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The last of summer vacation

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By Sarah
Summer couldn't be over unless we took the canoe out to the lake first.  We were curious to see how our water dogs would do and for sure, they are naturals.  Scared of everything under the sun so quite a handful but a fun adventure nonetheless.

M and N attended a Lion King themed Hip Hop camp and M liked it so much she is now in a class every week.  K is also signed up for Acro with her best friend again.

Just the kids and I got to go with members of our ward to MW's lake and we had a magnificent time.  My middle children tricked me into getting pushed into the cold water and laughed so hard.  I'm glad they did -- it was good for me.



D and M performed in The Hobbit together with a local theater group. They both had a wonderful time and I might be biased but I think they did very well at the evening performance our whole family, including my parents, attended.  D was trying to convince me that he could play flag football and sign up for the next play but I wasn’t so sure. Sadly, D broke his ankle at the rec center during fencing camp so that made up our minds quick — play this fall it is.


M and N attended a week long horse camp and we were thrilled that when we showed up two members of our GS troop were there and one of them had a little brother N's age so they got to go around in a group together.  Awwww.

Our last big hurrah for summer was supposed to be the 6 of us plus the 2 puppies going camping for a couple nights.  Turns out that puppies that are scared of everything plus a boy on crutches that can't get his cast wet meant the boy and the puppies and I ended up only spending the first evening with our group and then leaving Hubby and the girls to enjoy the park and go tubing on the river.  After living in CO for 15 years we finally ate at the Lyons Dairy Bar -- and they even had sorbet I could eat!

Since M's school ends and begins a couple weeks later than my other children, she also got to attend a 4 day long Chinese camp put on by a classmate's mom from Taiwan.  M had a wonderful time and even developed a love for Twister in between learning about the language, going to tea houses by bus, calligraphy, and making dumplings from scratch.  Later she helped us make stirred fried rice from a recipe she brought home.

All in all our summer was pretty darn busy and I have promised to not be so busy next year!

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