With the first of the fall coolness in the air tonight, it is with great urgency that I toss up the last evidence of this of summer's adventures. For the first time in almost 15 years, I taught several swim classes. It was fun to be back "blowing bubbles" again with so many cute kids. I also worked with Jane quite a bit in the water. Turns out, she's very comfortable there can can float several feet without any help.
The girls had loads of fun swimming, and even had a "spa" day complete with banana smoothie masks, painted nails, and cucumber eyes.
Our one vacation was a weekend jaunt to Bear Lake, where we, along with half the population of Northern Utah, swam, jet skied, and with it being a family reunion, ate our guts out.
My sister-in-law reserved this great cabin, called "The Gathering Place".
Here's Jane loving the canoe ride.
She even enjoyed her time out on the jet ski with dad.
Of course, no family gathering would be complete without a massive fort-building endeavor by all of the grandchildren. They're inside there somewhere, watching a movie.
Now, well into September, I'm not sure why I was so anxious for the kids to return to school. Sure, those last few weeks in August can be trying for even the best parent. And yet, here I am, up to my neck in schedules, dance lessons, therapy appointments, field trips, work, canning, church responsibilities, home improvements, and the PT-freakin-A, and a small part of me is yearning for just one more week of a lazy, dazy summer.
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Yep, me too. My brain just about went into overload keeping track of three school schedules. Granted one is just preschool, but the pressure to not forget which day he is supposed to wear yellow, what day is show and tell, etc, along with the other two boys schedules about did me in! Breath in, breath out. It will all go okay! (that is my mantra these days!)
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