Synopsis of Summer

Yes, this post is typical of my summer. I have felt one step behind this entire summer season. It could be blamed on our really wet spring. In my mind, I do not think that summer officially started for me until July 4th. That delayed me. I could not accept that my kids had to go back to school this fall, I wasn't ready for the schedule like I usually am. I didn't just sit in my backyard and water stuff this summer like I planned to. Now look, we are breathing down the neck of Christmas! Yikes! I hope to start 2009 ahead but here is a breakdown of one quick summer. Summer usually begins with Benny-boy's birthday. It seems as if we get to have his birthday party outside every other year and this year we were lucky to have it outside although it was a bit chilly as it was early May. Ben turned seven. Wow time flies. Then because I was about to go insane due to all of the rainy weather, we decided to hop in the car and drive to Capitol Reef National Park for some camping. I would not do well in a Seattle-like climate. The weather was warm and nice, we just found a spot on the side of the road and set up camp. What would a campfire be without the chanting of "kill the beast" from two young boys not old enough to read Lord of the Flies? Finally, the sun must have followed us up from the south, summer arrived. We did have some great slip and slide moments as well as plenty of swimming. Yet like I say, it wasn't enough. I wanted to be so bored of summer that I was yearning for fall like I usually do...not this year. We managed to plant our garden and go to Lagoon. My boys were extremely excited to go to Lagoon. We try to avoid that place but it was fun. Aaah, Bear Lake, need I say more? We have a little vacation with Dave's family and we have been choosing all sorts of cool spots around the state to visit but for the last couple of years Bear Lake has been the vacation of choice. We rent a cabin, go to the best kid-friendly beach, ride bikes, lounge, eat, go to a play and enjoy each other. We managed to fit in a quick trip to the zoo before school started. There you have it, then school just up and started on us. We didn't even have a choice. Time is flying too fast. Summer went by too fast. I didn't get nearly enough time to lay in the hammock and read a book or to just be bored. Now fall has passed me by and I don't know how to slow things down...can anyone help?