Graduation & More

Well I will start our blog with it has been a long time.!  Part of the problem has been that I have to drag out my laptop each time I would want to do anything and since it no longer stays charged on its own it was a real pain.  I now have a surface tablet so maybe I will do updates more often now.  Rather than doing much typing I am going to post pictures for now.

I am sure most of you are caught up on what we have been doing.  just in case here is a quick recap:  Caitlin and Brandon moved in about 3 months ago.  Both are working and enjoying life.  They will be moving into their own apartment on Friday just up the road and are very excited.
Anthony graduated the end of May.  He is working for our old neighbors painting again this summer.  He will be going to BSU in the fall and living on campus.  He is still dating Dani and if they aren't together in person then they are on Skype. 
Adrian is working at Roaring Spring's water park this summer and is busy going to the gym and football season has started.  Right now he is at a camp at BSU till Wednesday.  He is not making near the money he would like but I am sure seeing girls in bikinis all day is a good trade off!  Once it stays warm we are hoping he wont have his shift cut short anymore.

Well.....I can't figure out how to get pictures on here right now so I will keep working on it.  Stay tuned!

Did most of you get an email awhile back on how to get on the Shutterfly website to look at pictures?  For now that is where the pictures are.  I will work on it more tomorrow.

https://quastfamily.shutterfly.com/

It's Been A Long Time....

It is hard to believe that it has been over 6 months since I posted on here.  Mostly it is just laziness because my computer has to stay plugged in while I work on it and takes forever to boot up. 

One thing I do need to ask is if anyone knows how I can get all the links to everyone's blogs to update on my sidebar.  I can't figure it out.  If you do let me know or I will send you my info so you can log on and mess with it.

I know you all read Caitlin's blog so you are up to date on what they are doing.  They will be here in about an hour as she has  her interview in the morning and will be staying the weekend.  I am sure we will be doing some house hunting & just hanging out.  Saturday we are attending a Discover BSU day from 8:30-2.  I thought it might be a good idea since Brandon, Caitlin, & Anthony are all planning on attending this fall.  Each of them have already done a campus tour so Saturday might be a little redundant but maybe they will discover something new or just get excited together.  It will also be nice for Gary & I to get a feel for the campus as we haven't spent much time there.

I am sure you have all heard that Anthony has a girlfriend now.  They went to his Homecoming in October as their 2nd date and first formal. 

 

Here they are at our new shopping center that we joke is a little bit like being at the Bellagio in Vegas with the water fountains in the back.  They are having a great time.  She goes to a different high school so that makes it a little more difficult for them to spend a lot of time together but they still manage to spend 3-5 evenings together.  Her family goes down and feeds the homeless the last 3 Wednesday's of every month and he has gone with them for that.  They set up under a bridge in downtown Boise and are there for an hour or half or so.  A local restaurants cooks the food for them and then her family picks up on their way downtown.  Anthony & Dani are heading skiing tomorrow night at Bogus Basin.  She is on the ski team and he hasn't been skiing in 2 years so it ought to be interesting.  Otherwise they spend most of their time at one of the two houses watching movies or just hanging out.  They have gone on some group dates a few times too.

 
This is just a fun picture of "cleaning the sink" at Angie's in Logan.  We all went down when Utah State played BSU.  Anthony got so sick during the game that we dropped him off at their apartment and then we went to get ice cream.  I think we have finally figure out that he is lactose intolerant.  He goes in spurts in having much dairy but takes these digestive pills each time and says they make a world of difference.

 

The boys being goofy at Kohl's in Logan that same weekend.

Here is mom's Pickle Birthday cake that Matt ordered for mom while they were here over her birthday.

 

This is the jeep that Gary bought for $450 as a project to flip & sell that Adrian fell in love with and has now become his car.  They have put a lot of work into it and are not done yet.  It has a stereo that will jump start your heart.  They added a lift kit, new tires, and Adrian got the fender flares from Santa for Christmas.

 

Below is how the jeep looks now.  They spent last weekend removing the wood paneling stickers and some molding.  There is now bondo in the holes and the next step is painting.   The plan is to construct a paint booth in our garage (yes you read that correctly!) and they will paint it a flat black with some parts a gloss black.  They have  a picture they are using as a guide as to how they want it to look so stay tuned!  We may have  a black garage when it is all said and done.

 

 

Hopefully everyone is doing well & staying warm.  We are more than ready for winter to be over.