It has been a CRAZY week! We had Alex's family here from California, Utah, and Idaho for the 4th. It was super fun! They started coming Monday and just left on Saturday, so it was fun to visit, play games such as: 9 square in the air (witch Alex's brother in-law made), board games, volleyball (Alex's dad made a volleyball court in the backyard so we've been using that a lot), ultimate Frisbee, and lots of other games, even a spur-of-the-moment water fight! We rented a bouncy house which the kids played in non-stop! The boys made snow cones for everyone witch were delicious. On Thursday Ian, two of his cousins and his aunt ran the FIRECRACKER 5-K which he completed and is very proud of. Afterward, we went to the parade and later that night we went and saw the fireworks which were so beautiful! It was a great week-long celebration. And now it is quiet and boring according to my boys. Peter slept until 10:00 on Saturday morning and then took a two hour nap around 2:00 and still fell asleep by 9:30 last night. I think we were all pretty exhausted.
Friday morning we snuck out to Ruth's house to see Lauren and Nick and their cute boys which was a treat! Lauren said that Wesley had overcome some of his major fears while there, so congratulations! Glad to have any opportunity to see those guys.
Funny story for you: A friend and I went up to BYU-Idaho a couple weekends ago for a horticulture conference. Every time I'm up there I feel just like one of the students and figure that I blend in pretty seamlessly. As part of the conference, we attended a drip irrigation class and later had lunch with the instructor who was a professor on campus. My friend confessed that she had considered going back to school but wasn't sure what to study. The professor piped up: "Oh, you totally should. I love having non-traditional students in my class." I looked at my friend and we both burst out laughing. I guess that is what they call us "older" students, and it shattered my perception that I was blending in seamlessly with the other students. I'm still chuckling about that.
We've been up to Mesa Falls where we almost got eaten alive by mosquitos but enjoyed the lovely view anyway, braved the insects for a quick picnic dinner, and then fled back home to roast marshmallows in our pest-free backyard with the Nilssons.
Education Week is coming up again August 1-3. We're getting excited for that. Jack wants stay in the Planetarium all day and go to all the presentations there, especially the ones about Black Holes and the Exploding Universe.
Garden class is going well, the boys are loving their ultimate frisbee league, and summer seems to have arrived in earnest. Hooray! Harvesting lettuce, cilantro, and peas from the garden, which boosts my spirits no end.
Hope things are happy and prosperous with all of you!
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