May 21 - 23 we drove to Phoenix to visit Mike and Misty. I hate that our visits are so short! There are so many people that I would love to see but we really just don't have the time!
May 28 - 30 we went to Utah to pick up the boys and visit out family in Gunnison. While we were there, we made a trip to the Fayette Spring. The kids had lots of fun catching guppies, and swimming. The boys even caught a couple of leeches. YUCK!
The girls were officially done with school on June 2nd. And the were more than ready! Especially since their brother's were here and they had been out of school for a couple of weeks! Their last report cards were excellent! Ady had straight A's and Alysa had all A's and one B.
The following weekend, June 4-6, we went camping with our friends Jim and Kim, and their kids Justin, Kayla, and Jordan. The A/C in our house went out, the day before we left, and they had issued an extreme heat warning for the weekend. We were really happy to be on the mountain and not in the 116 degree weather with no A/C!!!
Oh June 23 - 27 the girls and I made the journey to Gunnison, again. We brought my friend Kim's daughter, Kayla along with us. Kayla had never been to Utah - let alone a really small town, before. So we showed her around. We went on the Sanpitch River walk to see the Sanpitch Dragon (a huge mural under the overpass), swimming at the Gunnison pool, picnicking in the park, fishing for Crawdads, to pet the baby calves at Yardley's dairy, saw some elk in Mayfield, and participated in the Sanpete County Relay for Life at the GVHS track.
Since my mom is a cancer survivor, she was asked to speak at the Luminary Ceremony at the Relay for Life. She gave an amazing speech. She had a TON of support from both sides of the family. All of her kids were there, except Craig, who is Pittsburgh for the summer. But Craig's wife Erika was able to get off work to join us. Kirk's kids RaShelle, Mariah, and Clint and his wife Celicia were able to make it too. Reed and Josie, Steve and Tina, and Kiersten were also there. It was fun to spend the entire night with both families! We stayed until 4 AM!
In between all of the little trips, we have been able to have alot of fun at home.
In June, I met my Aunt Syd and Cousin Jill for lunch at the Cheesecake Factory in Henderson. I haven't seen either of them in YEARS! We had alot of fun catching up!!! There's nothing better than great food, and wonderful company!
We have taken a couple of trips to the drive-in movies with the kids. The picture and sound quality is always bad, and it seems like we always end up parking next to some Mexican family with about 100 little kids that run around yelling in spanish through the whole movie... but we still love the drive in. It's super cheap, and it is just fun to sit outside to watch a movie. We have seen Eclipse, Despicable Me, and Toy Story 3 so far this summer.
On the 4th of July, we had a bunch of people over to BBQ. Taylor cooked steak for us, and made the yummiest fruit salad. People are STILL going on about how good his food was! After eating, we sat out in front and watched all the firework shows across the valley, and let the boys light a few that we had bought.
We took the boys in for eye exams, and EVERY one of them needed glasses. That means, that all eight of us now wear glasses. CRAZY!!!
That has been our summer, so far, in a nutshell!
2 comments:
Taylor told me he made my fruit salad for you guys and you didnt get any. You need to have him do it again and make sure you get some. I am so glad he was able to show you what a good cook he has become. I am still working with mike on his cooking. It sounds like you guys have had a busy summer. The boys had a lot of fun staying with you this summer.
Taylor told me he made my fruit salad for you guys and you didnt get any. You need to have him do it again and make sure you get some. I am so glad he was able to show you what a good cook he has become. I am still working with mike on his cooking. It sounds like you guys have had a busy summer. The boys had a lot of fun staying with you this summer.
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