A little bit of everything...

I have been needing to update our blog for awhile and the more time passed the more overwhelmed I felt about it by all of the posts I wanted to do. So I'm doing another random update post. (There are so many things overwhelming about life, blogging should not be one of them.)

*My summer class is half way over. It has been a good class. It moves really fast and covers a lot, but luckily I have a really good teacher. And a computer geek husband who can help me! Going to school in the summer stinks though. I'm hoping to avoid it next year.

*Miquelle is gone to girls camp. I hate having my kids gone overnight. It really makes me nervous. And I totally miss being able to see her sleeping safely in her bed before I go to bed. I wonder if when my kids are married their spouses would mind if I just ran over to their houses for a quick peek before I go to bed. GASP...what if they live too far away?! SOB...

*Jared and Gabe are finally out of school for the summer. I'm so so so SO glad. We only have three weeks but I'm going to enjoy it!! No making school lunches or helping with homework! YIPPIE!! We are even taking a break from piano and violin lessons for a couple weeks.

*We had a family reunion a couple of weeks ago with my family. It was a really fun day. We reserved the swimming pool in Farmington and had a great time swimming, jumping, sliding and splashing. After such a rainy June we wondered how the weather would be, but it was great!! It kind of felt like summer had finally started! We learned a few things at this family reunion.
1. Baby Benjamin is a CUTIE! This was the first time that we saw him. Made my uterus twitch for just a second.
2. Cagney is INSANE in the water. She has absolutely no fear. She jumped off of the diving board and went down the slides over and over (sans floaties even) and loved it. She reminds me of me when I was her age.
3. Coco is more hesitant but he warmed up to it and loved the slides. No diving board for him though, maybe next year.
4. It is possible for a swimming suit to get so worn out that it looks see-through once wet (when it looked perfectly fine while it was dry!) sorry honey. I will pack your other suit next time.
5. It is possible after tons and tons and tons of looking to find a swimming suit that is acceptable to Miquelle.
6. Jared loved the high dive. It was his first time and he went over and over and over.
7. It is ok to use floatation devices if you are 7 and don't just LOVE the water.
8. Grandma and Grandpa put on a great party!!
9. Sometimes you have to really encourage your siblings to want to be in a family picture, but it is totally worth it!!


*We hit this milestone on our little 1992 Honda Civic (Gordon). And he is still going!!


*Cagney loves her summer dance class. It is so cute. Every week they do a craft and then learn a dance that goes along with it. She has had so much fun (and looks adorable doing it!)

*I'm craving S'mores big time. We need to make a trip up to the hills and roast some hot dogs and marshmallows! I just love summer.

*We visited the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house. It was awesome, just beautiful! And have I mentioned that it is only about a mile from our house! I did? Oh. Trevor and I have both been able to do a volunteer shift also and that has been really cool. Now we need to just get our little tushes over there more often once it is open!


*The kids start swimming lessons in a couple of weeks. I couldn't get them all in at the same time so I have some kids on MWF and some kids on TTH which means that for three weeks we will be at the pool everyday! Maybe I can work on my tan. HA! Who am I kidding...I have three skin tones...white, red and peeling.

*I just turned on the TV and the final Gilmore Girls episode was on, and I watched it and I cried. Yup, pretty much. Two years later and it still makes me cry.