I really can't believe that it is already August! This summer has flown by! The past couple of days we finally got rain! When the younger kids woke up and saw they rain, they promptly went and put on their swimming suits. However, they quickly discovered that rain in Idaho is cold and so they all put on their coats over their swim suits. It was a funny sight to see!
Emerson has enjoyed doing the junior golf club this summer and he is having fun golfing with his dad. They found out very last minute that there was a junior golf competition so on his way out the door, Garrett asked me to call the golf course to see if there were any more tee-times available for the competition. I called, made a reservation and asked what Emerson needed to bring. They responded, "His clubs and a scorekeeper." A scorekeeper? Garrett was at work so the lot fell on me. I know nothing about golf and have never even set foot on a course before. Emerson was trying to explain various things about par but he wasn't totally clear on all the rules. I got a few pointers from Garrett when we drove up to Rexburg to retrieve Emerson's clubs. Well, we went to the competition and thankfully, we tee'd off with another kid and his experienced grandpa who helped me out in the rules and score keeping. Emerson had a good time and I was kind of a sweaty mess.
Emerson and Garrett had a fun time at Young Men's camp and hiking the Palisades (running into the Hart's along the way). Addy just returned from girls camp and had a very memorable time. Garrett went up to help out with the river run down Big Springs. It started off well but then the heavens opened with vengeance. Thunder and lightening and sheets of rain. They all pulled ashore because the lightening was so close. Garrett was shocked through his paddle and one of the girls was dangling her legs in the water was shocked and her leg ended up being numb on one side. The wind was blowing, the girls were wet and freezing (remember how the rain in Idaho is cold?), some were having panic attacks and crying. It was a mess. The only option was to keep going once the thunder and lightening stopped even thought it was still raining. When they reached the end, our bishop was there to greet them with a smile. He asked Garrett, "So ow was it?" Garrett responded quite honestly, "Terrible actually." They all survived with a lot of memories, even the leader who broke her arm in several places.
We have been spending a lot of time with the animals and out in the garden. Our raspberries have exploded and we are picking buckets every day. Beans, cucumbers, broccoli and tomatoes and even our very first watermelon of the season we have enjoyed! We are looking forward to picking our jumbo melon and estimate that it is between 50-75 pounds and still growing strong!
This coming week is fair! We finally made the plunge, a shallow plunge, but still a plunge. Addy is showing a couple of her goats just to test the waters and we are hoping that next year we will have a full on donkey show. Summer is great!
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