Ben and his swim shirt, he was very opposed to wearing something like "that", until he got burned again!!
the little fish of the family, he loves to swim, and is so brave (with he life jacket on).
Ben and his Bass, he didn't get skunked.....what????
Kessler hated the fish and was FREAKED out by them so I had to get the crying play by play.
Here are some more photos from our trip in HOT July.
Also an update of what has been going on. I have been thinking, eating, sleeping, dreaming, pondering, emailing, meetings, shopping, making, crafting GIRLS CAMP.
Just about 13 days until the fun filled week, never done it as a Camp Director though should be a fun side of things.
Our days up there have lots of fun things, I would love to have a Whidden Family reunion up there. It is amazing. President Hinckley said it is like an outdoor Temple.
I have painted once again I actually was trying to finish what I started a month? ago....I painted the hallway which needed it in a really bad way and I re-painted the computer room it was a dark chocolate brown, I decided it was not working and painted it the same cream/yellow color and I love it very light and pretty.
I barely worked my required hours in July, I had to use a 1/2 hour or so of user time to make my hours and now I have the next 3 weeks off I don't work the first 15 days of August not on purpose but how it scheduled me. I am totally fine with it because of the craziness going on.
Ben is working mad hours, 10-12-14 hour days and seems to not have acquired mass amount of more grey hair but complains about his back and feet hurting. He has lots of changes at his store people moving out of state and to other stores, making him a little stressed about his schedule and who will fill the positions. The commute rocks though, I mean seriously and once that little expressway opens up from Redwood rd to right in front of his store I am thinking 6-7 minutes people, that is like living in Vanderhoof people. Minus the Mennonites, the cold temperatures, oh and almost all of the population.
Alivia is in a little volleyball camp held by the High School out here she is the 2nd to the youngest there is a 1st grader there, she managed to hit it over the net once today. But it learning lots of technique. I will post some pics soon.
She is starting dance again when school starts and will also be taking a beginning guitar class. I am so excited for her.
Cooper is my little space cadet and I have let it annoy me for too long so now I am going to embrace it and try some different ideas with that kid. It is not that he doesn't want to do what you ask him, he is just always thinking about bigger and broader things, but I need him to visit earth once in a while. Cooper will play fall soccer this year, we will see if he can follow the ball and not get distracted by the clouds or something.
The other day when Ben and I were sitting watching TV he came up to us and said "look at this, it is ADORABLE!" umm.....what boy says that....oh Cooper does.
Bauer is sad his mohawk is gone, he said his head is cold now. Yeah I doubt that with the 90 plus temps outside. He starts preschool this year, he will be in a Mon-Wed-Friday deal none of my kids have done one like that so we will see how it goes.
Kessler is talking, talking, talking. He said today "oh my heck" and says thank you for anything you do...and if he does something for you and you don't say thank you he still says you're welcome. His latest favorite thing is to ride the scooter, he scoots up and down the street and tries really hard to keep up with the big kids.
I am also thinking he might have outgrown his naps......NOOooooo (said in a voice that starts loud and then gets soft). That is my sanity for reals people, for reals.
