Fuller Tales

Friday, July 31, 2026

One More Year

Ben turned 49! He's got one more year until he is officially unc.

we started out the day at the flow rider

Hit Jack in the Box before we went
to see the new Spider Man movie.

gifts and a "cake" in the evening

it was a great day!

Fuller Family Reunion

Ben took some of the kids up to the Tetons for a Fuller Family Reunion. I stayed home to get the house clean and work.

swiggers

This year pioneer day was super low key for us. Ben and I worked all day, but we did get a chance to blow a bunch of stuff up at the end of the day. Q pretty much ran the show this year. Some of our neighbors came out to enjoy the show.

World Cup was a good fountain

The sky put on an amazing show too.

good old poop snakes

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Zero Gravity

Qyntn and I had the opportunity to fly with Alyssa for the first time. I'm not gonna lie, I was a bit nervous and worried about motion sickness. My friend gave me some ginger to suck on and a peppermint patch and I think they helped. The only parts that really made me nauseous were the banking turns. Our favorite part was going zero gravity, it's the coolest sensation! And Alyssa let Q fly the plane, which was amazing and scary.

Alyssa's so cool! She's a pilot and drives a motorcycle.

Monday, July 13, 2026

Another Curve Ball

After months of thinking about where we wanted to move, we narrowed it down to 2 places, Ceour d' Alene, Idaho and St. George, UT. We eventually picked Ceour d'Alene, ID.

While Q was at FSY, Ben and I hopped on an airplane to fly up and pick a home. Once we arrived, we went directly to the church, hoping to get some good info about the youth programs, seminary, schools, and places to live. We visited 2 different church buildings. At the second one, the 1st counselor in the Stake Presidency brought up something that we had not considered. If Q was going to do club ball, he would probably have practices and games on Sunday. That hit me like a ton of bricks. I didn't realize how blessed we have been to live in a state where practices are never on Sunday, and Sunday games are rare.

I didn't sleep well that night and felt uneasy. The next day we went out to look for a home. Ben wanted to find a place on the east side of the city, where it's more pretty and there are more trees. But, the sports clubs that Q would play for were 30+ minutes west in Spokane Valley. We looked at some places between the two, but Ben didn't like that those homes were on the prairie with almost no trees. If we lived where Ben wanted to be, it felt that we would be making our lives more difficult.

The process for visiting properties was also not going as smoothly as we had anticipated. Almost every property management company we contacted said we had to fill out an application and pay the application fee before they would let us tour the property. It seemed very backward. We wanted to "test drive the car," before we filled out an application. Nothing seemed to be clicking, and I felt strongly that it was not the best place for Qyntn's high school years. The next day, we caught a flight home a day early.

Two days later, we drove down to St. George. We viewed a handful of properties, and within 4 hours, we found one that felt right. Everything fell into place easily and we didn't have to jump through any hoops. Instead of feeling uneasy, I feel peace.

We will have access to a lagoon
in the neighborhood where we want to live.

Q's First FSY

Q went with his friend Caden to FSY at BYU. They are both 13, so they were some of the young ones. The first day he said it was horrid. The second day he asked me to check him out and that the food was buns and he was starving. We made him stay. By the end of the week he still said it was awful, but he said there were lots of cute girls in his group, he made a lot of friends, and HE BORE HIS TESTIMONY (for the first time ever without my help.) I'm proud of him for sticking it out, and sharing his testimony. He's a really good kid.