A busy summer.....

I'm not sure where June went and I'm still trying to figure out how July got here so fast.  This summer just seems to be flying by.  We have kept a lot busier this summer than any other summers that I remember.  June started off with Jake and Alexis taking a trip to Yellowstone with the youth from our stake - all 150+ of them.  They had a great time. 

They were then home for a week before heading out to church girl's camp and football camp.  You would think that we would get a break - oh no- it was time to get Jake ready for the National Scout Jamboree for two weeks.  He will have lots to share when he gets back so stick around.

Alexis headed off to Cheerleading camp this last week for four days and will be gone again next week to EFY.  Hoping by the end of the month we can get back to some type of normal routine.  Oh wait, we just might. School starts the 19th of August.

Alexis was also in the 4th of July parade with the cheerleaders - They got to take the easy way out and ride:

The Little Boys of summer

This year is Kaden's first year of playing T-ball.  He has been so excited about playing.  We went to watch one of his games recently and oh my, what fun it was.

These little boys all want to get the ball and be in the same place at the same time.

Do you think they are contemplating their next move?

 

 

Up to bat- nice thing about t-ball, everyone gets a turn and there are no outs.

 

Everyone gets a turn to cross home plate.

 

Way to go Kaden!!

Our Summer "done" list

We are slowly marking things off our summer "to do" list and turning it into a summer "done" list.

1.  Girls camp - done
2.  Scout camp - done
3.  Basketball camp - done
4.  Visit from cousing Candace - done

Now we are working on the things for this month:

1.  A visit to Grandpa's house.
2.  Teach Lindsey how to thrift store shop.
3.  Ride the horse.
4.  Attend Aaron's wedding

July doesn't look any calmer than June -  But that's OK - We like being busy.

Our crazy, busy summer

No I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. Time has just flown way too fast. Here are some highlights of our summer so far:

1. Sierra attended girls camp - her first year as a YCL.

2. We traveled to Utah for our annual summer visit. Spent a week with my dad, went to the pool with some cousins and of course visited Great Grandma who turned 92 in March (and still looks wonderful)

3. My nephew Paul drove back from Utah with us and spent a couple days hanging out with Jake and Alexis. He took them to the movie, the mall, the aquarium, the botanical gardens and swimming

3. Sierra attended EFY at University of Utah for a week and had a blast.

4. Next week we get to go register for school. Our school starts in 3 weeks.

5. Found a great decor item while in Utah that I brought back with me. It's one of those repurposing items - so watch to see what it is and what I do with it :-)

6. Sent a friend off to Afghanistan for a year to serve our country.

Let me know what you've been busy with this summer.

It's officially HOT here !!!

So yesterday I was out running errands and doing my normal saturday afternoon things. I knew it was hot but I didn't think it was this hot:



This was when Jake and I were heading home from the grocery store - Yes the time is right- it was almost 6 o'clock in the evening. Normally we don't see days like this, we may get to 100 degrees maybe once or twice during the summer. I think we may be in for a hot one.

Where's the lemonade? I guess you could say summer has officially arrived here.