So in seminary they had us talk about what we did during the summer. About half of the class said that they had gone on trek. I said "I spent 17 days camping on the Hill cumorah, sharing the book of mormon with 38,000 people, my summer trumps all yours". Ok, not really that last part, but it would have been funny.

Day of Firsts

It was a day of firsts at our house today. First day of Wesley's last year in high school. Jacob's first day of 9th grade. Robin's first day of 6th grade, last year in elementary school. Ethan and Cameron also had firsts. First day of 11 grade and 2nd grade. Cameron told me today when I woke him up that he did not want to go to school and then tried unsuccessfully to convince me he was going to throw up. Ethan on the other hand announced that he was dressed for the first day of school and immediately said probably no one would remember what he wore in two weeks anyway. I informed him they probably wont remember after school.
Another first, I swam 1050 meters today. This is HUGE for me. I have only been swimming 500 and today I thought I am just going to keep going and see how long I can go. I think I can finally count swimming as exercise now. The bike thing.... whole different story. It currently has a flat tire. Triathlon is in 12 days.

two weeks and counting

It is not cool to have your mother taking pictures as you head off to scout camp at the age of 14,15 or 17 for that matter. So, there is no proof that they actually left. All the boys are gone this week except Cameron. Clark leaves tomorrow and will come home on Thursday night with Ethan (Band Camp Friday). Hopefully they come back happy (and tired).

As per my usual, I said this morning to Robin and Cameron, "School starts in 2 weeks (yes, I got it right) how about we look at those summer reading programs." This was met with lots of groaning as you can imagine. Robin did show me that she had been working on hers before the summer trip. Cameron needs to read 10 hours before school starts. Hmmm, this might prove to be a challenge since he reads about 10-15 minutes at a time.

The triathlon is in 3 1/2 weeks. I am amazed at how often I feel out of shape while training for this thing. Today we biked for 10 miles (I fell over on my bike while clipped into the pedals) then ran 4 miles. The whole time I keep telling myself that 10 pounds would really make a difference. Then I come home and eat. Tomorrow the plan is to swim for an hour. It sounds like a long time, but when you take breaks as often as I do I am not sure it even counts as exercise.

Last days of summerd

Alright, So I have had a number of people tell me they miss my blog updates. I hope you know that our lives really are not that interesting. We are doing exactly what everyone else is doing right now, counting down the last few days of summer. I do have to admit that leaving for almost 4 weeks has left me with an unfulled feeling about summer. By this time I am usually settling down to the idea of school, fall leaves, shorter days, etc, but not this year. I was shopping with Robin yesterday for a new watch and she couldn't make up her mind. I told her we could keep looking it was still 5 weeks until school started. She looked at me and said, "5" with that tone only a child who is completely dismayed can use. To this I said, "4" questioningly. The response this time was, " 2 mom, there are only 2 weeks left." Okay, in my mind I am planning on 5 I guess.

Last Sunday we did Sharing time in Primary. I made look alike costumes for Ethan, Jacob, Robin, and Cameron. I know that most of those children will never see that pageant, so I brought the pageant to them. We talked about our experiences and characters. We ended with the Song of Cumorah. Now if any of you know that song, you know that Cameron is likely the only person in our family that has a prayer of hitting the high A flat. We told them it sounds a ton better with 700 other cast members at 11 pm.