July 2017

Oh no! Gravity has been compromised!

Wait, I think it's returning...

Aaaaand normalcy restored. Whew!

Some of those hymns can go a little slow

 On the 4th of July the 1st and 2nd wards held a family fun run. Brennan really wanted to participate but he opted to be one of, like, 2 scouts that actually showed up to help set up the pancake breakfast. I know that was a bit of a disappointing choice for him, but bless his heart he really tries to make the most selfless choices when situations like this arise.

Kieran on the other hand was not so excite to participate. He was pretty grouchy that day but things went down hill(er) really fast when we started. Kieran was furious that Hollyn was being faster than him and running ahead. He kept refusing to go, having one giant meltdown the entire time. He cried about being too tired, about not being able to go fast, etc. Sometimes this kid is such a pill!

Fun surprise to see Pops sings in a quartet.

 We enjoyed a fun party at the Cochran's place that evening to watch the fireworks.

The first weekend in July we went to the ward campout. Good thing too, it turned out to be the only camping we did all summer. Man those summer weekends sure fly by disappointingly fast. :-( We had such a fun time though. Brennan and Asher were super into the canoes. Kieran was excited to join them in one, plopped down inside and immediately remembered he HATES boats with a phobic fear. He immediately demanded to be gotten out and spent the rest of the evening sitting in a shored boat. Every so often some well-meaning individual would offer to give him a ride, assuming that's what he was waiting for, but he would flatly refuse.

 The day Hollyn had her eye appt. at OSHU, Kieran and Brennan came along for the fun.

We had a fun time at Divinci Days in July. We all rode our bikes over to the Fair Grounds which was so fun to do together.

Teaching the younger generation about Pokemon

I got proposed to! Such a magical moment. Until he stood me up the next day. Such a shame, because he promised me that he would do all the chores and all the cooking. I had to give the ring back. :-/

I'll always love you anyway, Sawyer

Hot summer nights

We had lots of fun hanging out at the pool several times a week. Swimming lessons followed by sticking around for rec swim. This year Hollyn felt comfortable bobbing around in a life vest in any depth, the big boys can swim, and Kieran was too chicken to go beyond the shallow section. For the first time I could chill at the side of the pool and just watch instead of standing guard next to someone. It was aaaaaawesome!

***********More July to follow************

So much summer fun means HUGE photo dump!

  That week they got suuuuper into Twister

 Our RS activity in June was to deliver a meal to a local family homeless-shelter. Only myself and one other committee member could make it to deliver the food, so we put it together and started loading her car up with large trays of Spagetthi. Unforunately, there was a mishap in the doorway. :-( Christa hurried off to deliver what was left and I stayed at the church, alone, to clean wet spagetthi and sauce out of the carpet. With limited cleaning supplies. That was, uh, super fun.

 So, so fun to get to meet some Scotish cousins!

 Might not be entirely appropriate to sneak a photo in the chapel, but I didn't want to ever forget this sweet moment with Hollyn's arm around her little brother. And it's a good thing I did take this picture because I HAD already forgotten. ;-)

 When the big boys wonder off to do their own thing at the school carnival, we take photos without 'em.

 This girl loves helping me in the kitchen!

 Took until June 22nd, but we finally got our last day of school!

 ... and celebrated at Dairy Queen with an old friend who was visiting the neighborhood

 A Big Foot sighting?

 Nope, just that infamous Photo-Bomber.

 Too bad it's so dark because I think it's the only group shot I got at YW camp this year.