Last Lazy Day of Summer.

 Our crew was bound and determined to

suck every.last.moment. out of summer . . .

 Today we had tons and tons and tons and 

tons of fun at Spring Mountain Ranch!!!

 We ate tons of fun food . . .

 . . . played fun games . . . 

 . . . were lazy on the blankets . . . 

 EVERYONE got into the act!!!!

 There was talk about upcoming birthdays,

Halloween, Trick or Treating, turkey

eating, and CHRISTmas . . . 

 Oh, summer . . . where have you gone?!?

Our gang does love the upcoming seasons

and EVERYTHING associated with them

also . . . 

Love you guys!!  We had such a 

wonderfully fun day!!!!

The.Perfect.Pancake.

 With a few simple ingredients . . .

Our Dad can whip up the.perfect.pancake!

 Being a wee bit competitive, I have tried

and tried to accomplish this feat.  I have

yet to do it!!  I have tried adding fresh

blueberries, strawberries, vanilla, cream,

or sugar . . . none of my little tricks seem

to please our crew like Dad's perfect

pancakes.  

 As we are winding down the LAST week

of summer . . . We are still squeezing in

staying up until the wee hours of the morning,

sleeping late, and hanging out in the 

jammies when the day affords it.  We are

all NERVOUSLY, yet EXCITEDLY

approaching next week!!!

Here you have it . . . the.perfect.pancake.

made by our perfect.Dad.

Happy, happy last week of summer!!

Summer 2012.

This time of year, I always begin to

get so excited for our new school year.

As I was preparing for next school 

year today, I began to think what a

fun . . . and different summer we have

had this year.  It all seems like a 

whirlwind in many respects and

cannot believe that we will settle

back into our fall routine within the

next couple of weeks.  It seems crazy 

that I will just have Luke with me

as the rest of the guys are all registered

for their college courses and will be

super busy with schedules of their

own.

Over the summer we have:

*accomplished a MAJOR move

*began to settled in at our

new church

*gotten reaccustomed to 100* plus

temperatures

*make new friends and cherish

old friendships

*began a clinical trial

*spent a wonderful week at

the beach

*said a tearful goodbye to

our Grampa

*missed, missing our Grampa

*lots of cozy days in our new

home being with our Dad

*tons of laughs as a family

*tears were included as we

began to face difficult facts

and harsh reality

*movies

*tons of chocolate chip cookies

*Sunday dinners

*Family Fridays

*camps

*golf

*swimming

It is hard to say goodbye to summer,

but I do love the fall and I love,

love, love my homeschooling and 

am so grateful that I have had the

opportunity to homeschool all of our

boys for a bazillion years.