Lagoon Day

One of our highlights each year is the day Chuck's work sponsors Lagoon Day. Not only do we get in at a reduced rate, but they also give us dinner.  The day we went there was a fire on the mountain so as we waited in line we had the added bonus of watching the fire fighting helicopter and airplanes.  We always have the rule with the kids that as long as they are being nice to each other and having a good time that we will stay as late as they want. We've closed the park more than once. But this time the kids were ready to go by 8:30, not because they were being bad, but because they were just tired and done.  It was the earliest we've ever left.

Choir Retreat

Kaitlin's in the middle, in black.

Kaitlin spent three days at a choir training retreat.  She was able to study with some great directors and got to sing with other top kids from the area.  It was challenging for her, but she said she learned a lot and had a good time. She's spent several days working up at the school with the other officers, trying to get things ready for choir this year. You can see a song from their performance HERE





Additional Calling for Becky

I was asked to fill a second assignment at church this last week.  In addition to doing Webleos Cub Scouts (and District Cubs) I am now the choir director.  Our church hasn't had a choir for awhile so I'll be starting it up from scratch.  

Lazy Days

We are still enjoying the last of our lazy summer days before the rush of school begins again for the girls. When we got home from Nauvoo we set a few family goals, one of which was to do more together, so in keeping with that we spent Saturday together miniature golfing, picnicking and eating frosties.

Earlier in the week three of us made our semi-annual pilgrimage to the dentist, where Jared got two teeth pulled, baby teeth that just didn't know when to go.  Jared took it all in stride and was quite funny afterward pretending to be a walrus, being a little punch drunk from the procedure.


Kaitlin had her first performance with Chamber Choir this week at a school district hoity-toity conference.  She is off this week for a few days to a choir camp/retreat.

Jared Back to School

This is the best back to school picture I could manage.

There are lots of things I like about year-round school, going back to school in July isn't one of them. Jared started 5th grade last week. He has a really nice teacher and there are a lot of kids in his class that he knows so it should be a good year for him.  School starting again also meant that I was back to work on my PTA website, this is my seventh year on the PTA board.


Odds and Ends

So we've been doing a lot of hanging out since coming home.  We've done some back to school shopping, we've paddled around on our little reservoir, played a lot of Minecraft, Kaitlin has had several summer rehearsals for Chamber Choir, and generally relaxing before the girls go back to school.  I also got a 26 page Nauvoo Book ready and ordered. Life is pretty quiet right now, and that's okay.

Paddling around on our little reservoir.