Best Summer Ever!!

Well, we are well into the school year now and I can't help but reflect on what a wonderful summer we had.  The summer started off with late nights and sleeping in!!  Relaxing at the pool and just having no where to go!! Samone made the Softball All-Stars team and that will forever be a wonderful memory of this summer.  Those late summer evening practices.  It was so nice to sit and watch her play with no worry of homework and making lunches and showers....  We really just enjoyed June!!  Swimming, sleeping in, sleep overs!!  The kids went to VBS for a week and Samone enjoyed being a helper for the first time!!  Adrien went to a football camp for a day and loved it!!  We put him in FAC summer camp for a few days one week and he absolutely loved it!!  The girls and I and dad got to enjoy a few peaceful days at the pool without our sweet little terror boy :)

July began the All-Stars Tournament.  We left for Payson on July 3rd.  We camped at a campground there with several other families from the team and we ended up running into some other Flagstaff All stars families!!  It really was a lot of fun!!!  Grandpa Mark and Grandma Dee showed up to watch Samone play!! It was such an amazing experience!!  The first game was against Winslow and we won!! Samone was AMAZING!!  Next game was against Payson and we lost :(  Then we played Winslow again and won again!!!  These 4 days were nice to be hanging out at the campground with everyone!!  We did have a scare one night.  A camper in the campground caught fire!!  What a memory that is!!!

So, one the day of the 4th game, now against Payson again, me, Kendall, Adrien and Dad left Samone behind with Pat and Anita and we drove to Phx to watch at Dodgers game!!  It was so much fun.  Then we checked in at the Arizona Grand and hung out at the water park all evening.  Turns out Samone played the game of her life that night, and of course we weren't there to watch it :(  But I have to admit, it may have been even more exciting just hearing people tell us how amazing she was.  We ended up winning!! I was so proud of her!!! Her coaches gave her the MVP Ball!!

So, next day was so crazy... we drove from Phx to Payson, got our camper and drove it to Flagstaff, then drove back to Payson to watch the last game!!  Now, honestly we did not want to win this game because it meant going to Sierra Vista and we had enjoyed the whole experience but were ready for it to be over!!  And they did end up losing!!

But it was so so so much fun and just a pretty awesome experience!!

So, we piled in the car, grabbed a bite to eat and headed back to AZ Grand!!  We spent 2 days and 3 night lounging by the pool and just relaxing.  It was a great time!!

We came home, Dad made one trip and we decided to take the trailer out into to the woods for a night!!  It ended up being one of my favorite camping trips ever.  We played a lot of baseball!!  We played games, cooked and just hung out!!!  Just the five of us !!!  It was great!!!

Hard to believe that by now it was the middle of July!!!!  Anniversary Time!!!! Dad and I left the kids with Nonnie overnight and spend then night in Cottonwood and going to some wineries!! It was such a nice time for us and a great memory!!!

Just wish the kids didn't have to give Nonnie such a hard time :S

We went to lots of our summer movies, probably more than we ever went to in the past.  We went bowling, swimming, we went to Sedona with the Hovis's twice and both times were a blast - swimming in the creek, picking berries, picnicing!!  Great times.  We went ice skating with friends (Maddie, Tristan and Kiarra), we made lots of trips to yougurt U,,, yum yum!!!

We enjoyed our late nights!!  Sitting on the deck, bbqing, watching the kids pitch to each other!!  We also really enjoyed watching the summer olympics.  We watched it constantly!!!  We especially enjoyed the gymnastics!!!  Well, we enjoyed it all!! But it was so fun to watch together and not have to worry about getting up early!!!

Adrien started football August 1st!!!  That was every night of the week and I really enjoyed just being able to sit and watch him out there!!  He'll be the quarterback this year!! This is gonna be a great year for him and he is so excited!!

We wrapped up our wonderful summer going to Lake Powell with the Burns!!  The had a houseboat for the weekend and invited us to join them.  It was a great time and such a fun way to end the summer with a BANG!!!

Now the kids are all back in school Samone in 7th grade, Kendall in 4th and Adrien in 2nd!!!  They are growing up so fast, but I feel so blessed to be able to really enjoy them and enjoy everything they are doing!!!

I love my life.  I am so blessed!!!  This was our summer in a nutshell, but it was a really really great summer!!!!