I thought I would take a look back at what we did this summer. This was the first time I didn't make my kids do school work every day; I think I was too tired. Too much stress this year with daycare and working so much at the office. The kids all enjoyed it, I'm sure! Each of them seems to be ahead (Robby is already beyond my math knowledge) so I guess I have to take a chill-pill and let their school take over.
Most of our summer, at least the first two months, can be summarized by one thing:
My sis took a great shot of Robby doing hurdles
Aaron throwing shot put
Yep. Track. We spent all summer outside at track meets. Kelbre and Sofi were sure troopers. We tried to make the events as fun as possible, staying over night in Denver and doing other things. Mostly though they were hot; crazy (running all over the meets for the different events); and long. Both boys showed a lot of improvement over the summer. Aaron ended up taking state champion in the shot put. I am just so happy that we spent so much time outdoors. I told Kelbre she may as well join track next year. She is at all the meets anyway! Based on the dirty look I got, I think I forgot that she doesn't like to run.
Sofi in her rockin' her 4th of July outfit given to her by her Aunt Jennifer.
Reece and Sofi. It is incredibly difficult to get a photo of them together
Kids and cousins.
My baby turned two in July. We spent a lot of time at spray parks and regular parks. The child always wants to be outside. We celebrated her birhday with swings and splash-splash and family. The three best things in her mind. Well, you might have to add a popsicle in there. Then it would be the best.
Thanks to my husband's family, we decided to take a big trip to Vedauwoo, Wyoming to go rock climbing. We love being up there with them. I stayed down below this time, to give some attention to the little ones and my mom. Not sure where Aaron was in this photo; he must have been with his dad and uncle Reed on a separate rock. My sister's family came along, and loved it too. Except for when Jenn broke her foot and ruined her summer. It was a big bummer.
She is still in a cast, but at least now it is a walking one. It is taking a long time to heal. She busted in her camera too by falling. No more rock climbing for her.
Grandma (my mom) has been here all summer to spend time with the family. We spent some of our time away, taking her to the zoo and to the state fair. But mostly we spent a lot of time togehter here at the house. She even got brave enough to put her rear in the kiddie swings with Sofi. She leaves in a couple days to go back home to Pap Pap and Spunky. We will miss her.
Not the best photo, but here are my girls in their Indian dresses that we purchased at the fair.
Maybe it was the stress in my life, and the hundred's of dollars in gas we spent this year. But the best times I feel we had involved being outside, on walks and working together as a family. It is the first year EVER that we have not camped with the kids. Shameful.
Kelbre had a very girly birthday party this year. Aunt Brooke came and did the hair and nails for her friends and they did crafts. It was a spa party. Her aunt Jacki even made here a big brownie decorated like a flower for her ice cream sundaes. I really appreciate family and all they did to make her 7th birthday special.
And of a very sad note, we had to say goodbye to Aaron's friend Mark. His family moved to Spain for the semester. We will miss them all! But they will be back by December.
Lastly, my FAVORITE part of summer: Finding Obed.
My ancestors, with my great great grandfathe on the lower left. The top left is a cousin and the other two are brothers. I had many photos of the brothers, but nothing of the cousin. It was like Christmas!
My sister came over to my house one morning in histeria, she had been crying all morning. She had a dream and saw a lot of our ancestors on my dad's side. It was very powerful for her. She felt like we needed to search out that side of the family, especially the Mexican's who we knew little about. My dad had tried to travel to Mexico many times but he had the worst luck in getting information. Well, a couple days after my sister's dream, I was checking my email and accidently clicked on the "junk" email box. Usually I just delete this. Well, the first email in there was from someone named "obed estrada" which is our bloodline, so I read it. He is a long lost cousin of my dad's who is a geneologist. We communicated all summer and he shared a lot of info about the family. So many new things, new mysteries and new photos. He looks a lot like my grandfather's family. I love it when the Lord get's involved in my life! Although now I have a lot of work ahead of me to get this information all sorted out. With is just about impossible with Sofi, who requires your absolue attention if you are conscious.
Great Summer 2012. The grand finale will be our trip to Oregon.
Looking forward to the mental break it will give me.
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What a summer. I so enjoyed all of the news and pictures of your family. THanks for sharing.
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