time flies....

It's amazing how time can sometimes get away from you. I haven't been doing anything too crazy or exciting but I looked and suddenly its been ten days since I updated the blog. Man. Lots of catching up to do. Since I can't come up with a cohesive way to recap, here are random tidbits.

I was able to enroll the three older kids in swimming lessons all at the same time. They loved their lessons and they loved the fact that it got us to the pool nearly everyday for two weeks. Sawyer doesn't like the water all that much. He gets in for about five minutes and then spends the rest of the time crawling around the pavement. My favorite kind of swimming is when Dave comes to join us for Family Home Evening and he swims with all the kids while I read a magazine by the side of the pool.


There has been a lot of playing with friends and cousins. We enjoyed a visit from some of our Boise friends. How lucky to have friendships that continue over time and distance. All the kids got along really well. They covered the porch in mud, played a lot of house and Three Bears imagination games. Sara and Tessa got Emma to pull her other front tooth out (and when the Tooth Fairy forgot to come AGAIN, they told her that sometime the Tooth Fairy does that). The bigger accomplishment is that they got Emma to wear her hair in a French braid one day and pigtails the next. My Emma, who will never ever let me do her hair, wore a braid all day. And looked totally cute too.

I went up to Park City last Monday to take pictures for the Linder family reunion (my sister's husband's family). It was a great opportunity for me to work with a crowd in a not so ideal location. I learned a lot and it was fun. I took more on Friday by the temple. Again not an ideal location but it worked. I think they were happy for the most part and I am grateful for the experience. To see some of the pictures go here.

I got to sing with my sisters in my ward yesterday. We missed you though, Merrit. I like Keri's recap. We totally didn't think to take a picture. Sad.

After church we had what I called Experimental Chicken, cooked in the crockpot, which turned out okay. The boys entertained themselves with the computer and video games. Emma and Josh went rock hunting. Keri and I laid around and talked about how to rearrange her whole house. I came up with a brilliant plan. Dave snoozed. And Michael did his best to gain favorite uncle status.

Emma and I drove up to Salt Lake later that night to watch High School Musical 2 at Keri's. We were all really annoyed with the sing-along subtitles. The first half was rather ho-hum but the whole thing was redeemed in the second half. I loved the baseball number. And I admit my heart did a little pitter-patter watching Zac Efron. Except for his eyebrows.

Today I face about six loads of laundry, a kitchen floor that is crying out to be mopped, and one last day of summer frolic. Tomorrow is the beginning of our crazy fall--two kids in soccer, Irish dance, violin, Kids Company, football season (Go Cougars!), and two kids officially to homeschool. Bring it on.