A catch Up!

Wow! A lot of time has passed by and nothing has been documented. I guess I haven't been in a very blogging mood. So it is time to play catch-up.

We had a free, well sort of free, Saturday and were able to go see Toy Story 3 at the movie theater. It was good, but sad. I think it was sad for me because I am watching my kids grow up and not playing with their childhood toys so much. I am happy they are growing up, but at the same time I wish they would stay young forever. That movie encompassed that so much. It had some really funny moments too.

Damon left for what was to be a week long high adventure with the scouts. All I am going to say about that is they came home a day and a half early.
Noah had his last band concert of the year. He has improved greatly on the trumpet and really enjoys playing it. We have really been happy with him developing new talents. We are so proud of him.
Lily started swim lessons and has improved greatly over the past week. She has conquered her acquired fear of the deep in. She acquired it last year after some horrible lifeguards took her in the deep water for class and didn't pay attention and I had to rescue her from drowning. Anyway... she is doing marvelously and loves being in the pool. She has even figured out how to get her little weightless body to the bottom of the shallow end to retrieve rings. Eventually she will figure out side breathing.

Adam is patiently waiting for school to end so he can start swim lessons. He still loves absolutely everything. He is most excited for his 8th birthday which is coming up faster than I can plan for. Why does time go by so fast?
For Field Trip Thursday we went to the pool all afternoon and then went out to dinner. Since Damon ended up coming home early he met us at the pool and we had a lovely time together.
Saturday was a fun day. We did chores in the morning and then in the afternoon we went over to the Shoff's house to celebrate Independence Day and Caroline Shoff's 3rd birthday. We had lots of fun over there and a lot of great food, with lots of great people! The men folk cooked and had to clean up and then put the kids to bed.


Saturday night I went out with some of the girls to see the movie Eclipse. I must say that the movies are getting better, but I still don't like the screenwriter's adaptation. We still managed to have fun. It's great having friends! Our eyeballs are all red because we were feasting upon human blood. Just kidding. It must have been the soda we were drinking, right Erika?
Today is America's 234th birthday. I feel like I need to say something in order to recognize what a great day it is. I read the Declaration of Independance every 4th of July. It's words are very sturring. Those men who signed put their faith in God and a country that hadn't even taken off the ground yet and started to build something great. I am so glad they did.

Today after church we went up to MoValley to my Aunt's house for FHE and 4th of July fun. We celebrated all the July birthday's which happened to be all in my family. My SIL, my niece, nephew and of course Lily. She was the only one there so she was very excited to blow out all the candles. We also learned a little bit about my great-grandfather's life and some history about the Horspool name. It actually was quite interesting and my kids and all the other cousins really enjoyed it.






I just threw these last few pictures in for fun because life would be boring without all these guys around. Again, this was a catch-up post. Sorry about all the pictures!

17 days of school left!