Monday, September 2, 2013

End of Summer Bees Game

Summer really flies by for us, especially because half of our kids aren't out of school until the first of July.  When you throw in girl's camp, high adventure, youth conference, EFY, family reunions, sports camps and the various activities James gets to attend as bishop, we come up with a quick and busy summer. 

There was no shortage of activities for each of my kids.  Luke would choose EFY and tennis camp as his favorites, although high adventure was a blast for him.  Lindsey loved EFY and experienced BYU's cheer camp for the first time this summer.  I think she got the busiest kid award this summer with girl's camp, youth conference, junior high cheer camp, two parades and hanging with friends.  Heather wasn't out of school until July but managed to get a few trips to Lagoon with friends, girls camp, and visits with cousins before she fractured her foot playing mini-golf (that's right, she tripped in the hole.)  Savannah and Matthew also got out in July and spent a few weeks relaxing and visiting family before they headed back to school.  Savannah said she missed school and was ready to go back.

One of our favorite activities was hosting a Fourth of July party at our house with the Anderson clan.  There was a lot of food and fun that ended with a firework show provided by the uncles.  With aerial fireworks being legal, we get a whole new dimension of firework shows.  It was exciting but there were a few drawbacks-- ash kept falling on us and Ashlyn got burned when a firework shot the wrong way.  It was all good though and a lot of fun.

Our last weekend of the summer, we met up with Taylor and his kids and went to a Bee's game.  We had a lot of fun watching the baseball game and chatting with each other.  The evening ended with a firework show set to music.  It was a great way to end the Summer.