The last days of Summer

July and August just seemed to fly by!  From Slurpees on 7-11 day till the start of school we just played played played!

We spent a couple of different days at a friend's swimming pool for lunch!  Us moms are great friends that get together a lot while the kids are in school, so it was fun this time around for the kids to hang out too!  They are all such great friends!  I really wish we could all get together more!

 

Then there is the Pass of All Passes!  

We have the great rec center pool right here in Lehi so we don't take advantage of the big Seven Peaks Water Park like we should!  We should go there so much more!  The kids have a blast!  It was fun to go with more great friends!!

Matt had done some contract work this summer for a company called Domo. 

Emily found this hat at Wal-Mart and is still mad at me for not buying it for her.

These were the only 2 pictures I did get from Matt's work party!  He's glad to be back with the guys at Knowlysis!  And we always love the summer swim party and picnic.  This picture of Thomas and Kierra is just priceless!  I LOVE how much they love to be together!  Below you can see their cute giggles as they play a game together on the computer.  It is so wonderful to sneak up on moments like this!

We were glad that we decided to visit Grandma and Grandpa in July, because they went back east in August to the Little League World Series and Washington DC temple.  It is always fun to get texts from them showing us where they are! 

We spent our summer nights riding bikes, geocaching and park hopping.

 

We always love going to Arts in the Park, or neighborhood barbeques!

The kids also did the literacy this summer.  Kaylee and Taylor were tutors, Emily did the book club and Kierra did the summer reading program.  We all had a blast at the end of summer picnic!  It is fun to just pack up and relax for a day at things like this!  The big kids make it easy to go out of the house and we just enjoy being together!

Our traditional Literacy Center picture with Miss Fay!!

Summer Sundays are also relaxing and fun!  Right boys?!  ;)  Matt falls asleep in seconds when he has the girls doing his hair....wish the magic worked that great on little brothers!

Sunday afternoons really are the best...especially in the summers.  We are on a countdown to 9 am church.  1:00 is great and all....the church is true no matter what time we go.  :)  But we can't wait to have the whole day ahead of us!

This one particular Sunday while Matt and I were at Stake Choir Practice we came home to this awesome video!  Sure we have our moments in our home where kids fight or we are tired or cranky....but really...for the most part...these kids really do get a long so fantastic...in fact, they usually get along better when I'm not around to dictate and monitor every little thing they do.  This video was just so fun to watch!  It was fun think that in 2 hours this is what they all came up with and pieced together!  I was just in awe and so happy for the love and friendship that these amazing kids have!  I'm thankful for my older girls that are so creative and good about getting everyone involved!  I just love 'em all soooo much! 

I love that they go back to school and activities, but wow we love summer!  It is fun to be together!  I love my family and will miss having them around all day, but yay for fun memories and new adventures to come!