What happened to summer??

The last time I posted it was JUNE and now it is mid/late July and the summer is going by so quickly! I love summer! I love hanging out, having fun, going away, and keeping busy and being lazy all at the same time! We are always on the run and I love it!

Sammie started swim lessons and is enjoying it. She is doing better each time. When I took her swimming at my mom's pool, the first half hour she spent saying "Mommy, don't let go of me" and the next half hour was "Mommy, don't touch me!" She basically taught herself to swim and is now very comfortable in the water. She is working on the mechanics of swimming now. (floating, kicking, arm circles and face in the water) She is going to jump off of the high dive on the last day of class. She did it last year too!

July 4th we had a family BBQ and then went to the neighbor's house to visit and watch fireworks.

Sammie's preschool went on a field trip to the park and I was able to join them too. We had a fun day. We ate lunch there and the kids played. Guess what was her favorite thing to play on??

I cleaned and organized my scrappy stuff and although I have a LONG way to go to be done, it felt so great to make a little progress on it. :) Here are some recent pages I did. Oh and by the way, I WON the challenge on Kristin's blog. I am so excited! YEA! Thanks Kristin!

We got together with Jen and Julia and went to Tanaka farms for the watermelon tours. It was a fun trip. We rode on a tractor pulled wagon and tasted some fruits and vegetables. ( onions, corn, beans, carrots, tomatoes, watermelon). The girls each got to pick a watermelon to take home. YUMMY!

I love this pic!! Nice melons!

I got to see Duran Duran at the fair. It was so exciting! What a great concert. I used to love them back in the 80's... eeeekkk time sure flies!! They still look the same and I loved watching them play and of course, singing along!

We have been to Disneyland a few times. Sammie loves to ride Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, and the Matterhorn. We drove the Autopia cars which was fun.

We stopped to buy tickets for the circus and the animals were out front. It was really cool to see them just hanging out before the show even opened. We spent the most time at the horses and we loved this one. It is a Norwegian Fijord. ( no, I didn't know that until Sammie asked the attendant) What a beautiful animal. He has a cropped white mane with a black stripe down the center. There were several other horses there too. We also got to see the elephants, tigers and zebra.


We went to the circus on Friday night. It was a good show. Very expensive but fun to watch.

My parents were in town so we all went.

So that's my recent update of what we've been doing. I am trying to enjoy each day. Of course i have a huge list of projects to do while I'm off and I am slowly starting on that, but I always manage to find something else to do instead. ugggghh