Time flies when your having fun...

Ok, so I don't know that we were having a all that much fun, but time sure did fly. So what did we do in the last month. Well, we tried to stay cool, we weren't successful. It was such a long winter that I was kind of excited for this summer, but that lasted for a month and a half maybe, and now I long for those winter days. It is really hot here in Utah. Lots of days over 100. Nate started a new job, again. He is now working for a company called AdvancedMD. The last job didn't work out because of traveling and the guy that he was supposed to replace never ended up leaving so he felt that he wasn't really able to do the job that he was hired for. So he found this other one, and already loves it. He has a 9/80 work schedule, meaning in the course of two work weeks, he works 9, 9 hour days, and then gets every other Friday off. He really likes this schedule. He had a couple days off in between jobs again and it was good to have him home. One of the days we were home, I decided to take the kids to a park in our city that runs by a river. We let the kids wade in the river and pretty soon Nate and I were in there with them, and pretty soon water fights started and Cole and I ended up the losers and Riian and Nate the winners. I think Cole was wet through his skin.

We then went to play on the playground so we could dry off before getting back in the car. This playground had a zip line and the 3 oldest "kids" took turns on that.

Yes, that is my husbands rear. He decided the zip line looked like fun and he was anxious to try.

Riian and Cole also finished up T-ball and baseball. Riian had her best friend Jenna on her team so it was a great year for her. Cole is learning the game and learning how to be a better baseball player. This year Cole started playing team pitch. Meaning the players pitch to each other. It quite the learning curve, for both the kids pitching and the kids hitting. Cole really learned how to get a good swing in, and made it on base all but 1 or 2 times that he batted. He only got hit in the kidney's once, but he's young and resilient, so no harm done. He tried his hand at pitching once, and he said it was a lot harder the it looks, and he tried to be catcher once too, but only lasted about 5 minutes before he wouldn't run to the ball anymore because he was so hot in all the catcher gear.

I have discovered that all my kids are very fashion conscience and color coordinated, as Jack showed me his skills this month

We spent a week this month in Fort Collins. Nate's dad died of a massive heart attack on the 27th. It was very sudden and unexpected. So we took off the week and traveled up there. There was a lot of things to take care of, and there are still some that are being sorted out. It was good to go over there and be with his siblings right now. The service was held on that Thursday the 31st. Our amazing friends, dropped anything they had going on that day, to come to the funeral. The guys sang at the funeral and I sobbed and sobbed. We were able to spend an evening with our good friends and that was really great.

A few days after we got back, my mom came out to see Cole in Suessical the Musical ( he missed his opening night because we were in Fort Collins, but his directors were very understanding). He played one of the Wickersham brothers, a group of no-good monkeys. He was quite the performer and it was fun to watch. My mom and I then flew to Seattle to see my brother. We saw Teatro Zinzanni while we were there. A great dinner theater type event. It was really really great. I laughed so hard I couldn't breath. We ate the most amazing ice cream at Mora's on Bainbridge Island. And we just laughed and had a great time.

Now it is time to wind down the summer and get ready for school. It starts a week from tomorrow, so we have a lot to do to prepare for that. With 2 kids gone full time and one at preschool 3 days a week, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my time. I could spend it cleaning house, but what fun would that be.