Summer Days Drifting Away

Although there are still 38 days left of summer, I am experiencing the melancholy that comes over you when something really good is about to come to an end. What can I say...I grew up in SoCal so I live for summer and it's bounty of beautiful sunshiny days! Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the beauty and variety of the seasons, but until you have lived through a midwest winter, you may not quite understand. The anticipation of a long, cold, dreary winter is sometimes too much to bear.

Enough of the whining...let's celebrate our summer! A great one it was and here in a nutshell is what it looked like...

LDS Girls Camp...

Me coping my way through the copes course.

My posse posing in front of the Tree of Life.

Young Men's High Adventure...

Christopher catching a snack after a torential downpour.

Christopher & Dad looking spiffy after a long day's hike.

Chandler swimming the 50 fly at YMCA Champs at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Christopher with coaches and relay team at YMCA Champs.

Chandler's first Boy Scout camp...his favorite activity was, of course, archery.

Move over David Hasselhoff, there's a new hottie in town!

Christopher's last week as a lifeguard at the local waterpark. (His first real job!)

Next up...Chris & I's 18th Wedding Anniversary, a trip to Houston to visit my beautiful nieces!, three weeks of driving school for Christopher, Chandler's 1st day as a 6th grader, Christopher's 1st day as a Junior, Seminary (which means= early mornings, ugh!), AND the start of the short-course swim season. Sounds like another good year!