Salvaging Summer

As I've written about recently, we haven't had the greatest of summers. Between getting ready for Trek and my shoulder surgery, my kids have been jipped. But when my little sister, Jessica came into town for my Grandma's funeral, she decided to stay for the month. She has two cute little kids and my kids love them to pieces. We had a great time just being together.

To kick things off, my mom got the boys these darling superhero capes. Superman on one side, Batman on the other. They ran around the house having a blast. So cute!

We then tried to salvage summer by cramming in tons of activities in August. We had a blast together! Some of the things we did that I don't have pictures for are: swimming in Grandma's backyard, going to Grandpa's work and sitting in the Army Tanks, going to movies, going out to lunch A LOT, and shopping.

Also, Katie and Lauren got to spend a week with Grandma Geneal. They had a great time, but I really missed them. They have really helped me with my bad arm. But I'm glad they got to go!

One day, we went down to Thanksgiving Point to their huge Dinosaur Museum. The kids LOVED it! We had a blast.

We had a lot of fun there. The kids' favorite parts were the two sand tables. One was a wet sand table and the other was the dry sand box. They had a great time!

We also went to Lagoon. We always have fun there. The kids loved going on the rides with eachother. This is a picture BEFORE Rattlesnake Rapids, but after, well, we were drenched!

Holland has really taken to Braiden! She loves that kid and he loves her. It was so cute every time she asked to sit by him in her cute little voice!

We had a fun backyard bash celebrating John's birthday. Of course, we ate way too much delcious food and yummy desserts. It's just so fun to get together!

And finally, we went mini-golfing. We love doing this. The kids are so funny! Holland got her ball stuck in the little tunnel, so she went after it. It was so cute!

Jessica and the rest of her family have headed home and we miss them so much already. We have so much fun together. The kids are sad, but we are heading back there to visit them in a few short weeks, where we will play some more!! Thanks for the great month, Jess!

So, as you can see, we packed quite a bit into a few short weeks. I'm feeling better about giving my kids a fun summer before they go back to school, piano practice, homework and other crazy stuff! I guess summer wasn't too bad after all, and I know that next year will be even better!