The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
This week started with JJ getting up early Monday morning to go fishing with Grandpa. Mondays have become thier fishing days and JJ really is enjoying it. He asked if he could sleep in his clothes so he would be ready the moment Grandpa came to pick him up. They didn't catch anything but still had some great guy bonding time. Tuesday was movie day with Jamie. After the movie we had lunch together. Wednesday the washer AND dryer went out. Arghhh! Lance come home early from work so I could go up to Charlie's house to help prepare for the Open House. Things went smoothly other than the "spitting" chocolate fountain. It was great to see so many relatives whom I don't see very often. Thursday was Pioneer Day - this day was spent waiting for the repairman to come, and for Lance watching the repairman take apart both the washer and dryer to find that he needed to order a part. This day I went with my mom and Hannah back to school shopping. Friday rolled around and the long awaited event came! Charlie and Mary Ellen were married. We are so thrilled for them. It was great to meet Mary Ellen's family and we can't wait to get to know them better. The kids weren't a huge pain (hopefully!) to Emmy and Grandma Madigan at the temple - they got through it fairly well and weren't to fussy. The luncheon was delicious and the surroundings very beautiful. My only regret is that we didn't just do the large group photo at the temple and then hurry to the Tuscany to take the rest of the group photos. It was just too hot and bright at the temple. OH well. A BIG thank you goes out to Missy who created the gorgeous family tree that we gave to Charlie and Mary Ellen. She worked really hard on it all while she was preparing for a family reunion of over 350 people! Saturday we had a garage sale (anybody want or know of anybody who wants any girls clothes sizes 0-4T and boys sizes 0-24 months? Just email me sarey@hotmail.com) Now if we could just get our washer and dryer fixed so I had some clean clothes to wear, I would be a happy girl. Here is a slide show of my favorite shots from the wedding. Email me if you would like me to send you an invitation to view ALL these photos and more in high resolution on Costco's website! 
That is exactly how I am feeling right now. We longed for summer and although we are relishing every minute of it I can feel it slipping by way to fast. I want to pull on the reigns and say whoa! It is already nearly the middle of July and next month on the 1st Asher will be turning two. I want to say whoa to that too. The kids are all growing up so fast sometimes I am afraid that if I turn away from them for a minute when I look back they will be in college! So I am trying to savor small moments. 
A couple of weeks ago we got to participate in the Lehi Roundup celebration. One of the things we really like about living in Lehi is that although it is becoming very large many aspects of the community feel very much like a small town with a grand history. One of these is the Roundup days. Every year the LDS wards create a mini float based on a particular theme. This year's theme was tall tales and traditions. Our ward float was about fishing. One of the girls in our ward created a phenomenal float and all the primary age kids get to either be on the float or walk with it. The kids look forward every year to taking part in the parades. I say parades because there are two, well, actually three. There is the All Horse Parade and then there is the mini parade and the mammoth parade. The mini parade consists mainly of the mini floats that the wards create and it takes place on Friday. The mammoth parade has all the mini floats as well as bands from lots of high schools and big floats from surrounding communities. This was the first year that Asher really got to enjoy watching the parade and he LOVED it! He especially enjoyed the fire truck and catching all the candy being thrown out. Seeing the parade through his eyes puts a new shine on everything that we as adults have seen many times before. It is all new to him and I wanted to jump up and down and do the "happy dance" with him as he watched the fire truck approach. JJ rode his scooter with the float and Lance pulled Hannah in the wagon. 
It has been a HOOOOTTTTTT summer and the kids are loving playing in the water at our house or Grandma Jeppson's or where ever. They especially loved playing on the slip and slide at Chloe's birthday party. They are all getting to be so brown although JJ (like me) burns very easily. Asher and Hannah seem to have Lance's complexion - they just tan and tan and tan.
We have enjoyed our membership to Thanksgiving Point and try to go out there several times a month. We went for FHE recently and had a great time wandering around and just being together. There was a neat bird show too and the kids got to pet a cockatoo.
The fourth of July was full of tradition and fun. Of course we had to BBQ on our new grill (wahoo our first new -not previously owned- grill) and then we headed over to Thanksgiving Point to watch the fireworks. We love going in and getting a spot on the lawn early and letting the kids play and just hang out. This has to be one of our favorite family traditions of all time.
Lance is off to Atlanta but will be back soon. He is hanging out at the CDC (centers for disease control) learning all sorts of interesting things that will hopefully help should there be an "outbreak" of something bad here. Sara says that the less she knows about such things the better she sleeps at night.
Well here's hoping that as the summer slips away that we all try to savor the little moments that make life sweet!
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