We have had a fun and busy week for our first official week of summer! Monday was Memorial Day ( I already wrote about that). Monday night, Adam got to have a sleepover with Aunt Katy for his birthday. On Tuesday, she took Adam to see a movie and they had fun hanging out together. Adam also had his well check with Dr. Cathy on Tuesday. She declared him a perfectly healthy 7 year old boy! Tessa and Gwen had a boring day at home with Mommy. I had chores to catch up on:)
Wednesday we ran some errands and got the kids signed up for the summer reading program at the Library. (We are doing our own little version at home too.) Adam has already read 4 chapter books this week.
Wednesday we had also had a very special opportunity. We helped welcome home an American hero. A couple of weeks ago, Cody Towse, an Army Medic serving in Afghanistan, was killed by a bomb explosion. He and his family are from Elk Ridge, Utah, a small town south of Spanish Fork. His body arrived at the Provo airport on Wednesday, and thousands of people lined the streets from Provo to Elk Ridge to pay their respects to this brave young man. We were a few of those thousands. The kids were really good as we waited for 2 hours for the procession to make it's way down Spanish Fork Main Street. I was amazed at how many people were there. It was a moment I will never forget and I hope that my kids understood a little bit of how special that afternoon was for us. It was amazing and heartbreaking all at the same time. No one made a sound as Cody's body drove by. But the spirit was so strong and for a minute we all felt like one giant family, mourning a brother. Truly an amazing moment!
This week, Adam and Tessa got to work on their summer journals.
Adam is doing great with his baseball games! We are cheering him on every Tuesday and Thursday nights. More on those soon...
This week brought fun bike rides to the river and since we had some awesome rainstorms, we had some cool bugs to study.
Friday brought play dates and birthday parties! There is always something going on!
Saturday, we got to attend a blessing and a baptism! Cute Ellie was baptized and adorable August was blessed. It was a fun day with family and we had fun driving up to our old neck of the woods.
Gwen was more tolerant than usual and actually let other people hold her. She even let Great Grandma Nielson have a turn.
Tessa loved Ellie's dress!
All the cousin's that were there from both sides of the family.
Tessa, Ellie, Zeke, Adam, and Gwen
One of our favorite families!
It was a great week to start our summer!
