More Summer

We've been keeping a pretty low profile for most of July.   Scott and I have been trying to sort out house things little by little.   The sale of our California house fell through due to our buyers being unable to sell their house.  The market in California has cooled as summer rolls on and we were getting worried about selling.  Luckily we were able to get our house back on the market and get renewed interest in it and a new buyer, with no contingencies this time.  We will close on that sale soon, so things are moving along.  And we will also close soon on the purchase of our new (to us) house in Utah.  The house we're buying is in Davis County, north of Salt Lake.  More on that in the near future.  So things have been a little weird and stressful but it should all get resolved soon.  Here is Grant making pretzel designs.  This one is a school he tells us.

Not sure what Emma was making

The kids had swim lessons and made good progress.  We've also been swimming for fun a lot at the indoor pool.  That's Grant down there waving at me.

We got free slurpees at 7-11 on 7/11.  There were big lines.  Utah is crazy for free slurpees apparently. A lot of the slurpee flavors were too liquidy to really be called a slurpee.  The machine couldn't keep up with the demand.  But it was free.

The kids got to be a part of the scout raingutter regatta.  My dad is/was the Webelos leader so they went with him one night while Scott and I did house stuff.  John's boat (that he made - pictured above) won all his races!  Way to go John!!

Anna has been cooking a lot and trying new things.  We found an easy sugar cookie recipe we all liked.  Get the recipe HERE.

They were good!

My parents had their mission farewell at church just before entering the MTC.  Here we are with my parents and my brother, Dave.  They gave nice talks then headed to the MTC the next day.  They got to live at home while at the MTC since they live in Utah County.

We went to McDonald's one day for lunch.  I liked this McDonald's because you can order at a kiosk (less talking to humans) and there was a nice play place.  It did get pretty busy.

Another day when Scott had the day off we went to a trampoline place

The kids had fun swinging on this trapeze

And falling in the big foamy pit

Grant, who is 7, lost 3 teeth in the space of a week.  It's getting pretty lonely there in his mouth.

Had some Harry Potter fun at Target while shopping for school supplies

Trying on different backpacks

I was able to register the kids for school in our new district so hooray for that.  John will be starting kindergarten and he is really excited.  Elementary school is K-6th grade here so Matthew, Anna, Grant and John will all be in elementary school.  Emma is beside herself with sadness.  She wants to go to school too.

School will be here soon!

My mom let Emma wear some of her clip on earrings

Emma loved it!

Emma (and Skye) helping me make brownies

My parents spent about 10 days (I think?) in the MTC and were then on their way!  They are off to serve a mission in Bloomington, Indiana seminaries and institutes.  We all miss them!  More summer fun to come.