More Summer Craziness

What a crazy busy summer we've had so far. Last week was ridiculously busy. I feel old now. Our ward had a carnival last weekend. James had a lot of fun playing in the bouncy house. I made cake and cupcakes for the cake walk (of which James did NOT like playing along).

 On Monday my sister, Roxanna, moved. So Lorelei came and spent the day with us. James had a lot of fun getting into her toys, reading to her, and calling her cute.

"Big scary truck! It's angry! Grrrrrr. Thee End!"

 Tuesday I tagged along with my younger sisters and went clothes shopping for school. They are pretty hilarious. Seven hours of that just about put me in my grave though.

 On Wednesday I helped Roxanna clean her old place. Then we visited my family in Spanish Fork.

On Thursday all but one of my sister's and I packed a picnic and headed up to Bridal Veil Falls. We had a great lunch and it was so nice up there. Afterwards we headed to Riverwoods and spent the majority of our time in Blikenstaffs. Rosi spent the night in James' room (and James spent the night in our bed--a recent and horrible habit that seems nearly impossible to break).

On Friday Roxanna and I took Rosi to look for rings and wedding dresses. It was a lot of fun!

On Saturday I got up bright and early to pick up my bountiful basket. I am usually pleased with what I get, and this week was no different. 

On Sunday I woke with a cold. Probably from all that running around all week. I'm exhausted! 

Paul has one more day of finals and he's done with school for 2 weeks. I already have a big long list of things around the house to help me with.

Why I Love Summer

I love summer. Love it.


We eat watermelon, berries, and salads constantly.

We get to play in the sprinklers every day.

We watch fireworks every weekend (we live right by the school, and after every Orem Owlz game fireworks go off).

The food. We eat food off of the grill almost every day of the week. Have I mentioned that my husband is a grill master extraordinaire? Because he is.

We sit on the full-shade patio, read, play in the kiddie pool, draw with sidewalk chalk, play with bubbles,  then go inside to our air conditioning and Popsicles.

We can take walks at 9:00 pm and feel the heat of the day leaving the earth

I love the sunshine, the heat, and the smell of sunscreen in the morning.


I get to sport my super cute flip flops

We play outside!

I love waking up to sunshine.

We make lots of crafts to keep us occupied.

The only downside to summer is the mosquitoes. I have no love for them. They especially irritate me when they attack my gorgeous little boy and leave him looking pock-stricken.

 Which brings me to another thing I love about summer: Raid!