Yes, Blogging World, I am still alive.

Well, it looks like my blog is starting to follow the pattern of my journal. (My poor roomates will be so disappointed to hear this since I used to write in my journal every day!) I do pretty good for a little while, but then I get behind and give up because I am too far behind to write about everything. It takes a few weeks (like 8 or 9) of feeling guilty about it to push me into the catch up mode, and then I do a mass of entries. So, sorry for those who those who are already living in the present, but I am going to record my past a little bit for my own history sake.

The last of July brought with it fun summer days in the baby pool. Here are a few cute pics of the kids. Yep, I did not want to waste a swim diaper on a fifteen minute dip in the baby pool. It made for a big laugh for the older kids. Treats after swimming are also important.


We have found through the years that being outside in Kansas usually involves a lot of bug bites. Poor Carter got a bad one by his eye and had an allergic reaction. Luckily Zyrtec cleared it up.

In addition to playing outside a lot, we had a fun spontaneous trip to the circus one afternoon. A friend of mine called about something, and in the conversation I found out she was going to the circus camped outside our mall. It was only there for one day, and she had an extra adult ticket, so we decided to join her and her girls. I had to wake up my kids from their naps, but they didn't seem to mind. Taylor didn't get to go because he had scout camp.

Finally, the kids had their summer camp right before we left for our family trip to Utah. Here are a couple of pictures from their final program.