Ryan has been counting down the days till school starts. 15 days left. He's also been reminding me that the days are getting shorter and shorter as they pass. Sunset today is 8:17 pm. I've been telling him to keep his trap shut because summer coming to an end makes me sad and gloomy. Summer coming to an end for Ryan makes him excited and happy. End of summer means football to Ryan. WVU football starts in 24 days. NFL football starts in 28 days. Need I say more?
So, much to my dismay, Summer is flying by. But, I do think this has been one of the best summers thus far for us as a family. I won't kiss our Summer goodbye yet, though...we do still have 2 weeks of fun and leisure before school starts...and the hustle of Fall begins.
I failed (again) to take any pictures the past week. I vow to take pictures this week...so as to not make the next blog a bore.
Last week Ryan was out of town all week at our manufacturing plant in Kingman AZ. That left the kids and I on our own for dinners, football practice, daycare, and bedtime. We somehow made the best of it...AND....Lauren accomplished a big milestone last week! She has officially learned to ride her bike minus training wheels! While Nick was busy with football practice, I gave Lauren her riding lessons on the bike trail/track. While she peddled, I ran beside her in prep to catch her...which was needed in the beginning. By Thursday, she was able to take off on her own and she biked a complete 1 mile around the track...with me running alongside. She was very proud of herself, as was I!
Lauren has become deathly afraid of thunderstorms. It may be because Ryan starts screaming 'Tornado!' each time we have a thunderstorm...but for whatever reason, Lauren will not even let us watch the weather report on TV. It down right scares her to tears. During a storm she wraps her arms/legs around me and hides her eyes. She won't let me near a window. She cries her head off. We had a few thunderstorms last week with some loud rumbling-of-the-house thunder, this caused 2 cute kids to fill up Ryan's side of the bed!
Our weekend flew by too quick. Ryan made it home early Saturday morning. Nick and Matthew spent the entire weekend together with sleepovers at our house then at Matthew's. We all packed in 2 Diary of Wimpy Kid movies as well as Beezus and Ramona. I recommend all 3 movies. Saturday we cooked out with friends at the river. Throughout the weekend we watched a lot of the Olympics. We'll miss the Olympics when they are over. We sure have enjoyed and learned a lot about training, competing, swim strokes, and medals. My future gold medal gymnast begins gymnastics in just a few weeks. That along with football and baseball and school will mean a busy/exciting Fall! But, again, we still have 2 weeks of fun and Summer to enjoy and I plan on doing just that!
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