.odds and ends of the summer.

Since these past few weeks have been completely busy with still more projects in the house, I have been behind on all the last of the summer happenings (and even some of the middle of summer adventures).  SO, I'm doing another catch up post and hope that I can stay on top of this blog now that we have somewhat of a routine going.

Earlier in the summer, right after we moved, Roy had the opportunity to hike the Subway with an old friend from Florida.  He had fun, and says he would love to hike it with me some day.   It may be awhile before we could go together, but someday.

Roy and I had a rare date with just the two of us.  It gets harder and harder to get out with just us with three young kids...especially a new baby.  It was nice to go to the Temple and we love to go to The Chocolate after.  They have the best Cazookies.

 My cousin Rebecaa was married, and we had a wonderful time at the reception catching up with family.  Cousin Zeke and Finn look like they could be brothers.

 Meg continues to be as busy as she can be.  On the rare occasion when she gets my undivided attention, she is in heaven.  It's the curse of the middle child I guess.

 We made our annual visit out to Payson to pick raspberries.  I went with two of my sisters and all three of my littles.  Finn and Meg ate about a pound between the two of them.  Eisley didn't make a peep the whole two hours we were there, even with Meg trying to force raspberries into her mouth.  She is amazing!  I picked 5 lbs which are packed into my freezer for winter smoothies.  Not bad with the little dudes in tow and no help.

Great Grandma Tiede is here to stay for two months, and she has been such an added help.  She is constantly reading to Meg, playing with Finn, holding Eisley, or doing dishes.  I hope she knows how much I and the kids love having her here!

Roy and Finn had a back yard camp out (can I tell you how much I love that we can do that).  Between moving and doing project after project, we haven't had a chance to go camping this summer.  Finn has been wanting to sleep out in his sleeping bag and roast something over a fire for so long, I finally made it happen.  Roy was a trooper and slept out and made a fire for Finn to enjoy.  Finn kept saying, "this is the best night ever!"

 Lawn maintenance is a joy when you're three apparently.  Finn gets his mower out every week and helps Roy keep the lawn looking nice.  I especially loved his muscle shirt and cut off jeans attire.  I told Roy he looked like he belonged in the trailer park.

 Labor day, we actually had a day off from all of our projects around the house.  So we enjoyed it with family and took Finn to Airborn for the first time.  He absolutely loved it and did not want to leave.  Meg on the other hand wanted nothing to do with it.  I figure we will give her a few years.  Finn would have been the same way even a year ago, he just needed to mature a bit.

 Finn started his first year of Preshool.  He was super stoked to go the first couple of days and couldn't be contained, but today he had a rough morning of not wanting to go.  Of course when I came to pick him up, he was super happy and said it was so fun.  I'm hoping he continues to be excited!

Roy turned 31.  He has been stressed lately with work, and so he wasn't super anxious to do anything, but I dragged him out to play miniature golf while grandma watched the kids (have I told you how wonderful my grandma is...she is heaven sent).  He ended up having a nice quite birthday, just the way he likes.

 The Last of the big projects for the year was to get the sod laid.  Though a series of events we ended up with just about the perfect amount, and we couldn't have done it without the help from my family.  My mom, dad, sister Kay and her boys we invaluable in getting it all laid.  Especially since we had to move a mountain of rock in order to get it all down.   Thanks a million times over guys!  We doubled the size of our yard, and the kids will have a lot more grass to play on, and I will have less flower beds to weed.  A win win situation.  Next year we will get to the trees and more of the landscaping back by the sandbox.  It seriously looks so different from when we moved in.

 

The days are slowly getting shorter, and we have started bringing out jackets and socks, so we know our summer is coming to a close, but we will enjoy the last of the warm days as much as we can.