Our Last Hurrah!

Last night marked our last official night of summer as a family. I cannot believe school is here already...didn't we just have Christmas??? To celebrate, we embarked on an adventurous quest to the backyard. Here's a little of what we did:

• BBQ on a blanket
• Roasted marshmallows
• Sang songs
• Told ghost stories
• Made "delicious hot shmo's."
• Camped in our spacious 3 room tent
• Played Spin Uno

Asher made it in the tent until about 9:30...then he fell asleep, so up to the house he went. Liah got scared about 10 and ventured up to her own nice warm bed (she was convinced bad guys were going to come jump on the tent in the middle of the night). Aeden did great until 2:10 when he woke up in hysterics :) So we ventured up to his bed. Zerin was the only die-hard...lasting until 7:30 am.

This is Asher trying to steal Zerin's "schmo!"

Aeden trying to roast his marshmellow. Needless to say, it took a while :)

Zerin's first perfectly toasted marshmellow!

Oh What Do You Do In the Summertime?

Pick Giant Weeds
Have a baby feeding party
Make a bed in the bathtub at midnight
Look cute in new school clothes.

Is it bad???

I used to borderline get annoyed with girls that were so joined at the hip to their boyfriends or husbands that they would bemoan even a few hours of parting. Oh brother! As a child, and even single adult, I was never one to get homesick or to miss my family. I enjoyed the times when I got to be on my own or to be away. I was always glad to get back to them, but I was the one on the first day of kindergarten that never looked back.

So how did this 6'0" blue-eyed Bountiful boy change all that??? This week, we will have spent more time apart than together, and that's probably only the 3rd time in our marriage that has happened. I have had young women camps, youth conferences, trek, and family situations that have taken me away for days at a time. The nice thing is that while I was gone to those things, I was so busy, I would really miss him, but I was totally focused on my girls or family issues that I didn't have time to think about missing him.

But today marks only the 3rd time that Bryan has left, leaving me home, and can I just say I'm dying already! I have been totally spoiled lately, because he has been able to be home most of the summer working on the house with me and the children. I love our summers together. About the time January 3rd rolls around, I find myself starting to count down the days until summer when he's home...pathetic, I know. Now, the middle of July, I am starting to already dread August when he goes back to work. Wo is me :)