Summer Fun!

Ok, when I got on here & saw that the last date that anything was posted was in April, I just had to post something!!

So, here's an update on us. WARNING: This may be REALLY long!!!!!

Well, we finally closed on our property down the road! It is 1.7 miles from our house now and it's 107 acres. We call it the "Hundred Acre Woods" (Get it? Like Winnie the Pooh!=)). Craig has been busy over there making a driveway/road so we can access it a little better. It was really soggy & muddy before. It looks great now. Not perfect, but getting there. Before, when I would ride back there with Craig on the 4-wheeler, I would lift my feet as high as I could so my shoes & legs didn't get muddy. I don't have to do that anymore. =) Anyway, we're still looking for that perfect house plan. Haven't found it yet. We thought we had, but it wasn't really what we wanted. So, every night we spend an hour or so looking through our many house plan books, trying to decide. I'll take a pic of the property so you can see it. It's pretty woodsy & overgrown right now, but it'll be nice & secluded!

Eric turned 12 in May & received the Aaronic Priesthood. He is now old enough to pass the sacrament, which seems really strange for some reason. Wasn't he just a baby a little while ago? Wow, time flies.......

The boys & Craig took their annual fishing trip to Michigan at the end of May. They always have a good time. I worry about them the whole time they're gone, but they always come back just fine. I don't hear about the bumps & scrapes until they get home, so that's just fine. I got a lot of things done while they were gone. I planted our whole garden, so Craig wouldn't have to when he got back. He was very surprised! I also painted our kitchen (just touch ups. Craig had 'touched it up' with the wrong paint color, so I fixed it). I also sanded the whole Mudroom, painted some curtain rods for Emily's room, painted a shelf & organized all of the kids clothes. I felt so accomplished!! I sure missed my boys though!

The Gang

Craig & the boys are on the right

Jeremy (friend) & his boys are on the left

with their grandpa (Ron)in the middle.

Doing what they do best!

My Triathlon training is going well. I'm feeling more like I can actually do this!! I did a Mini-Tri yesterday. Which wasn't really mini. It was more like the real thing minus a 2 mile run. We did a 1/2 mile swim, 13 mile bike & 1 mile run. It was really HARD!! I only had to stop 2 times on the bike ride (because I thought I was going to puke!) So, I thought that was pretty good. I was so tired afterwards! I got home & took a nap. When I woke up I thought "there's no way I could have done what I just did, 3-4 months ago". So, then I felt better about how I did. I've lost about 20 lbs since starting the training in April. I still have 20 to go.


Summer is in full swing & we've done a bunch of fun activities as a family. I love the flexibility of Craig's work. He's been able to come with us to just about everything!


Last week we went to Roseland Waterpark. It's a park with waterslides, lazy river, wave pool & a splash park (like a playground with water). The waterpark is right in Canandaigua (15 min) & we've never been there! It was so much fun! Some friends of ours were in the Hill Cumorah Pageant as a family & they had the day off of Pageant stuff, so they came with us. The week they were practicing for pageant it was like 95 degrees out with 95% humidity. It was smoltering!!!

Craig going down the crazy slide

Adam going down the crazy slide

Wave Pool

Matt by the splash park

Me & Jess waiting for everyone to get off the waterslides

We also went to a Civil War Re-enactment last weekend. Again it was 95 degrees & 95% humidity!! The boys loved it! They thought it was pretty cool! It was actually so hot there that we went & sat in the a/c car & cooled off before we went back in to finish looking around. We got some pretty good pics of the soldiers, fighting, cannons & the wounded.

A soldier asked the kids if they wanted to wear a uniform for the pic.

It was so hot, but they really wanted to.

SOoooooo HOT!!

Watergirls

The Hill Cumorah Pageant just got over with last weekend. We were able to go 2 times this year. We actually brought a non-member the first time we went & the boys each brought a non-member friend the second time. I think they had a great time. I didn't get too many pics. It was getting dark out.

Christ coming down to the children

Last week we also had a hot-air balloon land in our backyard. It was pretty exciting. At first we thought they were going to hit the cell phone tower. It was pretty scary! Then, they ended up landing in our backyard. We got to watch them deflate it & pack it up. It was quite an ordeal!! The kids thought it was pretty cool too. We took video of it landing. We didn't have the other camera out then. So, we got pics of them deflating it.

deflating the balloon

deflating it

packing it up

waiting for them to load it up

The Basket

Loading the basket

Sparkling Cider for everyone

Well, I guess we're considered farmers now....We have chickens. Does that mean we're farmers? We call Matthew the chicken farmer. He's in charge of making sure they have food, water & hay. We got the chicks when they were 3 weeks old & have raised them on our own. They aren't dead yet, so that's a plus...lol We won't get eggs from them for another couple of months though. So, we're just waiting.......

Chicks

They're much bigger now

(stinkier and not as cute)