See, I knew it. I just knew it. That summer was going to fly by. Here it is, the 22nd of june, the month is almost over!!! Slow down summer, please! I am enjoying you!
This week started out with Fathers Day. Yes, Kaleb has influenced our kids so that they can't take normal pictures anymore, except celine. ;) We think kaleb is just about the best dad around. We had dinner at his parents house and enjoyed a pretty relaxing day.
This is a present aliah made in school and has been waiting patiently for fathers day!
Monday we had cooking day at my house, I wish I remembered to get pictures of everything that we do, but, I am not that good. It is so fun to have Jamie and Laura and their kids and me and my kids do this every monday. I think we have all thoroughly enjoyed it. We made home made mac and cheese and cinnamon rolls. I think it was a success.
Tuesday was our family day. We took it easy this day and just went out to lunch at Zupas, which is one of our favorite places. Its so funny the conversations we end up having. I have enjoyed having these times with just my kids, the only thing that would make it better is if Kaleb could be there with us.
Wednesday tage went over to a friends house all day, and celine had some friends over to swim at my mom and dads, and me and aliah swam too. Or, I should say, aliah swam and I sat and read a book. Heaven. :) Her friends were doing these crazy things with the soda cans, and they still had soda in them!!! It was a beautiful day, my favorite kind.
Thursday celine left to cedar city with my mom and dad and her cousin troy to go see the play "To kill a mockingbird". This was their reward for celine getting her YW personal progress and troy getting his eagle. So my sister camille took tage back up to bountiful with her to play with his cousin ryan so it was just me and aliah. We met some friends at the splash pad in Highland, and it was blazing hot!!! I forgot to bring my swimsuit and I was melting. But we had a great time there. Then afterwards, since it was just the two of us, I decided to take her shopping for her first day of school outfit. Not really ready to think about school yet, but, picking out her outfit was not a big deal. So I thought. 3 hours later she still can't decide what she wants to get.
We ate dinner in the middle of shopping because I was starving and my patience with her was wearing thin!! So aliah got pretzel maker and I got chick fil a and we enjoyed some yummy food. Then I felt ready to shop again.
We ended up at the store we had started at, Macys, and she found a really cute shirt that she loved. Finally!!!! I am glad we have this tradition, its one of my favorites.
Friday morning I went to cross fit and when I got done I was starving! So I called aliah and told her we were going to Maglebys for some french toast. I know I look scary. I had just ran a mile (ok, walked and ran.) You can still see the sweat. ;)
Seriously, best french toast on earth. It was so yummy. After that we went and met some friends at Lindon pool. Again, I forgot to take any pictures. But we were there for about 5 hours and had a great time. Aliah is my fish and she is happiest in the water. So, another great summer day.
I realize how blessed I am to be able to stay home with my kids and do all these fun things. I feel like I appreciate it even more now that most of the year they are in school. Yes, there are definitely times I yearn for the peace and quiet and a moment to myself. But, mostly I am enjoying all the time I get to spend with my kids and I am so grateful for kaleb making it possible for me to be a stay at home mom, especially in the summer. I wish that he could experience some of these things with us, but I hope he knows how grateful we are for him and what a hard worker he is. And that if we had a choice, we would have him with us all the time.
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