoying our lives together for better or worse.





Paul and I went on our first vacation without kids in over 10 years. 



 We met our good friends, the Days, from Georgia in Las Vages.
Me and Aundrea posing with the flamingo leg.


Paul and Tony at a shop filed with a whole lot of bourbon.



Ethan turned 3 and is becoming such a little man. He is so funny and the best snuggle bug. 




We were able to spend the fourth of July with our oldest couple friends. The Hyers, minus 
Christian. We will excuse him since he was deployed in Korea.




This is the Treehouse museum were we will be spending a lot of our time. The kids love it.


 Historic ranch house on Antelope Island.





We made several trips to the water park.








Explored and discovered the outdoors.
 



These are at a small amusement park and the Treehouse museum again.



We found Bear Lake is one of our favorite spots to spend a Sunday.



So the majority of our summer was spent together as a family and making great summer memories with our kids. I love my family and I have found in this last year that when we have challenges it means at the end we will be closer and stronger than ever.