The Nitty Gritty

Hi Family! We have had a fantastic summer so far! Right now we are riding a heat wave and it. is. HOT. We can't wait to head up to Utah this week and get a reprieve from triple digit temperatures. Yesterday it reached 117. The crazy thing is it was very pleasant during May and then on June 1st, the summer sizzle arrived. Grandma Lisa and Papa John came to visit. They left on Tuesday (May 31) so I was glad the weather didn't get too hot during their stay. We had a wonderful time together. We were sad to see them go, but can't wait to see them in a week! I'll share all the fun things we did through pictures: Will and Van love to play on Grandma Lisa's iPad. Here she is showing them her new iPad.  The boys were so excited to show Grandma and Papa Organ Stop Pizza. We spent two days in Tucson. Lisa lived in Tucson for a few years when  her dad was getting his PhD at the University of Arizona. We visited her middle school and saw the home that they live...

We are winding down to the end of our third school year here in sunny Arizona. We have one more year to go while Isaac finishes his dissertation. Then we'll be headed to wherever he gets a job offer. The boys finished their last week of swimming lessons. The next round didn't coordinate with our schedule so we'll look into doing lessons again in May. William likes his art class. Today he learned about organic and geometric shapes. We got to dog sit for our neighbor's poodle Gladys. I'm not a big dog lover but I LOVE Gladys. She is the cutest. The boys had fun taking turns holding onto her leash and giving her a treat at the end of our walk. When we dropped her off the first night and said goodbye, Van called to her, "Don't worry! Your parents will come back!" Then he said to me, "I thought she would understand better if I said 'parents' instead of 'owner'." We had some cloudy days and a rainstorm this weekend. Lana and ...

Bickmore Buzz April 3, 2016 Today was a pretty rough week. My students were on some sugar high from Easter.   This is the time of year where the students start to mentally check out and I have to stay firm and consistent. I was so relieved when Friday finally came. Isaac had a presentation on Friday for his robot project for a company called Microchip. He made a lot of contacts with people that can help him get what he needs. Lately, William loves to say, “I’m bored”, hoping that I will let him play video games. I just tell him to look at his chore chart and see what stars he can earn. Van loves to give fishy kisses. He scraped his elbow on Wednesday when he was showing off his biking skills for the sister missionaries and crashed. I couldn’t stop smiling because I was so proud that one of my boys finally scraped up their elbow! Our kids are so cautious and never get injured. We did a few fun things this weekend. Friday night, we sat in our friends' hot tub...

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