Summer...so far

This summer has been a fun one, so far. And it has seemed a little different from any past ones. We spent the first week of summer break getting ready for Cameron's birthday, and baptism, and getting thing put together for our BIG trip back east. We left for Virginia the Monday after Cameron was baptized (June 13th). And my Mom and I drove cross country with 3 kiddos and a dog in tow. The drive actually wasn't that bad! The kids, for the most part were well behaved. Then we spent almost the next month enjoying time with my parents and enjoying the wonderful historic sites in and around the area. We were always busy doing something. Pug was lucky enough to take off work for the last 2 weeks of our vacation and come out to be with us all. Now that we are home the "other" half of our summer has started. For the most part the kids were doing good, we were busy with all sorts of things (Grandma Fetzer's funeral, cousins, cousins, and more cousins to play with, soccer and more soccer, friends, etc.). But now we have hit a rut. We haven't gone anywhere in a few days, and my kids are starting to fight:(. I am not sure why we haven't done anything- we made a list before school was out of things that we wanted to do this summer. And they had some GREAT ideas (fun things like Promontory Point, Kennecott Copper Mine, downtown SLC). BUT we haven't done any of them! I am just feeling a little burned out I guess. So, I am putting this out there for all to see that I am promising my kids we will do at least 2 things a week on our FUN LIST. Now, some cost money and some don't so I won't have to spend all my money in a week. I just want my kids to think that the summer of 2011 was a great summer!

Pre-Preschool Graduation

Abby "graduated" from preschool in June. Unfortunately she misses the deadline to start kindergarten by a week, so she gets to wait another. Luckily she has the BEST preschool teacher (Teacher Jenny) that gets to have her one more year! Abby is so smart and catches on so quickly. I am so lucky to have such bright kids. It definitely makes school a much more enjoyable experience.

Cameron's Baptism

I am feeling quite guilty about not having this post done sooner, but with leaving for a month 2 days after Cameron was baptized and then coming home to a crazy busy schedule I haven't really had much time for blogging. BUT here I am finally posting a few things about Cameron's special day.

Cameron was lucky to be baptized the day after his birthday. Normally baptisms are held on the first weekend of the month, but out here with Pony Express Day's we had them on the second weekend- which meant that Cameron would be able to be baptized in June.
Cameron had been looking forward to that day for about 6 years! He couldn't wait to take that important step and join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Cameron is very sensitive. He can feel the spirit and has a gift of faith that is amazing. I hope that he can keep that gift of unquestionable faith as he grows. He loves the scriptures, and loves that he now has his own copy of the Book of Mormon and Bible.
He looked so handsome all dressed in white.

We are so proud of Cameron and the decisions he has made to really try hard to do what is right.

His baptism day was wonderful. And we are so grateful to all of the family members and friends who were able to come and share this special day with him, and those who weren't able to come, but were still there in spirit.

Yes and No

Yes, I do remember that I have a blog. Yes, I have a million and one things to blog about. No, this will not be that blog. Yes, we had a blast on our month long vacation in Virginia. No, I will not be posting all of those pictures on here (way too many- making them into a book for us instead). Yes, Cameron did get baptized, Yes I will blog about that too. No, this will not be that blog. Yes we are all still alive and happy, and way too busy.
Okay, that is all for today!