Pennsylvania & New York City

This summer, Kiana was able to go with Gma Ruth & Gpa Mike to visit Ron & Rachel's family.  They live in Pennslyvania.  Since they were so close to many historical sites, they were able to fill their days with many activities.

Statue of Liberty

Empire State Buliding

Broadway Show (Aladdin)

Times Square

Twin Towers Memorial

Great Food

Atlantic Ocean

Subway Ride

"Cousin Time"

They even met a sister missionary from Yuba City!

Scout Camp

Scout Camp Rocks!

Seth was able to go to scout camp again this year as a senior staff 

and take care of the water front duties (aka life guard)

It looks like the week was successful!

Priesthood

Today was a wonderful Sunday--Seth received the Melchizedek priesthood.  

Grandma Leila & Grandpa Rick were able to be with us. 

Seth also had some good friends join him today.  All of these good looking guys have mission calls and will be leaving in the next two months. 

(Seth Chatfield--Arizona, Dallin Knudson--Brazil, Nick Sorensen--Washington, Sage Wallace--Texas)

College Life

Since Andrea spends a lot of time in Idaho (BYUI), we don't have a lot of pictures of what she is doing.  Sometimes she shares on facebook and I snag the pictures to keep us updated on what she is up to--wedding dress shopping, FOOD, and drives with the roomies--it looks like college life suits her just fine!

Celebrations

This month we celebrated Aaron's & Seth's birthday.  We also had family down to celebrate Seth's high school graduation and his mission call.  Family is the best--so is great food!

 This month we went "mission" shopping for all the things Seth will need for his mission. We also took him and his friend Holland out for a birthday celebration.  Since Andrea was away at college, she had a pizza delivered for Seth's birthday.  She even requested the delivery man sing happy birthday to Seth--he actually did a great job!  

High School Graduation

River Valley High School Graduation--CONGRATULATIONS SETH!

Family, balloons, and fireworks helped us celebrate.

After graduation, Seth attended the all night party for the seniors.  

He played ALL night and came home with a car full of winnings.

Flat screen TV

Hair Cutting kit

Blender

Gift basket of Training Zone supplies

8th Grade Graduation

Kiana graduated 8th grade!

Grandparents, parents, friends, YW leaders, and a big brother were there to congratulate her.

To celebrate, we went to Brocks Ice Cream Parlor--Kiana's choice of flavor--pink bubble gum!

What a beautiful and happy young lady.

Seminary Graduation

Another Seminary Graduate!

Awesome work Seth!

House Guests

We had house guests for Labor Day weekend.  My sister Leanne and her two girls came up from Visalia and my sister Kathryn and her daughter came out from Georgia to spend the weekend with us.  We had so much fun being together, especially the cousins.

One of our activities was going to a game center to celebrate Hazel's 5th birthday.

On Sunday, we had more family down from Paradise.  

It was a weekend filled with lots of fun family time!

Yard Work

After moving into the new house, we had several projects outside that we wanted to do.  Here's a quick picture recap of a few.

 After pulling out three large trees on the side of the house, we still needed to pull out the stumps.  It was a much larger project than we anticipated. Aaron and Seth dug, chopped, cut, sawed and tried to pull them out by hooking them up to the back of the truck.  We were able to pull out two, but finally had to just bury the last one. I'm so glad I have two strong guys to help with the many projects I have planned for this new house. 

Senior 2015

Mission Call

Elder Chatfield, you are hereby called  to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  You are assigned to labor in the Arizona Mesa Mission.  It is anticipated that you will serve for approximately 24 months.

You should report to the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, July 29th. You will prepare to teach the gospel in the English language.  Your assignment may be modified according to the needs of the mission president.

 It finally arrived!  After waiting over 3 weeks, claiming the mailbox keys, and watching out the window daily for the mail truck--it came!  Seth invited a lot of close friends over to share the news.  We even Skyped in Andrea so she could be a part of the excitement.  It was a wonderful evening and we are so excited and happy for our future missionary.

Prom

 PROM--Two times the FUN!

April

Seth kept busy in April by getting asked to prom, going to church dances, playing on the In-N-Out basketball team and getting his wisdom teeth taken out.

We also found some time to visit with family and enjoy Easter Sunday together and all the goodies that ended up in our baskets.

We also had the opportunity to take Andrea back to BYU Idaho for the spring semester.  We made sure she was tucked safely back into her apartment with a cupboard filled with food.

Before we left Idaho, we found some time to have a little fun--a game of pool, arcade games, and visiting the sand dunes!  Kiana stayed home this trip so she wouldn't fall behind in school, but she was able to stay with her good friend Camryn which made it extra fun for her.

March

The month of March was very busy. We ended basketball season, celebrated St. Patrick's Day and packed up the rental house, painted and carpeted the new house and MOVED!

We received a call from our land lord the end of January telling us that he wanted to move back into his home.  We started searching for places to rent or buy in the area and found a beautiful home to buy in a nice location, however it did need a little bit of work before we could move in--new carpet and paint. We hired some people to help us, but we also pitched in and did some of the painting ourselves. It felt good to actually own a home again and know that we could make changes and to have a place to call our own.

Moving day arrived and with A LOT of help from our friends we packed up our belongings and headed west about 1/2 of a mile to our new home.  5 bedrooms, 3 baths, and a 3 car garage was plenty of room for all of our stuff that we have accumulated over the years!