summer has been crazy!

and it's passing by way too quickly.  i'm not ready for summer to end.  it's been so packed full of different adventures.  but i'll start at the beginning.  quince turned seven!!  seven. years. old.  i cannot believe that little guy is growing up so fast.  he is, without a doubt, one of the most wonderful people i have ever known.  i must have done something right to have been trusted to be his mom. 



what linc spends his time doing now that preschool is out.

lincoln graduates

i want to feel ready for him to be in kindergarten, but i'm just not.

all three of my boys went to Miss Denise for preschool.  clayton was her first year.  time flies!



missing oceanside

two weeks ago we were here.  enjoying no schedules and hardly any responsibilities.  playing when we wanted to play, sleeping when we wanted to sleep.  reading, eating, cooking, shopping, playing games.... it was so nice.  our beach house was amazing!!  it was such a great place!  my favorite part of the whole trip was sitting out on the deck of the home and watching the ocean roll in.  especially at night.  it was perfect.  (that and the 'Xcelerator' at Knott's Berry Farm was, without doubt, the most awesome ride i've ever been on at an amusement park.  it shoots you from 0-82 mph in 2 seconds.  it was fantastic!)

guess which two boys made chamber choir!!!

the rest of the story

since we were in boise, and that is part of will's work territory, we stayed and hung out for a few days.  the boys and i just hung around the hotel, swam, ate (way too often) and even went to the zoo.  it's called zooboise.  one word.  strange.

it was beautiful weather, and for a small-town zoo, pretty dang entertaining.  we had a good time. 

 we got home saturday around noon- ran some errands, unpacked, did laundry, and packed again for the trip to oceanside.  (this time without the kids.)

btw- linc has been begging for a 'buzz' for awhile now.  while i was at women's conference, will caved.  we told him it was a one-time-only deal.  it's taken me longer than i thought to get used to it, but it's finally looking normal to me now. 

wicked

this last week we took the three little boys to boise idaho, so clayton and i could go see wicked.  he's wanted to see it since we took the older boys two years ago.  this was as close as it was getting to salt lake, so for part of his birthday, he and i got tickets.  will dropped us off outside the theatre and he, linc, and quince went and saw the movie 'hop'.  i think i got the better end of the deal- for sure.  it was just as good or better than last time.  clayton, believe it or not, was so excited he could hardly stand it.  i think he has almost every word memorized from the wicked cd. 

with his wicked flying monkey.