The end of summer that is. Can you believe it? I've already been back to school a few times this week. Yuck :) I am on the laptop and don't have pictures, but wanted to take a minute to remember what we've done since the last post. Let's see....
I guess the first big thing was Girls Camp. This year was ward camp and we went to Camp Atoka just past Huntsville. The camp was Tues-Fri. It was my first time leaving Lincoln so I only went Wed-Fri. It was a lot of fun and I am glad I went. Some of the highlights included watching the girls tube down the river, skit night, hiking by Causey, and testimony meeting. The leaders definitely had "mini vacations" away from the kids and I think the girls had a great time as well.
Saturday, August 1 my cousin's daughter Ellie was baptized. They live in Virginia so we hardly get to see them. It was neat because I went to Ellie's blessing when I lived in VA, and now she is baptized! Afterwards we went to my aunt's pool for a bbq and swimming. Lincoln was tired so I just ate and then left. But we did go back to the pool Monday for swimming!!
Sunday, August 2 Samantha was blessed. Lincoln was super fussy so I listened to the prayer in the hall, but Josh did a great job! We visited after the blessing at Liz's parents house for awhile before heading to Jefferson's parents for a small party for Laurie's birthday. It was a busy weekend!
This past weekend was fun. Friday night (after a day of training for the new class I am teaching next year) Jefferson, Lincoln and I headed up to Deer Valley to hear the Utah Symphony. (Can you believe twice in one year??) We got free tickets from Darrin (THANKS!!) and heard The William Tell Overture, Variations on "America", and Peter and the Wolf. During Peter, Treat Williams (Everwood dad) narrated and students from the Ballet West Academy danced. It was really cute and only lasted an hour (so Lincoln did well - plus it was one of those really cold days).
Saturday night we headed down to Bountiful to watch part of the International Summer Festival. It was pretty cool to see the performers from different countries. We saw performances from Spain, China, Hungary and Poland.
This weekend I am trying to get Jefferson to take me camping. It might only be for one night, but I would really like to "get away" before the summer is over. We'll see. Until then I am moving in to my new classroom (I am teaching at Fairfield Jr. next year) and trying to figure out what I am teaching (2 new classes - CTEI Tech & Engineering and Word Processing Basics). Wish me luck :)
