SUMMMEERRRR!

My favorite time of year...didn't think it would EVER arrive, but it has and I love the heat and the sun and the activities. Just not enough time in the day or days off to do all we want!

Memorial Day weekend generally kicks the summer time off...rained, snowed, and even showed a little bit of sunshine that weekend....but we tried to enjoy it in spite of the indecisive weather.

Saturday night, I surprised Rick with Real Salt Lake Tickets...it was suppose to be stormy, and neither of us were excited about it, but the tickets were bought so we sucked it up. It wasn't too bad, but we're bad luck. They lost and gave up their winning streak. We left jsut before the 85th minute, cause the rain had really opened up. My shield neighbors that were sitting next to me left at half time, so now I was wetter and colder. Rick had enough. He said, let's leave at the 85th minute, and about that time, the Seattle Sounders scored again. It was now 2-0...sorry Real...no loyalty at this point...we're out of there! Real did score while we were running to our car, but still a loss. Chris said we're bad luck...whatever. I would like to go again, but when it's warm!

One Sunday night, we had our family over for dinner. Payson had a school project to make something to sell at school...so his parents suggested jump ropes....it became a family project! Turned out pretty good if you ask me! They were a hit at school too! Jessie, a good friend of Chris's joined us and treated us with a song with the guitar. The kids really dug this! Especially Talan who is going to be a "Rockstar"...she showed them how to strum and make it sound different ways. Pretty brave for a young woman to come and sing to a family she barely knows. It was cute and tender. We really like her!

Monday, we decided to hit the zoo....weather would not stop us! We saw it all....snow, rain, then even some sun! I bought a zoo pass for Christmas, but a little disappointed as it's under a lot of construction. Kids didn't seem to mind though...Hopefully we can use it a few times to make it all worth it!