This summer has been laid back. I continue to like living in Plain City and the kids really like that we are closer now. The kids have made some friends in our ward here and Luke, in particular, has become good friends with a boy not far from us. Luke and Duncan have spent their time hunting for frogs, fish, and snakes. Having lemonade stands, running between houses, playing in water and having late nights. They are fun to watch. They recently caught a huge tad pole with their other friend, Seth. Luke even gave Duncan a catfish he had caught when he went fishing with Brandon one morning. Luke and Duncan explained to me that Duncan needed to keep it at our house because he needed to have a pet at our house. Brandon and I let him know that there was no room at the inn and the fish would have to go back to the wild. Little did I know, Duncan took it home. He took the tadpole home too. Amy and I remain friends despite the critters that make their way from our house to hers! Whew!
Liz has been practicing doing hair and Brandon has become her model. He is so pretty!
We had s'mores at Brian and Andrea's house one night while David and Olga were in town. Andrea, I love you. Those were the worst s'mores. Ever! Who knew that a gram cracker could go stale??!?? So I have yet to have had my summer fix of s'mores and summer is almost over!!!
Little Lincoln tends to have the same facial expression. He is such a sweet and mellow baby. We love playing with him, especially the kids. I get zero holding time with him with our kids around! Brandon realized the other day that his facial expression reminds him of Zoolander (which happens to be Andrea's (Lincoln's mom) favorite movie!). So we now refer to it as "Blue Steel".
Brandon got a pedicure at Girls Camp and we had quite the time getting all the glitter off his toes. But he wore his badge of honor, proudly. Love my B!
Charlie is huge. Kind of going through a rebellious stage. Trying to figure out how to nip that in the bud. ASAP!
One night, I sent out a text to the numbers I had in my phone for girls in my new ward to meet up at the Maverick for a coke. We were there til 2 a.m. and a sort of tradition has formed. Brandon has named it the "Summer Special". There are over 20 girls on the list to get the text now. I send it out about 30 minutes before and we meet up after everyone's kids are in bed and grab a coke, snow cone or some treat and sit and gab and laugh. It has become such a fun for thing for us to do! Best stress relief, ever!
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Wright's and Sandall's, together again!!
Last weekend, we got an invite to go up to a cabin with our good friends, the Wright's. Needless to say, we were all so excited!! We met up during the afternoon on Friday and headed off over the North Ogden Divide. Honestly, I'm not exactly sure where this cabin was. Ha! I had never been camping in this area before. Once we got to the cabin, we did a little exploring. Found a beaver dam and a beaver that was about 70% rotted. PEE-EW! We headed off to the pond close by to go fishing and explore some more.
We did a little fishing and headed back when it got dark. We just hung out, the kids played games and Cody, Kari, Brandon and I relaxed and hung out. Brandon and Kari kept Cody and I up, way past our bedtimes! So much, that I did not hear anyone leave at the crack of dawn that morning to go fishing and slept through the morning til 9:00 a.m. Liz stayed back and so did Kari. Once everyone got back, Cody and Brandon got to making breakfast. Chocolate chip pancakes, eggs, bacon and fish!!! Right from the lake (pond). YUM!!
The older girls cleaned up and then it was off to fish, canoe and relax by the water. Brandon and Cody took the four younger kids out on the water and the four older girls blew up a little raft and hooked tubes to it to go out in the water in. As the girls were getting out into the water Kari and I heard screams and giggles. We looked just in time to see the last of the four kids in the canoe jump into the water. I think those sounds just might be the best sounds on earth. Cody and Brandon did some fishing in the canoe and the kids had a blast playing in the water and hunting for frogs and water snakes. Luke hung on to his first water snake til his dad came in from being in the canoe. Let's just say that required him hanging onto it for more than just a few minutes. Lunch and then more swimming!! Sam caught a snake and was pretty set on taking it home, same for Luke. Eventually, and with some tears, the snakes were returned to the wild and there were no new pets taken home. WHEW!
We watched the Princess Bride after dinner and hung out for as long as we could. Cody was speaking in Sacrament meeting and both Brandon and I were teaching at church the next day, so we needed to get home before Sunday. Right before leaving, Brandon shared a couple of songs that we love. It's a blessing to have friends that you can share life with. We had a blast hanging out and laughing but also got to share something that brought tears to all of our eyes and feel of the spirit. It was a perfect way to end our little adventure to.
Sunday, was spent recovering from our adventures. Recovery involved many naps and little movement. Thanks to the Wright family for inviting us! As Luke and I would say; "We love you! To the moon and back!"
We did a little fishing and headed back when it got dark. We just hung out, the kids played games and Cody, Kari, Brandon and I relaxed and hung out. Brandon and Kari kept Cody and I up, way past our bedtimes! So much, that I did not hear anyone leave at the crack of dawn that morning to go fishing and slept through the morning til 9:00 a.m. Liz stayed back and so did Kari. Once everyone got back, Cody and Brandon got to making breakfast. Chocolate chip pancakes, eggs, bacon and fish!!! Right from the lake (pond). YUM!!
The older girls cleaned up and then it was off to fish, canoe and relax by the water. Brandon and Cody took the four younger kids out on the water and the four older girls blew up a little raft and hooked tubes to it to go out in the water in. As the girls were getting out into the water Kari and I heard screams and giggles. We looked just in time to see the last of the four kids in the canoe jump into the water. I think those sounds just might be the best sounds on earth. Cody and Brandon did some fishing in the canoe and the kids had a blast playing in the water and hunting for frogs and water snakes. Luke hung on to his first water snake til his dad came in from being in the canoe. Let's just say that required him hanging onto it for more than just a few minutes. Lunch and then more swimming!! Sam caught a snake and was pretty set on taking it home, same for Luke. Eventually, and with some tears, the snakes were returned to the wild and there were no new pets taken home. WHEW!
We watched the Princess Bride after dinner and hung out for as long as we could. Cody was speaking in Sacrament meeting and both Brandon and I were teaching at church the next day, so we needed to get home before Sunday. Right before leaving, Brandon shared a couple of songs that we love. It's a blessing to have friends that you can share life with. We had a blast hanging out and laughing but also got to share something that brought tears to all of our eyes and feel of the spirit. It was a perfect way to end our little adventure to.
Sunday, was spent recovering from our adventures. Recovery involved many naps and little movement. Thanks to the Wright family for inviting us! As Luke and I would say; "We love you! To the moon and back!"
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