Summer is Over

The summer is over. The weather hasn't let up but the monsoon has come and we are faced with school and the regular schedules we have all avoided for the last 10 weeks. School began with many interesting things. I found doing two schools is much easier. I found that guitar class is a nice afternoon. I also found that sometimes the kids think they know more than I and though I resent it, I am glad they have a mind to think with! I have facebooked my summer away leaving undone projects. Spent alot of time next to the TV and watched my fill of "what not to wear" and "House reruns"... Lessons were minimal and I am just getting back to full fledged lessons. It is interesting. We joined the local gym. I have spun and I have swum. Dallin into his clinicals and has begun working on live bodies. Macy has begun her senior year. All her friends from summer played long and hard. We started the summer with a Keith gathering and we end with school supply gathering and new adventures we did not plan. Macy has been on the drill team for two years and began her third summer when the drum major moved. The band asked her to lead them and she had to make a very difficult decision. Many were called and asked for advice. She prayed, fasted and made the decision to move on to the band and leave drill. This will open up the play, swim team, and other pursuits she was hoping for. Her senior year will be great.
We skype regularly with the grandkids and miss them terribly. We miss our neighbors, the Taylors and look forward to their mission being over next summer. It will be good to have them home again. I planted a small container garden which I forgot about when school started...poor thing, they are all wilted and gone. So next summer I can plant again and get rolling better on the tomatoes, peppers, and whatever else I can grow.
Stephen moves for the next nine or ten weeks to the Blooming store for renovations. He will be out of the warehouse...into airconditioning. My parents are coming home tomorrow from their summer home in Rhode Island. We hope to see Ryan, Diana and Conrad on labor day. Stephen had a big birthday party over the summer and mine will be quiet and just a nice four day weekend.
Looking forward to Next May when we will all go to Pennsylvania for all the grads. Macy, Micah, David, and Dallin will all be graduated. So we hope for a big reunion with all of our family in that neck of the woods...