Never Finished Summer Posting

Ok, so the rest of my pictures from August are on my camera... but I am not able to load pictures to this computer from "my" camera. I can only load them unto our other computer; but the problem is that I can't get the other computer to "find the server"... so I am not sure I will ever get them on the blog page. On to other things....
The last few weeks of being home have flown by pretty fast. I have been trying to keep busy, so that my kids and I do not miss the dad too much! Doesn't really seem to work... but it does make me feel like I am doing something to combat the "missing dad!"
We are doing well in school. The boys had a hard time starting back up, but now they are enjoying learning again. The funnest part is playing tons of games together. We play subtraction and addition bingo, memory, sorry and puzzles almost every night. Fun times. Kailea has even found 3 matches all by herself in our Disney Memory game. She is getting so big! We signed up for Sunshine Generation (a performing group) for our extra curricular activity this semester. It is fun. They will have their first performance in December... too cute!
Today, we went for a bike ride. The weather was a bit breezy and just barely sprinkling... really nice. So as we are riding along, Aiden speeds up and then sits back and just enjoys the breeze and the rain - AND forgets to miss the fire hydrant! Ahhh! I watched as my baby flew over his handlebars and the fire hydrant. Thank goodness he is super tough! That kid scares me to death! He cried for a bit, mainly because he got scared... but other than that he was fine. He hopped back on his bike and finished our ride. Thank God for little boys, right?!
Even though I am SO tired, and wishing that Stephen would come home NOW! I still feel blessed to have such a good life, to have a beautiful place to live and to have family and friends that love me. I am blessed to have the opportunity to be home with my kids and be a "teacher" for a season. I know that this time will not last forever... but it sure is nice for now. I love playing with my kids and exploring and learning new things every day! We will continue to "Endure to the End"!

Today's comments...

After dinner, we all made it outside to enjoy the night air and play around in the sand box. We had fun building castles and stomping on them with the dragons. It started getting dark... so I said, "I think we better go in soon, it's getting a little too dark to see." Aiden and Treston both looked at me very seriously and said, "Well we can see in the dark, because we always eat our carrots!" I laughed so hard... they are too funny!

Colorado July 2008 Week 4

The last few weeks of July flew by really quickly. I know we were busy doing things, but I can't really remember when and what! I didn't take many pictures during this time. I do know that we were able to visit grandparents, spend time with cousins tubing down the river, a Farmington shopping trip with Tessa - TJ Max is totally awesome! I was able to help my mom with a few fun projects, we made a cute hotdog roasting pit in her yard. We enjoyed gardening and eating all the green beans! Yum! We enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with Cash; when he wasn't going on dates!!! :-) Loved the opportunity to play volleyball with Tessa and Eric and some friends from the ward. I LOVE volleyball!

My mom and I took the kids on a field trip to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. It is about 15 minutes outside Mancos.

My mom and kids at Mesa Verde
So... Kailea was not enjoying picture time!
Aiden using the grinding stones.
Treston using the grinding stones.
Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde.

If you have never been, you should go at least once. It is really amazing how and why these rock cliff palaces were built. I have never been to the entire park... I think it would take at least 3 days to explore it all! We had fun though, and the kids did enjoy getting to see the rock houses.

On July 28th we traveled up to Ridgeway (right by Ouray, CO) and enjoyed a Stewart Family Reunion. We camped out for three nights and had a blast seeing everyone. We enjoyed some fun crafts, a little river hike (in which we had fun getting drenched!), a talent show, too much super yummy food, jet ski rides, and ofcourse dominoes! The kids had a great time, playing up a storm. A special thanks to Tali and Jordin for taking care of all the younger kids, so that us olders could get a break! You are awesome! I am so glad that we could be there this summer to see so many great smiling faces!