August 2011

This month was a fun month! We tried really hard to fit as much as possible into our month.  It started out with our ward camp-out. We decided not to stay the night because we wanted to be nice to our ward family and not put them through a night of dreadfulness with our kids. It was themed Superheros and people came dressed up as superheros. There were blowup bouncy houses and fun things. I enjoyed being a kid racing on a bouncy house a couple of times! Also at the start of the month we worked on our Adirondack chairs. a lady that Patrick works with gave them to us and they  needed some work done. So we sanded and painted them! It was a fun project.

We enjoyed a 5 1/2 day family vacation to Park City. That was probably the highlight of our month. We enjoyed bike rides and a "Fun" shopping trip to the outlets. I say "fun" because if you have kids then you understand how fun it can be to shop with them! We went swimming and Grandpa got Porter jumping into the pool and then eventually going under and swimming all on his own (of course he was wearing floaties). We were so proud of him. We tried to take family pictures there, that was kinda a flop but we at least got some of the Munson family. That was really good! We had fun on evening riding the bus over to catch a Trolley and riding that! Porter really loved that and then walking up and down main street. It was an enjoyable evening. And another evening we played minute to win it games. I was in charge of planning some games for the Christensen reunion which was to follow a few weeks later. So we practiced some with the munson family and it was a hit! (You'll hear about the Christensen minute to win it later) Our favorite that night was Junk in the Trunk where you shake the ping pong balls out of a tissue box tied around your waist! Porter really enjoyed playing that game! see for yourself the fun that we had:( I can't load Patrick's... but I will soon.. his is pretty funny!)

Then on our last day we went and did the alpine slide/coaster and the kids rode a space track(which is a little train) and the merry-go-round! They loved the merry go round!!! Patrick and I did the slide and coaster later that evening with just us and JD and Lacy. We really enjoyed that little date night with them. Some memories we will always carry with us. It was fun watching Patrick get all scared to go on the slide...then to find out I'm the one who braked almost the whole way down. Then the real terror set in when we were on the coaster going up the hill. Patrick screamed like a girl and braked... I remember yelling at him saying STOP BRAKING! It really is better if you don't brake. You won't get hurt it's just like a roller coaster if you just let yourself go! It was lots of fun even if it was a little damaging on the wallet.We took some good naps, played fun games, watched some fun shows and ate good food. Doesn't that sound like a good family vacation?! We sure thought so!
We got back from our vacation and the next night Patrick and Porter left for the stake Father and Sons. They had a good time together and Porter enjoyed sleeping in the van.
This month has been filled with playing chalk and bubbles LOTS. Enjoyed seeing the fruits of our garden, bike rides, walks and Patrick participated in a stake golf tourney. We also went to Patrick's work summer Party. We went to Pine view and played in the water and went on the boat...watched Patrick get thrown on the tube and ate good food.

So if you were to ask us did we have a fun month? the answer is YES!! We loved the month of August and honestly wish it would hang around a little longer.