Well, so the summer seems to have slipped by! There is a lot that has happened since my last update. School did finish...as did several of our activities. There was a lot of last minute field trips and parties that went along with the winding down of everything. It always makes the year so crammed at the end. Oh well...before we new it we had summer break! The kids had a week off then took a week of camp at the school...a science camp they loved. Early in June the kids did a kids triathlon in Longmont...it was great fun to watch! Check out the pics on our site. We did a golf camp and then started with our first little get away to Moab, UT!
We had this camping trip planned since last fall. It was a 5 day camping trip with two other families. We did some great hiking at Arches National Park and The Canyonlands as well. The kids spent endless hours swimming in the CO river as it swept by our campsite. This was very handy b/c the weather was 100 degrees and we had no showers or facilities...except and outhouse. :-) The river was our savior from the heat! We took bikes and the kids rode around the sites, they chased lizards and even saw a snake nearby. One of our last days there we did an amazing hike not too far from our trail. It was alongside a creek and allowed the kids to step through lots of water...hunt for crawdads, chase tadpoles, and cool off!
Once we were back from UT we had a week at home then took off again to Canada this time. We hadn't been there in two years so it came with much anticipation. We started in Windemere, BC where Ehren's immediate family all met up at Blain and Grace's lake house. It was very relaxing and the kids spent many hours on the lake skiing and tubing...Uncle Blain was kept busy at the wheel of his boat. :-) Ehren even tried wake surfing...and did a great job at that! The weather was very hot and humid...a change from what it had been. Perfect for being on the water.
After 6 days we drove to High River AB to see my parents. Ehren only got one full day as he then had to catch a plane back to CO to work. I stayed up with the kids for two more weeks! High River had been hit hard with the flood of June 21...and Mom and Dad had gotten back into their house only days before we arrived. They were one of the fortunate households that only had "damp" carpets...no standing water. Needless to say the yard was a mess...we spent many hours working outside trying to get things looking normal again. A few days before we left to go home the dry wall touch up and paint was done and we had carpet in the basement again. Along with all the work we did manage to get in some good fun...we made it to the stampede, train museum, couple shopping trips, and visited Paula and boys in Okotokes. It was really nice that Lana and her kiddos were there...the cousins all kept each other company and I got in some nice time with Mom and Lan.
We are now back home and back into the swing of things. School supplies are purchased and the kids are taking a few weeks of golf and tennis lessons. Emily has been doing violin as well. Lana arrives with her kids for a couple weeks in August, and my kiddos will do another kids triathlon in Boulder. School is right around the corner!
Ehren and I have been busy. Ehren has been playing hockey twice a week and is in a golf league. He has pulled his mountain bike out of the dust bunnies and has been biking...both road and mountain. I have been mainly running. I am training for the Pike's 1/2 ascent in less than three weeks. Just this weekend Ehren and I went and jogged/hiked Mount Audubon. It was a good way to get some exercise. I had never done it but he has. :-)
I have taken the summer off of spanish and work. Whew...and that will all start again soon enough. Like I said...school is right around the corner!!
