Silver Lake

On Friday, since the family was in town for Joseph's wedding, we headed up to Silver Lake to try out Dave's boat and to just enjoy being in nature. Dave's boat did pretty well, but the bikes broke after an hour of pedaling. I got to go on it as well, but had to help paddle which was quite the workout! Dave was able to get quite a few people on it, and the boys sure loved it. Cruise played the part of Jungle Cruise guide and instructed all the adults to watch their children. He was a crack up! The boys had a lot of fun exploring, riding on the boats. Miles and I pretty much stayed put and took pictures.

Summer So Far...

Well, we're only 3 weeks into summer break and I'm already counting down the days until school starts again. Without even trying to be, this summer has been a little busy. I guess it could be worse and we have way too many things going on. Luckily, there has been plenty of down time for the boys to do what little boys do best: make messes, get hurt, get dirty, eat us out of house and home, and play like their lives depend on it. It really can't get much better than that if you're a kid. Cruise increased his ABA therapy hours. M-Th and Saturdays he does 3 hour sessions with either Jodi, Nathan, or Tori (Nathan's wife). He is doing really well and working really hard!

So far we've been to the new museum (A LOT), an awesome splash pad in Highland, lots of movies with our summer movie pass to the Megaplex, the Lehi outdoor pool, Cruise's baseball games, and a whole lotta time with each other. Which is good! But exhausting. With me waiting on my meds to start working, Dave & I trying to get a lot of painting and projects done, and the boys waking up at 6:00 every morning, we are a little burnt out. Dave has been working on his paddle boat and I've been trying to catch up on all that painting on my list. I was able to finish the banisters and the molding along the ceiling in the playroom. I am currently tackling the downstairs bathroom and am making plans for the kitchen. Dave put together our garden (which I keep forgetting to get pictures of) and has been keeping it watered and growing, which is good because half the time I forget we even have a garden.

So here are some pictures you haven't seen yet for your viewing pleasure from the past few weeks:

Despite the fact that I clean it every day, this is pretty much what the playroom looks like on a regular basis.