A couple of months ago I got a call from my sister Hannah inviting us to come see her compete in Junior Miss. I also had the opportunity to compete in Junior Miss quite a few years ago now, and so of course wanted to be there to support her. She did amazing! She won one of the Talent Scholarships playing an excerpt from Warsaw Concerto. Me and the rest of the Hannah supporters thought she should have won, but of course we are a little biased. We are so proud of you, Hannah!
While we were in Idaho, Matthew and Tom took advantage of Grandpa Pieper’s four-wheeler. Matthew says he is going to save up to buy one because they are so fun. 🙂 We were also able to visit with Rachel, Casey, & baby Zaya, Beck & Michael, Peter, Mary, Coyote (Sarah), and of course Grandma and Grandpa Pieper. It was a shorter visit than we anticipated, and hopefully next time we will get to spend a little more time visiting and having fun together.
From there we went north to visit Tom’s parents and sister Jenn and her son Sam. Tom helped on a few projects while there, removing old siding, and starting to replace with new. Here he and his dad are replacing the front door. We had a lot of fun here as well. Thanks Jenn & Sam for taking us swimming. We had a great time! While Tom was busy helping his dad, the kids and I visited Grandma Blank, went to the park a couple of times, shopped, played games, and played in the yard (It was in the 70s while we were there!). We also took one day and traveled a couple of hours to visit Tom’s other grandma. It was a very nice trip.
Thanks Mom & Dad, and Mom & Dad Loveland, for letting us come and stay!