Summer Happenings and Not Happenings. Lots of Pictures. Buckle Up.

What's happening??? So many things! What's not happening? Weight loss. I am down 16 pounds and stuck here. REALLY stuck. Time to start trying a little harder. Eric and I just got back from a nice evening run. We ran about 4 1/2+ miles and walked another mile back up the hill. I cannot run the hill- it kills. So the exercise is in place; I have been spinning, running, strength training, hiking, walking with the stroller and 2 hefty kids, and even swimming a little. So now, it's back to concentrating on the food intake. My goal for this week: More water, more fiber, no eating after 7, daily vitamin, 1 salad a day, and no dessert for 1 week.

Now on to what HAS been happening. Last week my neighbors and I took our kids to the Discover Gateway Museum in Salt Lake. We all had such a fun time that we didn't start our drive back to Logan until 9:00 PM! Don't know who was more wiped out,...us or our kids. We played at the museum, ate dinner, let the kids play in the fountains, and finished it off by a little Gap Kids shopping. Weather was perfect, we lost no children, they all had a blast playing together, food was delicious (we were all so hungry), and social time with my neighbors could not have been better. Here are some pictures of that fun adventure:











Landon and Camden did another summer camp a week ago at the American West Heritage Center. Camden re-took his farm camp since the Deadly Peruvian Flu (as I call it) took us down for the count. Remember that sad story? Anyway, I did get a couple of pictures of Landon's "Frontier Explorers" camp. They were being taught by the nice Indian women. Take a look:


And then there is this, just in. It's Camden's soccer picture for the grandparents to have. Soccer has been long ago over, but I just received this through e-mail. Keep posted for the T-ball one, too:

And finally, our happy Fourth of July happenings. We had a jolly good time with the Hooley side of the family this last weekend. Ryan, Melissa and kids are up visiting from the Lone Star State. It was so great to have EVERYONE together- it has been a long long time...like the last Blue Moon, maybe. Sleeping in the trailer out in the backyard (air conditioned and running water) was surprisingly comfortable and bungalow-ish. The best part was that the baby slept so sound! I didn't have to worry about any of the 13 other kids yelling too loud in the house. Heaven I tell you, heaven. Some of the weekend events went like this: We hiked to Timp Cave, we went to our nephew Mason's baptism, we ate, we took family pictures (soon to post), we ate, we shopped, played video games, BBQ'ed, lit firecrackers in the street, ate, watched the kids play in the water and jump on the trampoline, ate, talked and laughed, tried not to go crazy with so many people around, Jada the dog totally tackled Ethan down to the ground, watched a movie, had a bonfire in Tessa and Jeff's fire pit, ate s'mores, talked and ate, went to church, listened to my mother-in-law give a great Relief Society lesson, and just overall had a great time.