Goodbye Summer

Every year summer seems to get shorter and shorter! 

This year South Weber Days was on the 10th. Me and Jaime did our booth again this year. We ended up making a little less this year than we did last year. But we had fun, so there is that. The only picture I got of the whole day was after we had cleaned up we went over into a neighborhood to watch the fireworks.

Vivian went to the Orthodontist and got an expander put in to fix her crossbite. It is a good thing, but I will miss her cute little crossbite, just like I missed Wesley's underbite.

The kids went back to school on the 15th. Which seems really early! Wesley was the first one to leave this year. He is off to 9th grade.

Bensen and Viv were off next. Bensen is in 5th and Vivian is in 3rd.

Going back to school can be hard, but having a handful of cousins around makes things better!

Bensen's teacher this year is Mrs. Ailor. Jaycee had her for 5th grade too.

Vivian has Mrs. Broadhead. Jaycee and Bensen both had her also, Vivian is pretty excited!

Jaycee got to leave last this year. That has never happened. She is in 12th grade and is super excited to be graduating this year!

It is hard for me to believe I have a Senior! She has worked so hard thus far, she gets good grades, she is taking all CE classes this year. She is also attending the Davis Technical Collage doing the business program. This girl is going places!

When everyone got home from school we all decided to veg out.

Goodbye summer! Hello Fall!

On the 16th, Me, Mike and Amber decided to go ride Green Pond Trail

It was a good ride. 

I am not going to lie, I like having my kids in school. I like the structure it brings. I don't love doing homework, but really Mike is the one that does most of that.☺

Lake Day

Happy Birthday Jaime! For her birthday she took us to the lake! We all had so much fun, even the dogs! Actually, Penny didn't love getting in the water, but she loves being with us.

Jaime has a zup board and the kids have loved trying to figure it out.

Jaime and I got in on the fun and got in the lake. That doesn't happen very often...we still got it!

When Mike got off work, he can and picked me up from the lake and we went and rode Spork.

We saw this weird snake.

I really like Spork on clockwise days, counter clockwise is not my favorite, which is what we did this day. It was still fun getting to hangout with Mike though.

When we got home we went and helped but the boat away, and then Me, Jaycee, Vivian, Jaime, Abbie and Ellie went swimming at the Decaria's for a Relief Society get together. It was a busy day. I think we will all sleep good tonight!

 

Happy 24th of July!

Happy Pioneer Day! Wesley says it is also national Cousins Day, so there is that. It was only fitting that we spent the day with cousins swimming in Joys pool! Our neighborhood goes crazy on Pioneer day, with a BBQ and fireworks! They spend thousands of dollars and put on a pretty crazy show!

 

Sardine

It has been so hot! During peak heat, we stay in and play Mario. I love watching my kids enjoy something that I loved growing up. In moderation of coarse.  

Before it got too hot we went to ride Green Pond Trail. Unfortunately the trail was closed, so Mike decided we should do Sardine. He has never been before and has been wanting to mark it off his list. I have done it, and was not excited about doing it again.

We made it! Wesley is not sure the uphill was worth the downhill!

I am always tell Emily how much Bea reminds me of Jaycee, so I had to do a side by side.

Friends and Goodwater Rim Trail

It was so fun seeing my high school friends! I haven't seen them in years. We met up at Pineview, the kids played in the water while we chatted.  It was nice to catch up and see their kids. Brynley is so good about planning things. I wish I was better at that, I would love to see these people more often!

Amber planned this trip, to go ride bikes at Good Water Rim Trail in Castle Dale with us and her friends. Her friends ended up not being able to go, so she was stuck with us. At first she wasn't super happy about it, but I think she still had fun.

Me and Mike left before everyone else so we go there and had some time, so we found a nice little restuarant then we went and played some frisbee golf.

Jaime and Matt had some car trouble on the way down, Amber was close and was able to follow them, and everyone made it to the house.

We stayed up and for a while and played some card games, then went be bed, we knew we wanted to get an early start, because we knew it was going to get hot! 

We had to go park one of the cars on the other side, so while Mike and Tyson did that we took some pictures.

We were off to a good start, and then Tyson got a flat tire, which we could not repair because we didn't have C02 cartridges. Lucky for him we hadn't made it too far, because he had to walk his bike back to the car. The rest of us carried on.

Amber was way ahead of us. We met up with Tyson at about the halfway point. I let him take my bike, so he could get some riding in. Mike and Tyson continued on while I waiting at the car for Jaime and Matt. Matt didn't have the best bike, the brakes were rubbing and he was having to work really hard. When they got to the halfway Jaime wanted to keep going, so I took Matts bike and me and Jaime started going. We went about 4 more miles, after talking to Mike they were just finishing up, so we turned around and went back the way we came.

After our ride we went and saw some petroglyphs. 

After our ride Mike, Amber and Tyson went and played some golf, so Me, Jaime and Matt went back to the frisbee golf park.

Overall we had a great trip and a fun ride.