Good question. Growing a baby, taking care of kids, is that a good answer. Really, we have been having a pretty lazy summer, mostly due to the fact that I just don't have a lot of energy to do more than I absolutely have to. That, and it has been so stinking hot, anyone who has ever been pregnant in the summer understands, I can only stand to be outside for a few minutes at a time. I feel bad that we haven't spent more time outside this summer, but even when I send my kids out in the backyard by themselves they only last 10 minutes max. That might also have something to do with the construction site in the backyard. It is so noisy you can't hear yourself talk, and the loose piles of dirt and wind are a great mix too. Mix in some tumble weeds, which we have in abundance this summer, and the backyard is a great place to play. I feel bad that we haven't done much of anything this summer. I had good intentions when the summer started. I found this summer activity book online that I downloaded and put together. I started saving items to use on the projects, I thought we would do every project in the book, but we only did two. A few weeks ago I was feeling really guilty so I made a list of activities we could do, all I had to do was pick an activity everyday to do with the kids. That lasted for 3 days. Even though I feel like we have spent entirely too much time this summer watching TV and playing video games, I also feel like we have been busy, at least too busy to do the things I want to do, like scrapbooking and sewing, I have all kinds of projects in my head I can just never get around to actually doing. We have just been busy doing normal, everyday things, like cleaning and running errands. We have ventured out a few times. Jacob and Nathan had swimming lessons for the first time this summer.
We had fun at the splash park with some old friends.
Jenny, Amy, Leslie, and Becky together again, with nine kids between us and two on the way
We went on a family hike, I almost died, Jacob and Nathan did awesome though.
We went to the children's garden at Thanksgiving Point with my old friend Becky and her kids. It was hot, but tons of fun.
