County Fair 2012

journaling to come later

"That" time of Summer!

 

“That” time of summer is here. The time when I realize that it is more than coming to an end. The time when my kids are starting to drive me a tad crazy. The time when it is sort of too hot to play outside all day, and I get sick of being cooped up inside and can't wait until evening to get out! The time when I see the school supplies out in stores and I sort of want to puke(Part excited, part because I can't believe it is that time already!)! Yep...that time of year

I have had a bit of guilt about cheating my kids out of a fun summer because we have been beyond busy with moving....All it takes is a view back at pictures to realize that they have not been cheated at all. Thanks to family and friends, they have had plenty of fun and made plenty of happy memories. Pair that with sleeping in every morning, staying up late, having no schedule or agenda...and they are 3 very lucky kids!!

This past weekend we went to the last family reunion of the summer. For some reason I did not take one picture! It is for my Grandma Bowthorpes Richins family. I am proud to be one of 504 decedents of my Great Grandma and Grandpa Richins. I am their great granddaughter. What is crazy is that in our huge family, we now have 5 Great, great, great, great, great grand children! Crazy. Even crazier is that probably 90% or more of my family lives in Vernal! I am so proud to belong to such a great legacy. My Grandpa Bowthorpe is the only surviving person left. My Grandma's 9 siblings and their spouses have all passed on. So he is all that is left.

Monday Hallie entered into the Fair's table setting contest again. We will see how she did on Thursday.

That night for FHE we went to the Rec. Center. I didn't get too many pictures, but 3 is proof that we went and had fun right??

We went to the 24^th of July Parade. My mom watched Sophie so Emily could ride in the parade with Kolby and Rachael. Sophie doesn't love too many adults....but G.J. is among the lucky ones that she does love. She gave him all sorts of snuggles and cuddles. She is adorable.

So that is it for now. We are finally settled in our house to the point that we don't have a million chores/To Do's a day. It is so nice. So I guess whether I like it or not...next week at this time it will be August, and 4 weeks from today my kids start school!

 p.s. I think TONS of people in Vernal saw this full double rainbow that spanned our beautiful town. It was SO refreshing to see-there is just something so promising about rainbows!

Ta-Dah!!! Finished (ish) Product

 Our Bedroom

 Our Bathroom

 My Craft Room, exercise room, sewing room, etc. Decorating still in progress.....

 Kayler's Bathroom

 Kayler's Bathroom

Front/Living Room

  Pantry

 Laundry room....Decorations still in progress

 Stairwell

 Family room in basement....obviously still in progress..

 Gavin's room

 Hallie and Gavin's bathroom

  (still waiting on decor)

 Hallie's Room

 Storage room

Cold Storage room

Summer....Halfway Mark!

Hallie participated in the kids Dino Tri this year. She did SO good!!!

My mom's life long dream of owning her own cotton candy machine came true....What lucky grand-kids she has!!

I dropped my tiny baby girl off to a week long swim camp at BYU. She had SO much fun, and learned so much!

My nieces Kenzie and Kelsey came to see her off to camp. Kelsey is a student at BYU and was SO helpful showing us around!

We had a week long family reunion last week/weekend. It was for my Grandma Stewart's side of the family. Her maiden name is Clark...so it was our Clark reunion. We had a blast, it was so so so good to get away for a while!

Kayler showing the girls something very important on his nintendo

Grandma and her cotton candy

Kenny and Sophie...aren't they precious!?

All the grandkids

We had a carnival theme this year, and it was a hit. My family really knows how to party!!

We did a balloon release to remember those who had passed on before us.

And finally....the first views of our house. The kitchen was the first room put away and decorated somewhat.

My view every night....it is seriously gorgeous...like out of a magazine beautiful. I LOVE it!

Front view....we have shutters coming...yards someday...and hopefully other things to add more curb appeal

Our new mailbox/address

So....that is our summer in a nutshell thus far. I am SO So glad the move is over. Now, even though I am still busy with things, I can truly enjoy the rest of summer and all the fun it is sure to bring!