Friday, August 17, 2012

Summer 2012

We had a lot of life experiences this summer that weren’t so fun.  In between my brother’s sudden funeral, fire, miscarriage and health issues, we did manage to squeeze in plenty of summer outings and fun.  Here’s the “Cliffs Notes” version of our “lazy” summer days that weren’t so lazy:

This is the Place State Park

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Hogle Zoo (or as Matti calls it:  “Hobo” Zoo)

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Monster Truck Ride

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Dinosaur Museum

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Foam Days

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Boating

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Day Camp & Scout Camp

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Swimming Lessons

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Copper Mine

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Being a Part of the 4th of July Parade

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Hiking

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Birthday Celebrations with Family and Friends

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Gardner Village

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Air Show at Hill Air Force Base

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Shooting BB Guns

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Train Rides

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Watching Movies with Cousins

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To truly recognize and experience joy, we must pass through sorrow.  To enjoy the good times, we must have bad times.  As part of our roller coaster ride this summer, I would definitely say we had more “ups” than “downs”.  Life is good.

School starts Tuesday.  I am satisfied with all the time spent together this summer and am looking forward to our Fall Bucket List! 

2 comments:

Tiffiny said...

Foam Days? Sounds fun! You have been through a lot this summer! It takes a strong person to still be able to count the blessings among the sorrow and near disasters! Your family is blessed to have you for their mom. And I'm blessed to have you for a friend!

Andrea said...

It looks like you had a great summer. You did have a rough one, but it's neat the you found the good.