May 24 - 30

 

Monday, May 24 - Ricki lost her other front tooth and Bridget has lost her front teeth too so they are the toothless friends! :)

Tuesday, May 25 - Poor Zacky fell at the rope swing today. He asked me to lift up his shirt and see if he had a scrape. Ummm...yep! Tonight, we had Book Club at Catherine Cummings' house. We just got done reading a book called "How to Walk Away". It was pretty good! I got interrupted at book club by Nick telling me that he had a project due tomorrow for his science class. He had to make an environmental ad to help with his grade in that class. He came up with this all by himself, pretty much drew it all out looking at the cover of the book "Oh, The Places You'll Go" and then I helped him finish painting it so he could go to bed. I cut the vinyl but he put it on the canvas and this is how it turned out. I think it is awesome! :) His teacher actually texted me and said she liked it too so...yay Nick!

Wednesday, May 26 - My mom's cousin, Wendy, came over to get her toenails done. I was worried about talking with her since she is deaf but it was really fine. She is so sweet and easy to get along with. Mom came over to help me out a little and to spend some time with Wendy before she goes home to Arizona next week.

Thursday, May 27 - Meg came over to get her nails done before heading to Hawaii for her Ironman competition. While I was working on Meg, Simon was outside working on our garden. He got everything planted. We went really simple this year because sometimes we have so much, we can't keep up with it! I'm excited to see how it all works out. 

Friday, May 28 - Happy birthday to Grandma Sharon today! We celebrated by escaping to Bear Lake! Neither Simon or I had to work today so we were able to hit the road nice and early. We also didn't have to adhere to the check-in time so we were able just to go and get up there, unload, and then sit by the pool and relax the day away. This is the first official vacation we've been on since we went to St. George when the pandemic started so it is long overdue and much needed!!

Saturday, May 29 - Today was another wonderful day at Bear Lake! We played in the pool for a while, went to the Bear Trapper restaurant for lunch, watched the boys fish for a while, then went back to the pool. It was seriously the perfect day!

Sunday, May 30 - The Bear Lake Resort has cancelled a lot of their normal activities due to COVID but they didn't stop hiding the ice cream rocks around. If the kids find a rock, they get a free ice cream over at the shop. Luckily, these kids have an awesome grandpa so the few that didn't find one, got an ice cream from grandpa anyway. :) It is bittersweet being here with Kenny, Katie, and their kids. Just knowing they will be moving to Florida in a month is enough to make my heart ache. Good thing we have these wonderful memories with them to keep us going in the long stretches between seeing them.