Summer Since We Last Spoke

I did a lil summer update back at the beginning of June when summer was just starting. 

Here are some things we’ve done since then:

We went on a trip to Saint George

We saw Back the the Future the Musical

We went fishing

I went kayaking with Shannon while she was visiting from Idaho

We celebrated Father's Day

Scotty went to North Carolina and Chicago for ten days for work

Daisy and Zoe went to girls camp

Daisy and I went to the Derek Hough concert (it was fantastic)!

The girls went camping with my mom for a weekend

We hit Nicky's one year mark!

Nicky had a visit from his theatre teacher on that very day!

I let my girls repaint the playhouse (I let them do it every year, and they can paint it however they want).

We went to the Ogden Dinosaur Park (we weren't a very nice family because we made fun of all the dinosaurs)

We had a Rite of Committal on the one year anniversary of my sister-in-law, Amber's passing to lay her ashes to rest

Everyone was invited to leave a small trinket to 

remember her by, so I left some pieces of our pinata

Eva went to the zoo and to Thanksgiving Point with her grandparents and some cousins

We celebrated Scotty's birthday at Lagoon

Scotty loves to squish into the rides, so here we are with three of us

barely able to sit together on TerrorRide

We also went to Desert Star on Scotty’s birthday (it was a busy day)

On the 4th of July we went to our ward breakfast and the neighborhood parade. Then we went to a park with cousins and had a picnic, looked for golf balls, hung out in hammocks, and played on the slackline

Me showcasing Christie's 4th of July fit

The girls carried one of our chickens in the parade

(I was so glad no dogs came after her)

Hanging out in the hammock - Eva is in her ugly face phase

where she won't take any photos without an ugly face

Scotty, Daisy, and Zoe went to youth conference 

Scotty, Mark, and Kyle bought matching suits, and we had a heyday taking photos of them at the youth conference fireside

Zoe went to Oakcrest (a church camp for 13-ish year olds)

I did 2.5 puzzles (I tried to do a 2,000 piecer by myself and didn't make it. I had to clear it off the table for Game Night)

Zoe wanted to learn how to make honey candy, so we enlisted Grandma to make it happen so I didn’t have to teach her (I still ended up getting roped into helping - it’s the Grandma’s way)

When I look at this list it seems like we’ve been pretty busy and partying pretty hard. It’s amazing how much time we’ve still spent sitting around doing nothing and brain rotting in front of the TV. But, as this post indicates, we’ve had fun in between.

We have 23 days until school starts!

Welcome Summer

Things we’ve done since school got out: 

Had a root beer float party

Had a weenie roast

Went to church

Went to a birthday party

Did sidewalk chalk (multiple times)

Rode bikes (multiple times)

Went to the park (multiple times)

Went to a movie

Played board games (multiple times)

Went to Hobby Lobby

Did crafts (with supplies from Hobby Lobby)

Played in sprinklers

Watched lots and lots of TV

Ate pizza

Went to Grandmas’ houses (multiple times)

Played on an inflatable slide

Played hands up stands up

Went to work

Talked to Nicky on the phone

Started tumbling classes

Did chores (multiple times)

Went to the garden center

Went grocery shopping

Went thrift shopping (Daisy found a prom dress)

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I feel like I’ve lived 1,000 lives since Friday.

Only 70 days left.

Things We've Done This Summer

Baptisms for the dead

Sidewalk chalk

DI shopping

Did not buy

In the Heights

Lagoon

We got season passports for Christmas

Out to lunch 

Way more times than I’ll ever tell you

Parks

Hanging out

Library

Three weeks of theatre camp

Girls camp

Lake days

Pick cherries

Mud run

Bike rides

Fireworks

Trips to Dollar Tree (the worst)

Bake

Camping in the backyard

Note that we took the TV with us

Temple open house

Movies

The Little Mermaid

Mission Impossible

Sound of Freedom

Elemental

Barbie

Go out for ice cream

Menchies

Cold Stone

Bowling

First time bowling with no tantrums

Paint fingernails 

Watch Lost

Work in the garden

Paint

Trampoline park

Pet store

Bath tub crayons 

"My ducky died cuz of mom"

(I don't know what this means, but I found it written on the tub one morning)

Baths in the backyard

Play with chickens

Sprinklers under the trampoline (trampoline is now dead)

Chores

Art projects

Board games

Saint George

Mount Pleasant

Slurpee runs

Make popsicles

Hit golf balls

Play in the rain

Summer break isn't over just yet, but I'm going to take a little blogging (and social media) break to reset before my kids go back to school. Sadly, I have to announce it somewhere public (like here), or I won't follow through. So farewell for just a little bit!