Summer is Over

Sigh...  Here are the school kids on their first day...

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We miss summer!  I didn't get many photos as usual but here are some of the things we did

Hung out in Ephraim/Salt Lake with Family.  I was not there mostly so I stole these pictures from Jenny (thanks :))  I only took one blurry picture of Haley trying to hit a baseball and it's not even viewable

 Celebrated the 4th of July of course, Albuquerque Style!

Swam in the backyard pool

 We went Roller Skating and it was really hard once I got there to resist the urge to put on the stonewash jeans and wear a scrunchy.

Does this picture make you dizzy?... Haley made me dizzy, unless she was on the ground after falling. 

 We learned that Haley is allergic to steri-strips.  By the way, she has already had her first injury at kindergarten.  It took her 4 hours.  

Stacey came for a visit.  It was SO great, we loved it.  Come back soon Stacey!

The boys played a lot of baseball (not pictured here) and some basketball

The kids learned to "stitch"... that's what they say.

 Haley learned to ride her bike.... before I got the camera out... the first time she got on the bike after the training wheels were removed...  It was amazing, and so like Haley, I guess I shouldn't have been surprised she took off down the street without me!

 We did swimming lessons.  I can now safely say (I think) that one of my 4 children will not drown in a pool :)

 This was Adam every time I tried to take a picture of him

 Too bad he had to come up for air eventually :)

Anna learned how to save a life

 and how to dive instead of belly flop

 Haley says she loves to belly flop (but I secretly think it hurts).  Mostly she spent her time during swimming lessons being herded back to the wall by her teacher.  It all came to a pinnacle when he had to chase her across the pool and then I had to threaten no swimming lessons the next day unless she was touching the wall at all times unless directed otherwise.  She did it, sort of.  You should have seen her escaping face!, priceless, but I was too busy saying things like "stop" "stop that" "go back" "HALEY!" to take pictures

 Here is Kate wishing she was in the water.  Next year!

 Kate has developed a shoe fetish

and wants her own piano to play when Anna does

We read a lot of books this summer but this is the only picture I have to prove it.  

 We had our shoes bitten by snapping turtles.  Very cute if you're Adam and Anna, scary if you're Haley 

And of course we held snakes.  Sick. 

 We had lots of fun with friends and again, only picture to prove it, but it's a good one!

Oh, and Jason and I went on a little trip.  It was....(insert the best adjective you can think of here)

It was so fun to hang out together.

We saw lots of cool sights like this 

We ate a lot of this stuff

 at a lot of places with tablecloths like this

 walked down streets like this

 and slept at this place

 saw this (if you know Roman Holiday)

 

 admired ancient perfume bottles (mostly me, not so much Jason) 

 and ancient coins from a wishing well

 AND (yes in capital letters) saw this sculpture, the picture does not to it justice, it was beautiful. 

My feet hurt