Week 1: Girls Camp
It was amazing and exhausting, all at the same time. I LOVE Girls Camp. I LOVE doing the 4th year hike... I LOVE doing it with my partner, Danielle. I LOVED having Megan on the hike this year. I LOVED my YCL's. I LOVED how Eric puts up with me all for this amazing 3 days with a bunch of teenage girls. (He LOVES it too... and I think he loves that going to Girls Camp gets him out of Scout Camp now!)
Week 2: Recover from Girls Camp (Daily Routine: Sleep in, decide it's too hot to exercise, sit in chair in my PJ's until close to dinner time, shower, get dressed and make dinner, pretend like I've done something other than watching Robin Hood episodes with the kids all day, hang out with Eric, watch some more TV, wish I was back at Camp, and go to bed.... repeated 5 times!)
Week 3: Road trip with my besties...
These girls are seriously awesome. We got invited to go hang out at Karen's house (aka Lambson Lodge) for a couple days without kids or hubbies. It was sooo much fun... we were the biggest kids up there. We sat around Karen's house talking, eating caramel corn and chocolate chip cookie dough, while watching Season 2 of Downton Abbey. We did get out of the house to eat some mediocre mexican food (and I was mad because I forgot my milk pills!), shop for soda and junk food at the local Safeway, and get ice cream in Greer. (Again... still no milk pills....) Most of these photos were taken when we parked to walk along the creek in Greer. This little tourist trap town has got to be the prettiest mountain town in Arizona I have EVER seen. Next time I get a Groupon offer for a cabin in Greer, I might just buy it. Many thanks to Karen and Sheri for making this visit happen. It was WONDERFUL!
Two days after coming home from the White Mountains, we took Sheri's family out on the boat with us. It was super fun. All the kids had a great time, including Megan, even though their family has all boys. Megan is such a good sport. She puts up with a lot of boys in her life.
Week 4: Recover from road trip with my besties and an exhausting boat day... I'm not 13 anymore... it was almost like Ragnar all over again... except that Adrienne and I got to share a double bed instead of cramming into a van for middle of the night naps! Also this week, appointments galore.... Visiting Teaching, Chiro, Ortho, Dermatology and 2 of the kids got physicals. Whew... I felt like I was LIVING in my car!
Week 5: Which brings us to today. The only thing I've accomplished today so far is about 6 loads of laundry... whether or not said laundry will get folded and put away is anyone's guess. I've also cleaned out my 2 email inboxes and read blogs that I've ignored for the last six weeks. Luckily, I'm not the only lazy blogger out there... so there weren't too many to sift through. I do have a "to do" list of things I want to accomplish before wednesday afternoon. It includes cleaning the fridge, sweeping and vacuuming the house, pulling the weeds in the backyard, and the usual stuff that has to be done all the time. Wednesday evening we are having friends over for a BBQ/swim party, and Thursday, Eric and I head to Portland for a short but sweet getaway.
Week 6 will involve lots of cleaning and back to school shopping.
Week 7 we will have family come! Yay! I always feel bad when the grandparents come in the hottest summer months, but Ian will be turning 12 and getting the priesthood, so it's a big occasion that warrants the presence of both sets of grandparents.
Week 8 will be the first day of school... and summer vacation will officially be over. Booo.... Hisss.... sad face! Summer itself will last for 2 more months after school starts, so at least the school routine will help distract us from the heat. Maybe...
