BYU Here we come...

The LLOONNGG awaited day arrived for Collette. We moved her into Heritage Halls in Harris Hall. She LOVES her rooomates. Don't they look like a fun bunch! Oh yes, and of course good ole' Bridget is VERY happy to have Collette finally up there with her. Bridget and Collette have planned on going to BYU together since they were little so it was fun to see it finally happen. Collette is one VERY happy BYU COED!!! Hard for me to believe!!!

First Day of School...

WE came home from camping and school started 3 days later. Natalie started High School at Valencia, Brittney's Alma Mater and Chandler started 4th Grade. Everyone is Growing WAY too Fast!!! Natalie LOVES high school, I think because it makes her a bigger kid and also she is SOOO happy to be back with her best buddy Katelyn.




Notice the cute new backpack!
Chandler is soo excited to be a big 4th grader, his teacher is Mrs. Spampinato!

It's all about the shoes these days, we HAD to have "DC's"

Now he can hold his head up high at school!

camping at Morrow Bay...

One of our favorite things to do over the summer is camp with our friends from Castaic. In years past we always wen to the Sequoias but this year we decided to do beach camping and we LOVED it. We went to Morrow Bay and I vote we go back next year. There was a fun trolley bus that took us to town each day. Brittney and Collette went shopping but otherwise hid in the motor home all weekend playing cards and reading twilight books. They graced us with their presence one evening and entertained us at the fireside. Natalie enjoyed hanging with the teenagers. Chandler LOVED it all! He and John went canoeing. I'll have to add those pictures later. My buddy Theresa came over on her bike and asked me to come play so we went riding our bikes around the campsite, we even did a bit of off roading. I felt like a kid again. We shared a spot with the Cioffi's to be closer to the crowds. They are very entertaining and GREAT cooks. Notice the picture of Chandler feeding the squirrels. How cute is that. I vote we go back to Morrow Bay next year!!!

Twilight Fans...

Apparently this car is like Bella's from twilight. Also Notice their shirts worn for the day they were going to get the new book Breaking Dawn

A big part of our vacation was BREAKING DAWN! Natalie has been counting down for this for months and Brittney and Collette joined in on the frenzy!! So they got the books the day of John's folks big dinner, we were even a tad late but we sure had some happy girls. Then we had to pry them away from their books to enjoy their family at the Joost family reunion.

Cousins...

The fun began when we visited our cousins in Riverton Utah. We were able to visit Both Ryan's kids and Teresa's as they are residing under ONE roof for a bit now while Ryan and Amy try to sell their house in Iowa. It was such a TREAT to see them all! So we had dinner and forged on to get to Montana!







How is this for a blow by blow of the L O N G car ride. This was Collette and Brittney's turn to sit in the back seat and boy did they get Chandler back for all his BUGGINESS!!!

We finally arrived and John's mom and dad put us up in a bed and breakfast. We were staying there with John's brother Jeff and his family, his sister's Jacque and Julie and their families. We all had a GREAT time but as you can see the kids sure enjoyed each other.

There is nothing more fun than cousins! They are relatives that you can enjoy and then they go home!!! Take a look at some of the fun...

Here are almost all the Joost girl cousins. We're just missing little Jessica.

and more COUSIN FUN...




more to come...

Yellow Stone Park with the WHOLE Joost Clan...

We had a great time in Yellowstone with all the John R. Joost family. We stayed in a huge cabin in Island Park Idaho, about 20 miles from the entrance of yellowstone. We spent two days visiting in Yellowstone park, where we saw old faithful and these beautiful waterfalls, some buffalo and huge elk. Chandler espically loved the stinky hot pots we saw. We also went to see a play one evening called "See How they Run" at a quaint little theatre in West Yellowstone. We had great fun with the cousins. We had a fun "get to know you family home evening" and a talent show where all the cute Joost grandkids performed their amazing talents. We had such a great time and had lots of fun getting reaquainted with everyone.

Montana here we come!!!

OK so we got here before I could post these cute memories of the farm...



I LOVE this picture of Collette!

These are some pictures we found looking for pictures for
the 50th anniversary slide show, Aren't they adorable! I
Know we have one of Natalie somewhere, we'll have to post it later.

I wonder how many questions Chandler was asking Grandpa!

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