I know, I'm a blog slacker. My excuse is I have just been playing too much with my little family. We had a great summer! We kicked it off by finishing our backyard. Scott and I decided that since we had an important occasion, we ought to finish our backyard. We went from weeds to grass and a playground in 8 days flat. The deadline was Lincoln's baby blessing. It was really a lot of work including: building a fence-leveling dirt- moving rocks- putting in a sprinkling system- laying sod- trampoline hole digging- trampoline assembling- playground assembling- ground cover spreading- rubber mulch laying-, but oh so worth it! Now the kids have a safe place to play and we don't need to worry about them getting lost in the neighborhood.
Lincoln's baby blessing turned out well. Family came from out of town and stayed with us. We enjoyed the nice day and the togetherness time.
A few days after Lincoln's baby blessing, we went to Yellowstone for a week and rented a condo. Just being together and in nature was loads of fun. Sterling turned 2 years old there and we had a little celebration for him. We went miniature golfing for his special day, and of course looked at some bison and bears.
After we came back, we had to start getting ready for our Fish Lake Trip with Scott's family. We pulled out our trailer and decided that if a better trailer for the right price came up, we would replace it. It turns out we found this beauty on our anniversary and decided to jump on the deal. Much to our delight, it made camping really fun. We enjoyed hanging out in our trailer much more because of room to roam. Fishing was great also. We ended up throwing back several fish because there were already plenty. Our brother in law caught a Tiger Muskie fish as big as Sterling! Fun times!
For my birthday, we went to lunch at Buca de Beppo. Scott then let me go on a kid-less shopping spree for a few hours. I had several calls and notes from loved ones which helped add to the specialness.
We then just had a great time going around town and seeing what it had to offer. We went to arcades, the Zoo, Thanksgiving Point Gardens and museum, the Aquarium, Clark Planetarium, Snowbird, Heritage Park, Lagoon, and Tracy Aviary. With Scott working for himself, we really have some flexibility. It's been a wonderful summer, too bad it's over!
