I can't believe there are only 2 hours left in May. This is the last week of school for Bunch & Gator, and it's slated to be chock full-o-stuff. Doc has three weeks left till he finishes his third year of medical school. Since he gets a 2 week break, we will be taking off for a little family time while he's free. This year we'll be doing an RV road trip to Yellowstone National Park. A friend has generously offered us the use of his RV for the occasion. We're excited to travel in such a fun vehicle.
The past weekend has been a blur. I flew to California on Thursday to attend my sister's graduation. As president of her fan club, I was so excited to be there to celebrate with her. She and Doc are neck in neck in the "who can earn the most degrees" contest. I'm not sure who will ultimately win that one, but the tendency to acquire long-strings-of-letters-after-their-names is only one of the ways that I seem to have married the male version of my sister. Man I adore them both!
Speaking of adoring. Summer looms, and with it I'm aware that Bunch & Gator will need to have some structure and order in their lives if we are to thrive and not just survive the long blocks of time together. We'll be doing some traveling together, but I need to plan some fun things for the days we're home together. Some moms are really organized about their kid's summer time. I'm not so much. But I'd like to do better this year than I have in years past. I'm increasingly aware of the fleeting nature of my time with these precious souls I'm raising. How quickly their childhoods are flying. It may not seem like it to them now, but someday when they have their own children, they'll know how I'm feeling right now.
So if you have any happy ideas on how to spend the lazy days of summer that helps keep them lazy, but fills them with worthwhile memories at the same time, please do share. I love hearing how other people have done it.
Blessings:
1) Advanced degrees
2) Sisters
3) Coming home again
3 comments:
We got season passes to Raging Waters. If you buy before May 1, they're cheaper. We also have friends who got them too which makes it much more worthwhile. I don't think I'd go alone with my kids.
Also, there's a girl in my ward who started a blog as part of planning playgroups, but she's done such a good job at researching good free stuff to do, I recommend it all the time. It's willowcreekmoms.wordpress.com Hope this helps!
I assume you're referring to the Jonnie. I am so proud of her and all of her eduational accomplishments. I just sent her a text but thought I would post it here too.
LAGOON???? :):) Go while you can. When you grow up in a small town where there are no amusement parks, that seemed like the end all to any fun thing in the summers in Utah with cousins who talked SO WEIRD! :) ( LOVE YA! :):)
I am sure you will be missing ZION soon, so make this your summer focused on all things church history and do the Temple Square picnics, This is the Place monument FHE, watch the Pioneer Day parade, point out the incredible wide streets, visit the geneology place and do ancestor work, etc. Will your kids think it is fun? Maybe not :) but you can pat yourself on the back at the end of the day and feel good about the education they are getting while every other kid gets a tan at the pools. :)
xxxxx Do all these before joining us then you will have endless entertainment in NY and the nearby beach! :):)
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