Bryan at Justin's baseball game.

Nathan and Kempton getting ready to climb.

I think Justin had a mouth full of sunflower seeds when I took this shot!

Summer Re-Cap

Now that the summer is officially over I want to post about some of the summer things that went on.

Justin played baseball this summer. He had a great time and really improved in his batting skills over the course of the season.

Nathan and Kempton had some rock climbing lessons that they really enjoyed. They are not quite ready to climb on their own yet, but they will eventually get there.

Our whole family took a trip to Utah in July. Nathan attended EFY while the rest of us met up with our friends and went to Lagoon one day and then spent a day poolside with them as well. We also went to Bear Lake and did some boating and also sampled the local food (raspberry shakes and burgers!). It was a bit crowded in the small town where Bear Lake is located but we had a good time and enjoyed ourselves. It was fun spending time w/ friends that we don't often see and Nathan had an awesome time with his cousin Dallin at EFY.

Just before school started we took a trip to Dana Point, California to stay in a condo near the beach. The trip was a long drive so we broke it up into two days and so we all survived! After driving through the desert areas of Utah, Ariz., and Nevada, I can't imagine living in such a hot, dry and ugly place, but lots of people sure do! The boys really loved playing at the beach and Barton and I enjoyed just watching the kids play in the sand and the water for hours and hours. We also went to Disneyland a few times. It was always hot and crowded but we made the best of it and rode lots of fun rides. Our last night there we decided to go late in the evening because we knew it would be cooler and thought it would be a little less crowded. We were right about the cooler temps, but it was even more crowded at nighttime there!! We stayed until almost midnight with lots of other Disney-Crazy folks.

Some other fun things we did this summer:

Trek (Nathan, Barton and Ann)--A three day pioneer re-enactment in Wyoming

High Adventure (Nathan)--A trip with scouts to camp, mountain bike, fish, river rafting, etc.

Scout Camp (Kempton)--A two day adventure with other scouts his age

Day Camp (Justin and Ann)--A two day adventure at Boulder County Fairgrounds to do lots of fun activities

I have left out many more things that we did, but these are the major highlights.