Looking back -week ending July 31

Here are things I remember from the week.

We came home from Idaho. The younger kids got an extra night, due to Jed coming down to catch a flight the next day.

We really like Reed’s Dairy. Their chocolate and huckleberry milk was so good as well as their ice cream. 

After a 10 minute conversation with Glen, we have less grass and a very heavy duty fire pit in the back yard. It’s pretty cool.

Lilly went to plays at Hale Center Theater- Singing in the Rain and Silent Sky.

Lucy had her last open gym for volleyball before tryouts. 

The kids and I were at Evelyn’s a lot. Marian and I are trying to figure out a better schedule. It’s still a work in progress. 

Summer is fun and exhausting. I think we are squeezing all we can out of it. As much as I don’t think I am ready for a new school year; I am running out of steam for summer and keeping the kids engaged in something. 

After months of planning to figure out when the most amount of people could meet, Glen’s high school friends got together at our house. It was great to see them again and catch up. They are all such good people. 

For the sake of my mom and Evelyn’s relationship, I decided to get Evelyn on a better bath schedule.(it’s at least once every three weeks:/ I had to find a middle ground for the two parties) This week she even wanted her hair colored so she didn’t have to see that old woman that looked back at her in the mirror any more.  

Kids playing Crossnet. 

Glen’s friends from growing up and high school- The Peanut Gallery reunion-Brooke and Andy Desmond, Angie and Nate Skoubye, Keith and Andrea Hansen, Nate and Amber Elkins, Glen and me. Tony and Betty Nelson and Jeremy and Heidi Barton couldn’t make it. 

Testing out the new fire pit.

Ruth, Enoch, Nate and Angie with the blaring sun. 

Sunset on the Peanut Galley gathering.

Playing around with the bathtub letters while Evelyn had milk and cookies. 

A tiny snake we found escaping to the grass from the driveway. Can you see it? 

Evelyn got a bath and her hair colored. She felt at least ten years younger not having white hair. 

Sister love and rough housing. They are going to miss her not being around as much. 

Elise and Lacey, the little girls showing their matching chairs with Brooke and Andy in the background. 

Lilly resting after playing at Rigby Lake in Idaho. All my other pictures are on film I haven’t developed yet. 

The fairy garden on Jed and Jill’s front porch. Beth loved it. 

More rough housing teasing sisters

Lucy really wanted a picture of this license plate it was -MYREDHD

This was emailed to me from Shutterfly as happening eleven years ago. It brought back good memories.