We had a packed 3 weeks of August before school started with our farewell to summer activities. 

Children’s Museum


This was actually our only visit all summer, I try to avoid Thanksgiving Point during the summer.  

Lemonade Stand


These 2 had been begging all summer to do their lemonade stand/toy sale.  The stars finally aligned and I had the energy to assist.  I think they used about 10 packages of koolaid and made a nice chunk of change that was immediately spent at Toys R Us.  

Then the left over lemonade was passed to the neighbors over the fence.  The kids exhibited some pretty good teamwork. 

**Swimming at Gavin and Carmen’s pool
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They have the best neighborhood pool.  Gets deep enough for diving, never too crowded and perfect company.  

**Hiking
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Ruby has fallen in love with Macey this summer and it makes my mama heart happy.  


Utah kills me sometimes, can’t believe this is in our backyard.  We could even see our house from the peak.  

More mom hikes.  These might be the best girls nights I’ve ever had. 


Hiked a few miles up the timp trail.

good for the soul. Especially the grouchy, stressed out, overwhelmed, mom soul. 

Eclipse Watching

It was actually cooler than I thought and so glad it happened before they went back to school, so i got to experience it with these guys. 

**Soaking up our lazy neighborhood days and nights
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Sometimes it gets so CRAZY out front.  There’s screaming, whining, fighting, lots of weapons…but then other times it’s like this. 

all ages playing legos together nicely for hours.  Love these kids. 


Last potluck and movie night to celebrate the closing of an awesome summer.


And sometimes, when I’m feeling really nice I let neighborhood kids inside and actually give them food. 

Date Nights

I love summer dates because we get to spend them outside!   

Paul found this awesome biking ghost tour and we convinced Trina and TJ to do it with us. 

The stories were kind of scary, but the scariest part was riding through the streets of provo without a light and on the very skinny tires of a road bike. Trina and I didn’t know if we were going to survive, but it was all worth it in the end.  

We celebrated our anniversary with brunch, since Paul had to work until about 10:30 that night. 

14 years?!?

  
Julianne and I took the girls to dinner and school shopping.  These drinks were the highlight of the night. 


they are getting old.  

We don’t always play:

I took my last trip to Costco with 4 kids.  We ate lunch there to celebrate.

They’ve spent a lot of chore time cleaning out our always trashed car.  

And then Michelle invited us to go to St. George with her and the kids.  

 

It was nice to actually have some time to hang out with Michelle.  

There was lots of swimming, game playing, eating and watching movies.  



We went to an amazing park and enjoyed it until it got WAY too hot, which was about 10:45.

Our group shot of the trip: 



The kids had an absolute blast, since they were all with some of their best friends, just like me. :)

We ended the trip with a visit to the St. George Temple and a melt down by Ruby.  

I’m sure you’ve noticed Miles is missing from these pictures.  I left Miles behind with Paul, he’s been rough this summer for me and he doesn’t have a friend that matches up like the other kids, so it worked out to leave him behind.  

don’t feel too bad for him.  Paul took him to the waterslides, arcade, and lots of wii and movie time.  

It was nice to have a break and he was thrilled to get to hang out with just Paul.  

That’s not even our entire month, that’s just the first 3 weeks of August.  Next post, Bear Lake and back to school!