Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Mid-Summer Musings

I started writing this post earlier in the week but had a bit of a life detour and didn't get it posted. Enjoy it now and I'll update what happened mid-week soon.

Summer is half over. I'm not sure where the time has gone. It's been fun. My wonderful niece visited from the east coast with her three children for several weeks and it was fun to get to see them. My kids have been to Youth Conference; my daughter to Girl's Camp; my son to Scout Camp. This week, my son started the first of two weeks volunteering at Camp Steiner as an Assistant Merit Badge Counselor. Next week, my daughter will attend EFY.

That means no kids for over 5 days! WOW!! It's amazing and enjoyable even though I'll miss them. Unfortunately, instead of having lots of fun plans, I'm planning to declutter and dejunk since I won't have to worry about shuttling them around.

We still have plans for a short summer vacation together. We're like most people this summer and not planning things too far in advance. I think we'll let this be the "What sounds fun today?" type of vacation.

We're thinking of heading up to Jackson for a couple of days to float the Snake River. Anybody done it? We hooked up with an old friend from Layton who puts trips together every summer. Then we might spend a night over in Yellowstone or Grand Tetons or both. That will depend on if there are any campsites available.

I'm still working on my quilts. Four are done and delivered.