Annie’s teacher is Ms.Giovanetti. She seems like a great teacher. Very passionate about her job. 
August 2nd was also a big day for Dan - he finally started his job! And although we have had so much fun the past 4 months vacationing, relaxing, moving, spending time with family, etc. . . it’s so nice to finally be making an income for the first time in our 7 year marriage. Exciting times! We feel like we are growing up:)
Yep, here we are. In the biggest little city in the world. We officially moved in on June 25th, so we’ve been here about 6 weeks now. And like any new place, it takes some adjusting, but we are liking it so far. It’s fun discovering all the cool things a new city has to offer, and we certainly got to experience Reno with Hot August Nights. Every year during the first week of August thousands of classic cars cruise the streets of Reno. We went out a few different nights to check out the action, once to downtown Reno and once to downtown Sparks. We were worried our girls would be bored, but they actually loved the parade like atmosphere. The drivers of the cars would throw out candy and beaded necklaces and high five the spectators. David, you would love this (the cars, not the beaded necklaces).
We are so excited to be living less than an hour from this gorgeous place! We spent an afternoon at Sand Harbor and fell in love with the lake. The water is so clear, the sand is soft and clean, and the scenery can not be beat. We’ll definitely be spending lots of time here in the future!
Although next time we will come a little more prepared. We didn’t bring any sand toys to play with, so our poor girls had to make do with an empty Pringles can. We also need a giant beach umbrella. My arm was starting to hurt after awhile holding one up. Oh, and some inflatable toys and rafts would be fun. Just giving people some Christmas ideas . . .
What are we going to miss most about Ohio? Our wonderful friends. For 3 years we were surrounded by some of the most high caliber people we’ll ever know, and we were truly inspired by each and every one of them. Here are some pictures from our good-bye BBQ the Burnetts threw for us. Ahhh! I get teary eyed just looking at these. We love you people!
Clockwise from top left: me with Leah Young, Sanae Gazdik, Joni Wright, and Amy Elmore
Noelle Bastian, me, and Joni Wright
Brandon Hicks, Spencer Elmore, Dan, and Brandon Teeples
Trever Burnett, Rocky Wright, Phil Bastian, Burke Manning, and Landon Hagberg
I feel bad we hardly took any pictures of the kids! They just wouldn’t hold still long enough . . . .
We also celebrated Joni and Debbie’s birthdays!
Love just sitting around and chatting with all the girls.
Us with Brandon, Sara, and Brooklyn Hicks
Me and James with Heather and Alysa Teeples. Alysa was born just a few weeks after James.
Us with Burke, Julia, and McKay Manning
Tyler and Stacy Ann Burnett, me, Angie Christensen, and Lacey Stewart
Me and Ang, my Relief Society crying buddy:)
Me and the chica who always throws great parties. Kristie told everyone she was taking applications for a new BFF. She better not be! haha . . . thanks for the great send off. Love you girl! 
We made one last trip to the Columbus Zoo before we moved to see the new Polar Frontier exhibit. And wow, it is pretty cool. I’m so glad it opened this spring, just in time for us to see it before we left. This is a $20 million exhibit, and just another reason why this zoo is the best in the country. The polar bears were really putting on quite the show for us as we watched them from the underwater observatory. They would jump into the water and and swim around much to the delight of the camera happy crowd. I could have stayed and watched them for hours. The girls were the ones that were finally like, “come ooooonnnnn! Let’s go!” Oh, how I will miss this zoo!! 
