End of Summer Wrap Up!

Can't believe that the summer is OVER! Here is a little wrap up of the CRAZY end to our fun summer days.

 

We went boating with the Bybee's. Nate and I have decided that we need a boat. If we are going to live over here, 10 minutes away from a lake, we'd better make this happen sometime in the near future. Especially since our boys are really starting to enjoy it! We're really shooting for sometime next year. Boating is one of those few things that EVERYONE in the family can enjoy....babies all the way up to teenagers. Plus, everyone is stuck together in small quarters forced to spend time together. I love it.

I surprised the boys with a quick trip down to Lagoon.....just the older boys and me. We had a great time from about 10am until 8:00pm. After a fun, long hot day we had all concluded we had seen enough cleavage, 12 year olds making out, gauged ears and huge tattoos to last us an eternity. Saturday night at Lagoon brings out some of Utah's best. Yikes.
It's always good to get some good quality boy time. We really did have a fun day.

Ash came up and spent a few days with us. I decided that because she had such a crummy summer that I was really going to show her a good time. We CRAMMED it in. A trip to Bearworld, a chick flick, Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Park and Jackson Hole all in 3 days. It was great. I sure love her and appreciate her friendship all 33 years of my life.

 

Of course we had to throw an end of summer party. The party formally known as the "Boys Club" party has now morphed into a party for both boys and girls since.....girls are kind of cool now. We'll thank Anna for the suddenchange of heart. It was a smashing success. Since our backyard isn't finished we decided to add a mud pit this year! One of the boys said, "This was the best thing I did all summer." If that isn't payoff....I don't know what is!

 

 

Throw in some Elephant Cave, swim lessons, camp out in the backyard, tennis lessons, and Cress Creek and that would be how we wrapped up our summer.

 

One of the best summers we've ever had. Hands down. Love these kids of mine. So ready for them to go back to school though.....ready for some routine again!

Our Summer

Recording our fun summer happenings just hasn't happened much this summer. We've had an incredibly fun summer....we've make so many fantastic memories and we've been making up for a lackluster summer last year. Our Summer list is getting down to the last few things. We DO still have 3 weeks of summer left but I just wanted to do a quick wrap up picture post of some of the many MANY things that we've done to stay busy this summer!

I like to stay busy. This is common knowledge by now but I have been thinking a lot lately about WHY I am the way I am. I figured it was a few things.......I am trying to be a good mom, I like playing myself  (a selfish reason then maybe?), I want to make the most out of my time spent with my kids, I take after my Grandma EE, I don't have many close friends here and so this is the way that I cope with that, I would rather be out and about and wear my kids out then stay home and have them fight all day long, I want to teach my kids to get out and enjoy and appreciate the outdoors, I want my children to remember that I experienced life with them and this is how I show them that I love them. Who knows....perhaps it is all of these reasons and more. People make comments...they say I am crazy, or that I am the most spontaneous person they know. They think I am never home or that I don't like to ever stay home. I guess sometimes I wish I had a good answer. But I don't. It's just me and that's who I am and what I do. Take me or leave me......whatever, it's just how I roll.

3 weeks of summer left, we're done school shopping so we don't have to think about it until it gets here! Now to finish off our list........