Swim lessons

Bike accident

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

July 19, 2009
The girls made it back safely from teen week yesterday and said they had a great time. Once again I am counting on them to post their pics and update their blogs with information on teen week and camp.

Tyler, Alayna, and I had a fun week here at home:
*we went to see Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. So cute, but our movie theater over doubled their ticket prices, so we may not be going there anymore.
*Alayna had a bike accident and scraped up her knee pretty badly. Reminds me of someone else I know…
*Alayna finished swimming lessons on Friday. She can do some pretty cool stuff now and is much more confident in the water.
*They went over to a friend’s house to play this week, and some friends came over to play.
*I got through several hours of stuff for Primary and have started stuff for work again. This summer has flown by faster than any other summer- ever!! I will focus this week on putting on professional portfolio together since the principal will be checking it in November. Talk about stress! I go back to work on August 13. Can we vote on a longer summer??
*Yesterday, Bob drove to pick up the girls, we cleaned and detailed both cars, did the laundry, cleaned the house, hair cuts, did the grocery shopping, and then watched Pink Panther 2 as a family. Its nice to finally have everyone home.

Our yard and garden

132 smiley cupcakes

My 1000 piece puzzle

Did all by myself :)

It's sure a sign of summer if the chair gets up when you do-Walter Winchell

July 12, 2009

Exciting News: Marisa got her driving permit this week! Whoo-hoo! Way to go Marisa! I also finished my 1000 piece puzzle this week. I was so proud.

Alayna: Alayna started swimming lessons this week. 3 days were rained out (2 were spent in the locker room learning safety procedures and we skipped the 3rd day cause we were tired of the same safety lesson.) It is supposed to be sunny and hot all this week so maybe she will have better luck? She is doing a super job of putting her face under the water, doing bobs, and learning to float.

Tyler: Tyler has been the great big brother to Alayna this week. He has been so good about spending time and playing with her. He also got to spend time at his friend Hunter’s house.

Kayla: We assume Kayla is alive. She is still in Missouri visiting with her cousins. She will head to teen week today. We sure do miss her!

Marisa: Marisa was at Youth Conference from Wednesday afternoon-Saturday afternoon. She said she had a wonderful time and she posted some fun pics on facebook. She leaves for teen week today.

Garden: Our garden has taken off like crazy! However, we are having a small invasion of Japanese beetles which is very irritating. We have zucchini coming out of our ears. Looks like I will be making lots of bread.

Primary Quarterly Activity: We had a big activity at the park. I forgot to bring the camera to take pics there, but I did take a picture of the 132 smiley face cupcakes I made. Tyler and Alayna helped me make the frosting and the cupcake batter. It was quite a project.