A Quick Summary of Most of July

Shawn held some water polo camps this summer at Olympus, which brought a large number of kids.  He's excited about the future of Olympus Water Polo.  Amelia is ready to go as soon as she's old enough.

A bunch of surprise selfies from my phone.  Again.

It worked out that Samantha left for Brighton camp the same week that Jonas left for trek.  Things were pretty mellow and quiet at home with only 3 kids.

Samantha left at a reasonable hour,

but Jonas wasn't very thrilled about his 5 am report time.  He wasn't very excited about the whole thing in general, but it turned out to be a good experience for him.

We found ways to occupy our time even without the big kids.  It was hot, so a trip to the library followed by slurpees was pretty good.

Also, a stop at the Cinderella park.

We decided to visit the aquarium.  (Which Jonas and Samantha were not happy to hear about.  They couldn't believe we went without them.  I guess I'll have to go back.)

We could have sat in the shark tunnel for hours, but we got a little tired of the crowds.

My penguins with the penguins.   (Their school mascot is a penguin.)

As much fun as we had, I really missed my big kids.  I was so glad when they were finally back home again.  Jonas got home Thursday evening.  It was so awesome to see all the bus loads of kids coming back.

Since it was Pioneer Day, we set off a few fireworks, but saved  most of them to do later since Samantha wasn't due back until the next day.

Summer is going by way too fast!