A long time going!!

Well, it's been a long time since we have blogged and it seems like TOO much has gone on. We had a good rest of June, although it was pretty hectic to get ready for our long trip. LONG it was! But, everyone had fun. We ended up going to the emergency room in North Dakota and it turned out that Zoya had a tonsil infection. No big deal, give her motrin. Ok?! Then we got to Idaho and boy were the kids ecstatic to see the pool! Just like their daddy, they are fishies through and through. Jarrett and Heidi's wedding was wonderful! It was just beautiful. They looked really happy and we felt like it was definitely a good thing that we got to go.

We also got to see Shattuck get set apart for his mission so now he is Elder Kuzmic! Wow! I have actually never been part of having someone from in my family go on a mission. It was kinda like my own brother was going. It was definitely an awesome experience. Anyways, it was sad though because he couldn't swim after that and we felt bad that he couldn't swim anymore.

After a while we had to say goodbye and pack into the car and take a detour to Utah, because our dear Aunt Kathy accidentally swiped our camera! : ) It was funny and she felt bad, but it was a good ride. Then we got to my parent's house in Newport, Michigan. We stayed a few days and the Austin and I left to go home while our kids stayed with Grandma and Grandpa for a couple weeks. Now, I am down here at my parent's getting the kids while poor Austin has to stay at home and work. We will go home soon and then our family will be together again. Maybe slow down a bit. : ) Nah... I doubt it.

Here are some videos of Tevin and Zoya that I loaded onto the computer. The first is Tevin dancing while he is playing the Wii and the second is Zoya and her Yeehaw!!!

So it's been a terribly long time since we have posted anything, so now I have to recap a couple weeks. We were way excited to hear about Jarrett getting married! Yes, we have decided to go out to Idaho. We are a bit worried that we will run into the areas that have flooded, but we are trying to find out where those areas are and if they are in our path, how best to avoid them. Anyways, the kids are doing great. Zoya is learning how to throw tantrums, and Tevin is perfecting his willful disobedience! : ) I love my children. We have been doing normal things. Daddy goes to work while mommy, Tevin and Zoya stay home and play. We have had some crummy weather lately so we have been stuck inside. Last Friday we went over to another family's house and had s'mores and lit off fireworks. Tevin was in heaven and so was Austin. He and the other dad lit off roman candles and were trying to add one more each time they blew them off. Aw! Austin found a firework buddy! I am been so glad because I just don't do it for him like Kerrick, Shattuck and Jarrett (and Tausha) do.
We only have a week and a half left until we leave for Idaho and I am totally stressed! lol Today I was sustained and set apart as the Primary president! Yeah!!! I am ALSO currently the Relief Society president. NOT COOL! I don't know why, but I guess they said they needed it to be that way for a while. AGH! Austin is afraid that he will be called to be Elder's Quorum president. lol Then he will actually have to work! Just kidding he does a lot of work as clerk.
This week we have a food storage day for our branch, we're helping a lady move, we have a baptism, I have to pack, I have to clean, piano lessons.... agh! too much to do!! This is good therapy, I love it more already! Here's a video of Zoya. The last few seconds are priceless!!!

Finally Spring?

Well, Memorial Day went well. Early in the morning we went to Walmart and Austin went to the church to fix it's internet connection. After Walmart I took the kids back to the church so they could run around until Daddy was done! I cleaned out the Relief Society closet because HEAVEN KNOWS it needed it!!! Afterwards, we finally got on our way to Marquette (a bigger city a little less than 2 hours south east of us). We had fun! i went into Michaels with Zoya and Austin went into Gamespot with Tevin. They had Mario cart set up so Tevin was in love! When I went into Michaels it was SENSORY OVERLOAD! I haven't been in a craft store for such a long time. I felt like standing there in awe! I was happy to be there though! I kept saying "wow" and I guess I did it a lot because Zoya would say it too! After all of our shopping and getting the kids new shoes, we headed home after a nice day. When we got home it was freezing! Come to find out we had a frost warning! I am so sick of it!!! Five days till June and it's still close to FREEZING! Agh! Sometimes I dream of tropical beaches. lol : )
I finally got off my duff today and did some housework. It's nice, but it would be nicer to snap my fingers and take a spoon full of sugar. : ) Austin has his three month review today! Hopefully he can get a raise and then we will actually have enough money to SAVE! It's a miracle! : ) We're definitely blessed already, I know. But Austin is always happier when we are "comfortable." He's so funny! Tonight we are roasting marshmallows and cooking hot dogs while we plant our garden! YEAH! I'm glad Austin and I love to garden and work outside so much. It will definitely be something our family will continue to enjoy, especially if there are worms! Then EVERYONE is happy! : ) Hope this nicer weather sticks around. I don't think I can take much more of the color gray!

Talk, Talk, Talk!

Well today was fabulous! We had to give talks in sacrament meeting and I thought it went great. Austin talked on Prayer. He said it wasn't good but I learned something! : ) I gave a talk on your Calling and Election made sure. It was great!!! I was just excited to teach a little meat for once! Anyways, I thought it all went well. Tevin loves his primary teacher and she's always doing fun things in primary. He's the only little kid and there are two other boys (8 & 11). Today was a little sad because Tevin's new fish "Nemo" died. Austin said we couldn't just replace him so I guess we will have to just try again later. But what do you expect from a $0.28 fish from Walmart. Not a lot! An older couple in our branch had a bike with training wheels and they let Tevin borrow it, so now he has to ride it NON-STOP!! Austin rides his bike back and forth to the park with him and is getting a ton of exercise. Tomorrow Austin is taking us to Marquette for a fun Memorial Day!!!! He's so sweet! Hopefully we'll be able to find some fun things to do. I know I'll have fun. Austin promised to take me to the craft store! I knew I loved him! : )

Four to beam up!!

When we saw the blog the Sara-Lynn posted we thought, "WHAT A GREAT IDEA!" So, we thought we would start one too! It's so nice to go on and see what everyone's doing and since we are so far away from everyone, it will be perfect! We will work hard to update it and get pictures on it so you can see! We love you!