Lately

Oh man, I love summer, and this one has been a good one. Pretty much every week flies by, and it's not that I'm particularly busy, but wow is life moving fast. It's been a little bit on the cool side the past couple of days and it makes you wonder how summer can be gone so quickly. Well, here's some of the things that we did to pass the time. It seems like a lot when you compile it all together, but really we've had many lazy summer days.
We've:
-had summer camp of fun days at our neighbor's house
-had swim parties and friends over
-been to two parades
-set off fireworks twice (much to Sammi's chagrin) and went to see some big ones too
-Jaxon had a summer romance with a nine year old neighbor girl but she's back East with her mom now
-had Mark and Katie move here from Oregon
-had a smore fest in our fire pit
-had a backyard campout
-went on a family vacation to exotic Utah (Riley had to go there for work) where we went to the SLC zoo, the dino museum, swimming, and to Whitney's house for some fun
-gardened and weeded (a lot)
-went to Mesa Falls
-had my grandparents and aunt, uncle, and cousins come for a visit
-went garage saling (I'm totally an addict)
-painted the kids bathroom with the help of my rad sister, Katie
-went to the IF zoo with cousins
-went to some family reunions
-chased chickens, rode horses, and took a wagon ride at the stake 24th of July party
-Jaxon tagged along with Katie and Mark and crew when they went to Bear World
-went and saw the "Beauty and the Beast" musical up at Playmill
-enjoyed getting tons of strawberries and raspberries in our garden
-caught up with some friends that we don't get to see very often (even though most of them do live pretty close)
-watched Jill get pleasantly plump and get cheeks that I just love kissing
-got baby food all ready for Jill from the produce in our garden
-rode bikes, took walks, and just generally enjoyed being outside

And now comes Fall. Also a good season. Jaxon is going to start a joy school thingy I am involved with about six other ladies in my ward. It's going to be a very good thing to get Jaxon a little more socially and emotionally ready for school next fall. Fall also means that Riley gets to travel a lot, but the middle of November will be here before we know it, and then this travel season will be done. Hope everyone's summer have been relaxing and wonderful! Here's to many more weeks of it!