Out Of Titles

I am out of titles to name this one....yet another post updating our summer. I have already used the review and highlights so now I am just going to write this and get it done. Check one off the list of things to do today!

So, August ended our summer vacation. Luckily, we had a few more fun things to do to keep us entertained for the last few weeks. I first took the kids to the fair. Last year I went with the Young Women in the ward for mutual and saw that there are tons of animals to see there. I figured the kids would like it-which they did-so now I have kind of made it a summer tradition

when it comes to town. Granted, there are only three different kinds of animals to really interact with-the stinky pigs, goats, and lambs but it is still fun and the kids have a good time getting up close to cow bums and looking at all the different sizes of bunnies, chickens, and roosters. So, I headed out with the kids on a nice hot day to check out the animals and walk around the booths. Last year we went on a few carnival rides, but I decided this year it was not worth the money and problems like we had last year so we opted to go around and get free balloons and candy instead! K and B even participated in their first three-legged race and won! I was really proud of their teamwork and how there was not even a single argument as they were running back and forth. I guess it just goes to show that sometimes they can be nice to each other!

Randy and I also celebrated our 9 year (yikes!) anniversary in August. Instead of the two of us going away for the weekend we opted to take the kids (I know we are nuts....I mean nice parents!) down to the Salt Lake area and use it as our one last sha-bang before school started. We had already done Sea World but the rest of the summer had been pretty boring for us so I was feeling bad about not being a good mom and letting the kids do lots of fun things while out of school. So, we left on Friday morning-did something that every kid requested which made for a long weekend, and came home Saturday afternoon. It was a lot packed into two days, but we all had a fun time and luckily there were no doctor days this trip!

K wanted to go to the Dinosaur Park

B wanted to feed the parrots

A wanted to see the elephants

We thought our weekend trip was going to be our last fun thing for the summer, but we were wrong. The Monday after school started (but still in August!) we were able to go boating with some friends in the ward. The kids had never been on a boat before and had fun just going for the ride. Of course, things got even more entertaining when dad got out on the wake board and started doing tricks. Then the real fun was starting! Once the wake board was put away, out came the tube for the kids to have some fun. K and B went first with some older girls. They were having a great time going nice and slow. Once the boat started picking up speed and they were going over some bumps, they were not sure what to think. After they realized it was supposed to be that way, the big grins came back and they had a blast. Then it was A's turn. Randy went out with her to make sure she stayed on the tube. I didn't know what she would think of the ride, but that girl was in heaven! It is hard to see in the picture, but she has a big cheeser on her face while they are riding around. Even with being dumped in the water at the end, she still talks about going again and how much fun she had.

I guess we will need to save up for a boat!!!!

That ends our summer craziness. Then it was back to school and back to schedules!