Summer Continues

For the most part, I have not felt like I've been missing out on the summer.

Our winter was so mild, that it didn't leave me anxious for the warm weather, the way it has in the past.

And the fact that we got that California vacation in, right before I was diagnosed, was perfect.  I've been content to think back on those happy memories.  It hasn't bothered me to see other families taking summer vacations.  Surprising.  And a Tender mercy, to be sure.

 

Garrett and Katie came up from NM, and stayed with us for a few days.  A lot of fun was jam-packed in to that short amount of time.

 

I didn't accompany them, the first day.  I stayed at home, in bed.

 

They made a trip to Provo.  That included lunch at J-Dawgs, a trip to the creamery, and a stop at Fillings and Emulsions.

Of course, they spent a lot of time on the BYU campus too.  Go Blue.

The second day they were here, I was feeling a bit better.  So, Katie and I went shopping; while Garrett and Nick took the kids to the treehouse museum.
We all met up for lunch at Blue Lemon.

One evening we drove up to the LDS Bountiful Temple.  The grounds were closed, while the temple was going through it's annual cleaning.

We took pictures just outside the fence.

It didn't take mischievous Cohen very  long to figure out that he could easily slip between the bars...  And he was off and running!  Of course, an adult can't fit through.  So, every single one of the other kids EAGERLY volunteered to squeeze between the fence, to chase him down.  It was not awesome.  We promptly went home after that.

On August 1st, Fruit Heights held its annual "Founder's Day" celebration.
It's a holiday I look forward to every year!

I felt like I had a little energy, so I hauled myself out of bed, and went down to run the 5k, that the city puts on in the morning.
The course was not the same as the one they have done in the past.
I hated it.
I'm slow enough, as is.  But the 5k, this year, wasn't "road running"; it was all on grass/trail.  It made me even slower.
My BFF, and former running partner, Stephanie, ran it with me.  She kept telling me how awesome I was doing.  But it was depressing, to be pulling in 12 minute+ miles.
Whatever.
It is, what it is.  And considering the fact that I've got cancer, and am going through chemo...  I know Steph is right.  But it doesn't keep me from wishing that I could run faster.

It was a Saturday that Nick had to work.  So, in the evening my Mom and I took the kids down to the festivities.
Cohen was shockingly well-behaved.  To the tune of, sticking close to me the entire time, and waiting his turn in the lines.
Reagan was less-so.
But we still managed to have a good time.

Reagan and Cohen start a week of swimming lessons, next week.  Elsa insisted that she does not want to do them anymore.  I wasn't going to fight her.
I tried to sign Reagan up to do another week at Hunsaker Swim School, so that she could have one more round of private lessons.  However, they never responded to my email.  I truly fear that the lessons Reagan did in June will be the last she will have there. :(  I feel like Hunsaker is winding down.
So, I signed Reagan up to group lessons with some of her friends.  I am really worried about how it will turn out?  Fingers crossed that she surprises me, and performs well.