There is no question it has been a "cool" summer here in Utah. I was watching the news the other day and they said by this time in the summer St. George, UT has had at least 60+ days over 100 degrees and to that day they had only reached 100 16 times. Here is Northern Utah our average temp is usually about 92 degrees and has been in the high 80's. I could get used to this.
It also has been full of thunderstorms and some warm, rainy afternoons.
Horsing around with the cheese stuff......
This is our new yard decoration, I can only get away with it for one it was 75% off at Target and that we live in Saratoga Springs.
We went to the annual Pioneer Commemoration Concert put on by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and guest artists. It was so good and it was fun to take Alivia and her cousin Kyleigh.
Alivia has been very busy lately, she has been still taking guitar this summer and not wanting to practice. She has been staying up late every night, the other night she stayed up until 2:30 and the next day we paid for that dearly. She has a baseball game coming up that her choir gets to sing the national anthem. She is very excited.
She went on a fun activity to Camp Jeremiah Johnson for an activity day afternoon, she was able to shoot with a bow and arrow, make bead necklaces, go to a little store and buy some fun little prizes.
She also has been swimming everyday in the backyard pool, which has been a source of nervousness and fun for me and the kids.
Cooper has a serious tan, he has been outside everyday playing and having a great summer, he isn't very excited for school to start and asks me almost everyday when it will be here again...He still asks the craziest questions and still judges a lot of things based on the way they smell....:)
Bauer is still the cautious one, he always wears his swim shirt so he doesn't get sun burned and if he doesn't have one on, he will ask about sunblock and make sure he is careful not to touch it until its dry?
He loves to ride his scooter and we have been trying lately to get him to ride his bike without training wheels but the cautions side of him hasn't helped him much.
Kessler is still a mamma's boy through and through to the point he won't go to Ben sometimes or will cry and night for me, especially when I am gone. He has liked swimming this year too, but gets cold fast and doesn't last long, he says the funniest things and is such a joy to have around. BTW the mosquito's have been so bad this year, Kessler got a bite on his arm and it swelled up so much and was bright red and hot. He looked like Popeye with a big forearm.
I have been doing lots of yard work, if there were not so many weeds and morning glory coming out of every nook and cranny in the yard I might have more free time, I also tinted our back windows this year, I should have done that MUCH sooner. We bought some solar/heat blocking tint and put it up, it will do for now. It has made a difference though, so I am glad we did.
I haven't worked that much for the month of July we have had some sickness traveling around these parts, and Bauer, Kessler and myself are the latest victims of this, cough, fever, stomach problems. Bauer threw up at dinner last night and got some on Cooper's arm it was the saddest and funniest thing I had seen in a long time, Cooper our boy that judges everything on the smell about when through the roof last night, when a tiny little drop of it got on him....I WISH I had a video camera, so funny!
I work the next couple nights...boo, I hope the passengers don't mind my hacking cough (I am on antibiotics, and it isn't as bad anymore:) and I also have been packing for our trip up North for the long awaited Family Reunion. This trip will no doubt be the trip I have brought the most stuff ever, even though we will be borrowing blankets, camping chairs and possibly other items for this trip. We even debated driving the whole way......I know .
Ben
Is very busy at work and has been spending lots of time in our garden, we successfully have harvested, peas, onions, potatoes, carrots and made the most delish dinner the other night...a version of tinfoil dinners in the oven with all the fresh ingredients from the garden.
He has gone swimming with the kids a few times and has been busy trying to keep the pool blue and not green.
He has also been spending LOTS of time (more than I prefer) on a game that he is trying to save a world that has been mutated by a radioactive? problem. I do remind him everyday that he is 36, and he just laughs and un-pauses his game:)
