Back to School....

I was telling my kids that other day that so many other Mom's have asked me if I was excited for school start. I have replied that I am really not ready! I asked my kids, is it A, because I love my kids more than other Mom's love their kids; B, because my kids are better behaved than other kids - to which I got a hearty laugh and quick "I don't think so" from Aaron; or C because my kids are just so much fun that I will miss them so much when school starts. Aaron quickly added D, because I have such an awesome husband who helps around the house SO much! REALLY, (no offense Aaron, you are wonderful) I think it is E...I leave for a month, or close to it every summer, where my kids have the time of their lives, they are never bored and there is rarely a fight. When I get home I feel like we still need to have "summer"...I want to experience boredom!! I am not ready for school to start next Tuesday!

Our SUMMERLAND trip

OK, I admit, I really don't know what I am doing on the computer! I just updated and posted a lot of pictures from our trip to Canada this summer. If you start reading now you will read it all backwards. SO scroll down to the post titled "Am I married?" After you read that, just scroll up one post at a time and then you will read about the trip in the order it happened.
ENJOY!
Lisa

Time to go home..

We had a great trip. We really enjoyed being with family but we were ready to come home and see Aaron. My Dad drove us down to Spokane to catch our flight. He helped me carry my bags into the airport. Just as the lady told me to repack my bags, since one of them was 51 pounds and the weight limit is 50 pounds, my Dad ran out the door to talk himself out of ticket for leaving his car parked outside the door! Just as I finished repacking my bag, the lady asked me for my ID again, which somehow I misplaced while I was repacking the bags that just got sent away! I did end up finding it in my purse and we were off...to security! That is quite a show for a mother with a 9, 7 and 3 year old, a laptop, a purse and 3 backpacks, 4 pairs of shoes, 3 hoodies and 2 belts! AND the jerk working security gave me a hard time that my Driver License expires soon..."cutting it close" he said. I politely reminded him that it doesn't expire for another month and I remember when my birthday is! Again, on the way home we went throught SLC to get to Chicago. In Chicago we had McDonald's for dinner where Chandler tripped and spilled his entire 20 oz. Sprite on Brooklyn and I. We got to Detroit at midnight to find that they had lost MY suitcase and Brooklyn's car seat. I was at work a few hours later with NO makeup and jet-lagged as could be!! 45 min after I got out of work, I had to have both boys changed, fed and to soccer practice in the most miserably humid day of the year. It was such a stressful day, I spent the next day on the couch with the flu. Back to reality!!! It is nice to be together as a family again though. We missed Aaron a lot.

Waterskiing

So, my boys tell my sister that I can't waterski. She convinces me to waterski so that I can prove to them that I can. I tell her that I will try to drop a ski, even though it has been years since I have skiied and can I add, that it is not one of my favorite things to do! So, she tells that she will take me into a cove that doesn't have seaweed in case I wipe out. You guessed it, I did wipe out dropping a ski! My first thought when I hit the water was how can I be touching the bottom of the lake?!? Then I realized, that the seaweed I was in was SO thick, it felt like the bottom of the lake! When my sister pulled the boat around to pick me up, she knew from my screams and the fact that I was laying on top of the skiis that I was in seaweed. I took pictures of the seaweed when I was back in the boat, so when I tell my therapist about it, there will be proof!!

Fun with Cousins

Chandler, Brooklyn, Jayde, Kyler, Jesse, Jacob Playing at the creek in the campground and getting warm after playing in sprinkler park.
Kyler, Brooklyn, Keaton, Jayde, Jesse, Jacob and Chandler

Just me and the kids...

Aaron had to go back home to work, so it was just me and the kids for 3 whole weeks without him!

Fun with the BOAT

My sister bought a new boat this year and needless to say spent many hours driving kids around the lake! Jacob learned to water ski. Brooklyn had a fun tube ride with Jayde and Aunt Elaine, whom I think she calls Auntie Laine! Chandler is an expert tuber...it is hard to get him dumped off!!