Condensed Soup....

I love the show "The Soup" on the E channel. They have a feature on the web where you can get "Condensed Soup", basically a short version of the show. Here is the "Condensed Soup" of the last couple of weeks.....

The Week of The 19th...

Sunday:Fireworks at Weber State. Great fun for everyone:)

Monday: My oldest and dearest friend, Steph came out with Emma's little boyfriend Brock. Brock and Emma played on the Waterslide while we had a great visit. I love you Steph:)

Thursday: RODEO! Brenn sang the National Anthem, so we headed to the annual Pioneer Days Rodeo, never mind that it was 100 degrees! The kids had a great time watching the bull riding, barrel racing and the calf roping. The crowd favorite, however, was the dirt bike jumpers. Right when they came out, I looked over at Colter and said "Don't get any ideas". Seriously. They were doing flips with their bikes! Yikes! Not something you want your kids to do, but it was pretty cool.

Here is the famous "Whoopie Girl"

Here is our famous "Whoopie Girl"....
Friday: For the 24th, we headed down to Nick and Tina's for a BBQ. Again, fun time.Thanks Heiner family! Here are the pics....
Colter, my camera and me getting ready...
my boys....

Emma J and Jake...Saturday: AKA Put it in perspective day. Sitting out on my porch enjoying breakfast. Colter needs to mow the lawn. "MOMMMMM help me move the Waterslide". "Colt, just mow the OTHER part of the lawn, then after I'm done eating, I will help you move it". Colter goes off to mow. Reading the paper, enjoying a croissant and a Diet Coke. Beautiful day. Ten minutes go by and then Colter slinks up the stairs. "Mom, do we have a patch"? "What do you mean? Like for your shorts"? "No Mom, for the WATERSLIDE". I jump up. "WHAT???". Yes, Colter hacked a big hole in the Waterslide with the mower! Now I am freaking out. Bruce comes over. He freaks out too. We get mad at Colt. He slinks off to his room. I sit on the stairs and think about it. My kids LOVE the waterslide. It was more than worth the amount we paid, but I didn't really want to purchase another one, especially at the end of the summer. I was irritated. TEENAGERS! How can they be so careless! Just then my Dad's voice came through loud and clear "Put it in perspective". I stopped sulking, went downstairs to talk to Colt. I love him so much and I know he just wasn't paying attention. He agreed to be more on top of things, I agreed not to lose my temper. I felt horrible. Not about the Waterslide anymore, but how I had acted. I have friends and family who are going through some seriously challenging things and I was upset about a waterslide! Stupid. Put it in perspective. So Bruce and I rounded up the kids and we headed up the canyon to the Oaks for lunch. We had a great time talking and laughing with our great kids. After we got home, we headed up to my Mom's to light fireworks. We had a great time hanging out with the family. I just have to say again how thankful I am to be a Mom. My kids are truly the greatest in the world and I love them with all my heart and soul. Sometimes it's a hard job, but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

Sunday:We met Grandma Sue, Jeni, Nikki, Jennie and Jake at the pool. Emma had the best time with Justine. Justine is the best big sister! She went on the twisty slide over and over with Emma. We love you Juss! I also have to say thanks to Jeni and Nikki. They are so good with the kids and spent plenty of "Twisty slide" time!

Here they are waiting to go.....Splash down!Here they are...... Sweet Swimming Sisters again!*Oh and as for the waterslide, Bruce and Colter managed to patch it while we were swimming! Emma tried it out on Wednesday and it was perfect! Here she is messing around with my sun hat.....

Wow this summer is flying by.....