7/25/14

Summer 2014 Overall

On our radio:
Elvis hunka burning love
Johnny cash I walk the line
Beatles hey Jude, live on Ed Sullivan 
Green day basket case
Creedence down on the corner 
Andrea boccelli funiculi funicula
Mimi learning to skate
Some of my girls at Keys on Main for baby shower


Activities:
Trafalga Fun Center
Pass of All Passes 7 Peaks Waterslides
Any pool with a waterslide or water play equipment (Jude and Mimi swim, Silas is just barely water safe)
Library, nearly every day
Walking through model homes
Going to Savers
Hush's birthday in June, celebrated with BBQ in early June before disaster struck
Mimi started piano lessons, Jude started guitar
Sitting on the couch gestating
Amazing baby shower in SLC
Hanging out with Kara's lovely girls
Kids play down in the toy zone basement
Jude got a new bike, Mimi is learning to rollerskate
Baseball at Eccles for all three in July
Went to see the Tempest with Kim
So hot and uncomfortable at baseball
The man himself of his birthday (we were in CA :(


For Eats:
Shave Ice
Swig flavored drinks
Jdawgs
Cookie butter with apples
Quesadillas and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
IHOP
At the Herriman rodeo with Kara
My incorrigible lovely neighbors whom I already miss terribly


People we see:
The SLC Wilson friends
B. heights friends
Farm family cousins
Dville Cousins
Each other. A lot of three kids together time for months on end.
Houdini one time, for 24 hours. 
Hair matches popsicle
Sisi at a magic show with Amy


For watching:
Maleficent 
Lego Movie
Hush and I watch Drunk History
Cable TV that has nothing good on at all ever.
iPad games
Mimi gets her first bank account and (prepaid) credit card

Hair as of today

For reading:
Rereading Philippa Gregory's historical fiction
Red Tent 
Jude reads books about bears
Silas likes monster books
Mimi reads anything about fashion and being fancy.
Sweet affectionate Si
The menfolk of Cousin's posse, all of whom I couldn't like more.


Travel:
Az for family reunion in May
Dville most of June
Various hotels throughout Utah (including Provo and Holladay) in July
Down to St George for a weekend
Back to Dville for two weeks in July
Hush moved us in to new house at the beginning of August
Hush to NY and Az in August
Getting his last youngest kid snuggles in before baby comes
Getting his snuggles in before he's ousted by his offspring

Things take up space in my brain:
Baby growing
Overwhelming adoration and gratitude for Hush
Trying to not do anything physical
Indebtedness to friends
Shuffling money around to cover moving and hotels
Avoiding preterm labor
Trying to pick a place to buy a house
Dealing with Houdini's unreliability
Planning for new baby
Assembling baby supplies
Names names names!
Planning sealing hopefully in September
Feeling more pregnant than I look
Unsealing letter received!
Learning what the church is like in Utah County
Devising a school schedule and preschool for Silas
Registering kids for new schools
Figuring out new auxiliary activities for kids

Jude's new shirt that he prizes above all else.




2 comments:

E B said...

Congrats on sealing! That's wonderful news.
And I've been reading Phillipa Gregory all summer myself. Historical fiction is the only way I learn history.

michelle said...

Love this post, full of good stuff! Love the bit about your sealing, what a great thing! And now I need to read Phillipa Gregory again too!