Saturday, August 20, 2016

Summer is over!

That's it! Summer is over! I can't believe it. The boys will start school on Tuesday. Like the previous couple weeks, this week was a little slower paced, but still fun. Monday (8/15) was spent at home doing chores and laundry. Tuesday (8/16) the boys went to work with Jeff (who needed their help on a big job). Wednesday (8/17) was Amber's birthday. We treated everyone to lunch at Sizzlers (a Southwick staple) to celebrate. She already had plans that evening so we are going to do candles and cards (because at this point in her life she'd rather have cash than actual gifts) on Sunday. Still, we wanted to have lunch and wish her a happy birthday on her actual day.

After lunch, I dropped the boys off at Payson Pool for probably their last swim of the year there. Thursday (8/18) I took Jonas to his first playgroup. A few moms in the neighborhood have organized a playgroup once every other week. This was the first. I was a little apprehensive as to how he would interact with kids his age, but he did fine. He still needs to work on sharing, but that's normal. We had the playgroup at the Healey's home. Kate Healey runs an equestrian school. We took the kids out to see some of the horses, including a mini-pony. Jonas wanted nothing to do with any of them. He was ok to look at them, but as soon as I would get him close enough to pet or even ride (the mini), he would look away and try to crawl over my shoulder. I guess I need to expose him to more animals. Still, he had fun following the girls around (yup...it was just Jonas and the ladies this time) and playing with the balls and broken big wheel jeep.
Jonas and Andie Healey
Daisy Hansen, Andie Healey, and Jonas
That afternoon, I had errands and other chores to do so the boys invited a couple friends over. I got them some water balloons and popsicles and the rest was up to them. They had a blast. They had their water balloon war then dowsed each other with buckets of water before deciding to clean out the cows' water trough and creating a redneck pool. I had to laugh! Only on the "farm"! Jonas was able to enjoy a little "pool" time too.



Friday (8/19) Jeff hosted a customer appreciation party at Miracle Bowl in Orem. We have one management business that sends a lot of business our way so we wanted to treat them to an afternoon off. We had a raffle, bowling, and food. Dallin and Daniel invited a couple friends and enjoyed the afternoon as well. (We left Jonas with Gma Penny. I'm not sure who had more fun - Gma or Jonas!)



Saturday (8/20) wrapped up our last full week of summer. The boys decided they wanted to go to Seven Peaks one last time too. After we helped Amber move out of her apartment into a friend's basement for her last month before her mission, I dropped the boys off at the pool for the day. All in all, I would say it has been a very successful and fun summer. So many fun activities. So much time with family. You couldn't ask for a better way to spend the summer!

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