End of summer. Bummer.

Part of our end of summer celebrations included the county fair.  We were able to go a few times.  We checked out the booths (including visiting Daddy at the hospital booth one day), went to an amateur rodeo, saw the cat show, and the demolition derby, of course.  We had our own pie eating contest at home, which was on our summer bucket list.  Emma entered some art (actually her teacher from this past year saved a few art projects and entered them in the fair), and she got a red ribbon.  We also participated in the fair parade, the kids got loads of candy.  I played my flute with Jubilante Ensembles of Carbon County, the local band I began with a few months ago.  It's been really fun so far!

We've been playing outside and hitting up all of the parks all we can to live up summer and the nice weather while it's here.

We've been reading a lot and participating in the summer reading program.  The kids got some great prizes for the Fizz, Boom, Read program.  And they had some fun activities going on with that.  We read some classics this summer like Charlotte's Web and Misty of Chincoteague, but their favorite was the BFG by Roald Dahl.  Our chidlers love quoting it, and now call cucumbers snozzcumbers.

The kids finished up more swim lessons, and we've been back to the pool lots more to practice their sweet skills.

Emma's sucker selfie

We went to a Jazz camp with new Jazz man Ian Clark at our Rec Center.  The kids loved it.  Emma and Cal weren't sure about playing, so they just sat and watched.  He was a great guy, as was the Jazz assistant who was there.  Total class act, and they really enjoyed it.

And, we've been doing lots of jammie time, sleeping in while we can and staying up late while we can.  :)  The kids just wear themselves from our adventures, bike riding, playing outside and want to go to bed right after dinner.   

We did pretty well getting most of the things on our summer bucket list completed (sorry, no Denver and no kitty!).  And our clothesline where we put little trinkets and pictures from our summer happenings got so heavy, the command hooks fell off.  So it was a jam-packed summer, so many great memories!  Until next year, summer!