Swimming at Zion's camp - August 1, 2009

We made it to August....Finally.

I am sure most of you reading out there are tired of the past and would love to hear about the present. For instance today....but wait I get ahead of myself. We have tried to stay busy this summer but for the most part we have just relaxed around the house, started and finished some projects...just started others. And I worked for Panorama selling ads for the resident directory. A great summer job and I plan on making it a tradition since it is mostly mailing out order forms, phone calls and lets me stay at home. Some have asked how school is going but I took the summer off after I finished my AA last spring. I have decided to put becoming a elementary librarian on hold because there wasn't any way to do it online and I would have to commute to UW Tacoma. So this quarter I am taking some programming classes to find out if I would have interest/ understanding in that...we have a neighbor that programs from home. And I am looking into doing an online business degree through Western WA University. I am thinking about starting an interactive children's bookstore....well in 2 or 3 years. But that is a DREAM still and I have lots of ideas for it. I just need to learn the business side of things and see if it has any possibilities.

On to the pictures in this post...this was one of the best days this summer for me personally well besides our camping trip....oops still trying to skip ahead. Sierra came home from BYU-I at the end of July and Tait came with her, then he flew home from here to Minnesota. He was only supposed to be here for 4 days but my Dad gave him a job painting our house and he became our personal painter. (More about painting on another post) So after a couple days of prep and painting Friday and Saturday morning, Tait finished the main area of painting. So Grandpa, Sierra, Tait, Colin, Conner and I headed out to Zion's camp to get cooled off...it had been over 100 degrees earlier that week. (Unfortunately all of us except Tait, Grandpa, Grandma and Colby had the stomach flu during that heat) Grandma stayed home with Colby because she was feeling under the weather and it was better for Colby to stay out of the heat. It was a treat to swim with the big boys and give them my undivided attention. Well now after that lengthy explanation I bet you are dying for some pictures...so with out further ado....

Colin really wanted to out to the floating dock...
he was able to swim with the life vest all by himself. Of course Grandpa wasn't far away.

Conner sneaking some snacks!

After seeing Colin out on the floating dock, Conner had to go out too.
But he is on my back, he was just a little more nervous.

One reason I love my camera....it will take multiple pictures at a time.
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Thanks for taking pictures Sierra!

After swimming we played on the swings...they are so awesome.
Colin

Tait and Sierra both the youngest of 6 and so much fun.

Conner