The end is coming

The end is coming...................of summer, that is. I am sad yet excited at the same time. Sad for the rain that is sure to be on its way. Sad for no more lazy days spent at the beach, the lake and the park. Sad to spend less time with our friends and going on new adventures. Excited for a little more peace and quiet at home. Excited to have more time for some projects that I have wanted to take on. And excited for my kids who adore school and love to learn. Here are some random summer photos to enjoy:

We got year passes to the zoo and wildlife park, in case you were wondering about the random animal pictures. We saw A LOT of animals this summer.

At the beach Jaxon loves to hunt for the biggest kelp he can find to wear around him as part of his body armor.

Let the fun begin

The first several days of our trip to Utah we spent up Fairview Canyon at the cabin. It was a lot of fun hiking, fishing, kayaking and four wheeling, add in some beautiful weather and lots of family it definitely made for a great trip.

Utah 2011

These are some of the misc. pictures that didn't really fit in with any of the other post that I did from our trip.

Down on Grandma's farm........

Dave's mom Lutie invited us over for a family gardening class. It was very informative and made me excited to plant next year. I only planted squash and zucchini and pumpkin this year. It is always intimidating to move somewhere that you are not very familiar with the soil and plant anything. Here we have to worry about moss, in Kentucky the soil was like clay.

Dave the Spartan

Dave's good friend Eric talked him into doing a race (which doesn't take much if you know Dave) while we were in Utah. It consisted of an 8 mile run up some pretty hairy mountains and 17 obstacles. Jaxon did the kids race, which he loved. The race was pretty intense, I really miss doing races but I think I might have had to sit this one out.