Farewell to Summer

My memories of summer......

Nightly swims at Riverdale with the family, helping boys pass off swimming requirements for scouts and pushing cute little Jacob around the pool....love it!

Relaxing at Bear Lake with family and friends.....gorgeous and fun

Watering and caring for our garden and flowers.....everything is better after you've spent a little time with the flowers...who can't help but smile at a bed of brightly colored zinnia's and sunflowers---so cheerful!

Watching Joseph try to develop soccer skills in his brothers....some more willing then others!

Hanging out with four of my boys at Suzuki camp.....watching them enjoying (sometimes tolerating) concerts, new teachers, new groups....and of course, checking the lunch menu (the most important item of the day!)

Waking up tired boys to move pipe....watching Joseph and Samuel become better working partners

Walks up in the forest....it's amazing that a beautiful forest is 10 minutes from my doorstep

Watching Jonathan and David catch grasshoppers to feed to the fish in our creek...it's actually quite entertaining to watch them gobble up those annoying insects!

Floating the Bear River with family on the 4th of July...so fun, even if I only got to take pictures---next year, I'm in!

The fourth of July celebration at our community park----yummy food, family, water slides and 'live' fish ponds----loved watching cousins enjoy each other

Entering our 'crops', rooster and bunny in the County Fair...if only David would have been satisfied with his second place ribbons and not known about Jonathan's first place ribbons (although they both entered exactly the same things)

Get togethers at Papa Joe's Farm.....dinners, egg hunts, watering Dad's garden, lawn, and flowers, and discovering very unusual varieties of acorn/zucchini squash

Jumbo cherries from our tree (no lie---the size of very large marbles), sun-warmed strawberries eaten on site, picking raspberries, yummy food out of the garden----corn on the cob, green beans, fresh lettuce, zucchini smothered in butter and cheese, fresh tomatoes...sooo yummy!

Rodeo days----chasing candy at the parades, watching delighted smiles at the Carnival (and a few sick ones as well!), eating snocones, cotton candy, hamburgers and soda, walking to the car through the dark streets together

Mowing days....getting those boys to get all this grass cut with one small lawnmower---not sure if I'll miss that or not---but I love the look of freshly cut grass

Movie night at the Worm Creek Opera house---a free movie, popcorn and drink for a little volunteer work---we look forward to these nights all week long

Laying on the trampoline and watching all the beautiful stars in the sky....it's quite overwhelming, I feel like I'm being swallowed up in an amazing aura of light...hearing Samuel say, "Holy Cow....I just saw a shooting star!"

Feeling the cool breeze of the canyon sweep through our windows at night---chasing away the hot stuffy air of the summer day...love to sleep with the windows open

Late 'brunches'---if I made them wait long enough for breakfast, I could get away with one large meal for breakfast and lunch!

Motorcycle rides, Sunday afternoon walks to Grandma's, Jacob and Jonathan's delighted smiles on the 4 wheeler with their Dad

Visiting with family---weanie roasts in our orchard, birthday treasure hunts, family reunions----families are the best!

Goodbye summer....we'll miss those lazy days and ways.......