Jesse Barrus Family

We are getting all settled here in Blackfoot, and Jesse is enjoying his job with the Idaho Transportation Department. We are renting a house on the North West outskirts of Blackfoot. But are excited to be building a new house a mile and a half away. We bought an 1 1/2 acre lot in January, and in July sold our house. We then got busy finalizing plans and getting everything ready to start building. The end of August we broke ground. Jesse did all the concrete, with help from Ben, Jared, Tia, his dad, mom, and me. I learned a lot about doing concrete. Uncle Ron, are you hiring? Ha ha jk!!! You couldn't afford me! Because you would have to pay me A LOT to do that every day. We also did all the framing, except for the trusses. They went on this week. Here is what it looks like so far.




Jesse has been busy working on the house every spare second he has. He enjoys it so much, I asked him the other day if he was going to go into major depression when it was done. He said I just might. I reminded him that there was still going to be plenty to do for quite a while, getting all the landscaping done and deciding what we are going to do with the acre behind the house. He found time to take Cordell to a Boise State football game and they had a great time! He is serving as ward membership clerk, and enjoys it.

I went from busy to crazy busy when school started. Between getting the kids ready for and to school and all their other activities, getting homework done, volunteering in classrooms, doing my callings, and everything else a mom does, I also help coach the swim team a couple times a week and teach some private swim lessons. When I have spare time with all of that, I'm over at the house helping Jess and running errands for him. It's a crazy life, but I love it. I did three triathlons this summer and am becoming addicted to them. Can't wait to do more next summer! I love to swim and bike and am slowly learning to like running the more I do it!



Cordell (9), Jennifer (7 1/2), Landon (almost 6), and Camille (almost 3)


Cordell is busy with school, scouts, swim team 5 days a week, basketball practice and games, and helping on the house. He does really well in school, and got on the honor roll. He is in 3rd grade. He earned his wolf in scouts and is now working on his bear. He, along with Jennifer and Landon, did a kids' triathlon this summer, and he wants to do more next summer.



Jennifer is also doing swim team. She loves it, and is getting really good. She also wants to do more triathlons next summer. She had fun doing the last one with her cousin megan, they finished together :)

She also does good in school and brought home all A's on her report card. She is getting excited to get baptized in April.



Landon is still Landon. He drives us crazy and makes us laugh, sometimes in the same minute. He started Kindergaten this year and loves it, once I get him woke up and ready (that is a chore!). His teacher says she has to stay on top of him and that he likes to test the limits a little bit, but that he does good and is really smart. He also does swim team and is improving a lot all the time. He also did the triathlon.


Camille loves the few hours a day when everyone else is at school and she gets mom all to herself, but she gets excited when landon is home to play with. She is busy trying to keep up with her older siblings. She is a little fish and taught herself how to swim while I was busy teaching other kids. She is getting really excited to go to Sunbeams in a few weeks.


If you want to keep up with our family blog, you can find us here www.jessandbrit.blogspot.com :) I try to update it a few times a year.