One Very Busy Summer!

We have had one busy summer. That would be why our cute little blog has not been updated for so long. I am really looking forward to school starting and we have already started to get back in the swing of things. Rather than bore you with all the details in individual posts I will give you a quick rundown of all the highlights.

MAY

The kiddos had their recital. Duder made an awesome lion and showed some sweet tumbling moves. Princess was a kitty and performed two dances. This year we were on time and nothing was missed, unlike last year.

The Princess "graduated" from Kindergarten.

JUNE

Both Duder and Princess played t-ball. I coached Princess' team this year with my friend Kristy.

We went on our first camping trip.

JULY

We took a week long "vacation". We started by heading south to Provo where we met up with Layton Dad's family. We visited Bridal Veil Falls, celebrated Lil' Miss' birthday and sent Uncle Rustimator to the MTC. We then headed further south to Las Vegas where we met up with Layton Mom's family. While there we attended the funeral of Layton Mom's uncle, visited M&M World, and ate at an amazing buffet. Then we headed back north to SLC where we toured the Conference Center, and spent hours at the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum. When we got home we swore off of traveling. ;)

Princess lost her first tooth.

Layton Dad turned 30.

I took the kids and headed to my sister's house. We went for the 24th of July celebration they have there. My kids participated in a Gymkana, we watched the parade, went to the rodeo where Princess did some Mutton Busting, watched some fireworks, visited with family, played with cousins, got sunburns, ate too much, well you get the idea. While there I also made and sold A LOT of bows. We were having so much fun that my sister then decided to come home with us. So we loaded 5 kids and all our stuff and headed back to Idaho.

While they were here we went to the zoo, the park, the water park, roller skating, had pictures taken, and bought a swing set.

Needless to say July was very busy.

AUGUST

Was not as busy as July. Thank heavens. After my sister went home we had a few days to get Layton Dad ready to go to Florida for a week and a half. We started swim lessons and shipped off Layton Dad. While he was gone we finished swim lessons. This year I did Mommy & Me with Lil' Miss so we all got to swim every day. Luckily those two weeks forced us back into some kind of schedule which should hopefully make going back to school a little easier. While Layton Dad was gone we did all the school/fall shopping so we are all ready for next week.

As much fun as we have had I am very ready for school to start so that we can have a routine again. Then when summer comes again we will be once again excited for the chaos.