July Happenings

 July was full of a lot of things, but nothing super exciting.  The Balls came to town, so we got to hang out and do the flowrider for the first time.  When I say we, I mean my kids.  They had great fun and did pretty well!  Then we had a delicious BBQ at the Johnsons where we all got to chat and catch up.  It was great fun.

On the fourth we decided to risk crowds and go boating at Starvation Reservoir.  Good thing we took the risk because we mostly had the lake to ourselves.  It was amazing and maybe a new family tradition.  We got home in time to do the traditional things: BBQ, neighborhood water slide, neighborhood scones and snow cones, topped off with Memorial Hill fireworks.  All in all a great day!

The kids decided to do their annual sibling campout.  Sage had to be convinced, but finally went.  They had a great time (just don't ask Sage).  Jake and I decided to go on our own camping trip.  It was kind of awesome to camp with just the two of us.  A sneak peak of things to come.  We took the trailer and had great fun.  We ended the trip with paddle boarding on Strawberry.  Amazing.

We had birthdays.  I finally have an 18 year old!  Somehow I got no pics of Jake's birthday.  Which makes sense since he barely lets us celebrate his birthday.  We got Kate her car.  Another Jeep.  Shocking, I know.  Sage is loving biking this year and decided to do a bike race up at Sundance.  She did a great job considering it was a last second race.  And, we had a bit of not fun when we got xrays for Sage and found out she has minor scoliosis.  She's been having back pain for a while and we haven't been able to find anything that helps it.  Now at least we know what's causing it.  Hopefully we can figure something out so she's not in pain all the time.

Flowrider fun with cousins!

It's getting harder and harder to pretend I'm not old...

Kate fell in the pond when she was cleaning it.  I'm sure it was nice and refreshing.

Jake even got on the tube!

Mini cliff jumping

Adult only camping trip

How is he 18?!

Birthday surfing.  

Jake and Zack decided to surf at the same time

Sage intensely surfing.  

Can't leave out the office.  We're slowly making progress.

Kate's car!

Sage was super excited to put scrubs on for xrays.

Bike race!

Jake finally got his birthday present out.

We celebrated Kate's birthday early so she could go to FSY.  Thank heavens she asked for cookies from Twisted Sugar.