Someone Please Tell Me I'm Dreaming and it's Not Really August

Wowser, summer has flown by! I can't believe the boys start school in a week and a half. I am totally not ready for them to go back. I know a lot of mom's can't wait for the first day of school, but I am never ready. Every year it seems like summer vacation gets shorter and shorter. This one was no exception danggit all. :(

Here is a few highlights from our pathetic, um I mean relaxing, summer.

In July, Spencer's little league team took second place in the state tournament. Woohoo! They were a great group of boys and it was a fun experience. He didn't pitch this season for the first time ever, which was a bummer for him, but made the games much less stressful for me. The last game was a really tough loss, but I was so proud of him for showing excellent sportsmanship anyway. Here are a few of my favorite action shots:



We went to the city carnival, which has become an annual family tradition. I think the boys' favorite part this year (except for the snow cones of course) was the helicopter ping pong drop. Here are Justin and Tyler anxiously waiting for the helicopter to take off so they can race onto the field with a hundred other kids and risk life and limb to fight over ping pong balls:

And here they are with the prizes they won. Ah to be a kid again and be totally motivated by sugar. Oh wait, I guess I still am. Especially if said sugar contains chocolate. ;)

Justin played T-ball for the first time. And in case you can't tell by the huge grin on his face, he totally loved it!

We discovered that our stop and waste was leaking and needed to be replaced because it was causing our foundation to settle because thestupidexcavatorputitrightundertheporchfootings. Oh, and just in case you were wondering why our grass is such a lovely shade of yellow; that is actually on purpose. Turns out that hours of backbreaking labor tearing up sod and replacing it doesn't actually get rid of orchard grass. It will grow up through the new sod. We have to kill every last blade, then tear it out and start over. Fun times.


Then there was the trampoline that after 7 years of use finally took it's last breath. It is a kid magnet for the entire neighborhood and is used on a daily basis, so it had to be replaced.

We all got together for my dad's 60th birthday. (or maybe 59th? Sorry dad, I'm really bad with numbers) All of us were there except my brother Aaron, who got the time wrong and was at a church meeting. My sister was going to photoshop him into that gap on the right, but she hasn't yet, so you'll all just have to pretend.

As soon as pictures were done, Spencer found a snake in the grass. He showed it to all the little cousins. I thought this picture was cute:

The boys took swimming lessons and made huge strides this year. Their teacher was amazing!




That is pretty much our summer in a nutshell. I know you are all dying of jealousy wishing your lives were as exciting as ours. :)