BAH! Where did summer go!?!

I guess all good things MUST come to an end... but man! This summer flew!! I am so behind blogging it's sad. But here are some of the things that filled our summer...

One of the highlights was definitely being in Utah with family! Didn't matter where we were or what we were doing it was just so so great to be together. Miss you guys! Allie is going through withdrawls without all her cute cousins her age... a shout out to Evie! Can't wait for you to visit soon! :-)

Just the little things with family were so much fun.

Colby scored big time when Zach gave him a sweet skateboard helmet and pads AND one on one lessons. Colby was in heaven.

The weather was AMAZING! So fun. And Grandma always had lots of surprises in store... from a mile long slip and slide to water balloons... games and crafts! The kids were quite content just hanging out there all day.

And how lucky were the girlies!?! They got to spend an entire week at Grandma's after Mom and Dad, Colby and Allie drove home!! They sewed matching outfits and had a week jam packed full of fun... from a parade to doing pottery to the Farmer's Market... Thanksgiving Point... making and taking treats to the elderly... swimming a few times... lots of treats and out to lunch... can't list them all. They had the time of their lives!

We just LOVED being together all summer. Yes we had a few squabbles here and there but we are so blessed that our kiddos LOVE playing together- they get along great most of the time and it's so fun watching them... they were particularly goofy and silly this night at Grandma's... too much sugar and past bedtime probably?!?

We stayed in Provo this year for Mia's soccer camp, instead of our usual Park City and actually loved Provo! We hiked to 3 waterfalls and had fun at Seven Peaks, Trafalga, Bean Musuem, etc etc. Lots to do... and loved visiting G&G D too in Provo...

No one celebrates the Fourth like Utah! We had a great time at the golf course and festivities... the fireworks were incredible as always... and LOVED being with my family for the whole afternoon/night! What a way to celebrate.

Havasu. We can't forget you. So much fun. Zach and Roxy we miss you!!!

The kids did not get enough time on the water even though we were going 24-7. Loved every minute.

What did we do in down time back in 118 degree AZ?!? Head indoors! Pottery was a fun mommy daughter date...

Extreme's Skateboard Park/Jump Zone was super fun!

And Mia did have to head outdoors for 2 soccer camps- one at BYU and one here in AZ. She LOVED them and learned a lot... had a great time. She was spoiled at BYU to have Auna (her cousin who is on the BYU Women's Soccer team) as her coach at the camp. She adores Auna.

And off to the beach! Coronado we love you. We miss you. We will return soon. We LOVED having Chris and Abby with us in Cali- so so much fun. I will post on it soon because it was one of the funnest family vacations we have ever had...

Allie was surprisingly not frustrated by the sand that was in every crack and crevice of her body at the beach- ha! She loved it and so did the rest of the kids...

San Diego was incredible... We had been once before but really explored this time. SO MUCH TO DO! SO BEAUTIFUL! So fun. We hit up the San Diego Zoo...

Do I fit in with the surfer chics of Cali?!? ha. Picked up a new hat while we were there...

On our drive home...

Back to the heat- we ate lots of popsicles...

Braved the heat here and there to play outside!

And oh we can't forget the girlies Musical Theatre Camp! It's On! They had a blast and did awesome- it was a fabulous experience... Colby also did a football camp, the girlies took a 2 week cooking class, they played with friends lots, did swim lessons, girlies took gymnastics, Colby and Sydney did Speech Lessons... it was just a great summer. That went way too fast!

But we really are grateful for summer! The long days together made for great quality time together... We did a lot of fun things and are grateful that Ger works so hard so we can travel as a family.

Crazy I have 3 kids in school all day! Colby in all day Kindergarten, Mia in 2nd, and Sydney in 4th! Here's the traditional 1st day of school pic. Hopefully I can do better at catching up everything - just for the sake of the blog books I print... but there's our 2011 Summer in Review. :-)