I Blinked

Hola, Familia!

The month has been a whirlwind, but that's what summer is all about, right!  (The post title, "I Blinked," means that the month flew by.  "I blinked, and August was over!")

Never mind those relaxing-sitting-on-the-beach commercials for tropical vacations...THIS summer, at least :)  We still have 1 week of summer left until school starts, and we're milking every second for all it's worth!  A few things August had going for it:

SOCCER CAMP.  Kara had not one, but two soccer camps.  One of them was in Cape Cod (I know, Poor Girl, right...)  Almost her whole soccer team went.  2 team members have family summer houses on "The Cape," so the 14 girls who w
ent split up between those houses.  Soccer Camp was from 9a.m-noon each morning, and the rest of the time they spent at the beach, eating, sleeping, playing.  A week-long slumber party, more or less.  She had such a good time.


YOUNG WOMEN's CHURCH CAMP.  Both Kara and Teresa look forward to church camp each year.  This year Teresa was a "YCL," or "Youth Camp Leader."  Kara was a 2nd year camper.

I spent roughly 2 of the camp days on the "cook team," prepping meals, serving them, cleaning up, and starting over again for the next meal.  I have new respect, now, for the people who plan and prepare meals for 100+ youth at a time!  It is quite a process.

FOSTERING a PUPPY.  Teresa puts in hours of volunteer time with Save-A-Dog, a dog rescue organization about 5 miles from us.  We fostered a puppy for a weekend, until her adoptive family was ready to take her.  A good reminder to me, how nice it is to enjoy someone ELSE's dog, and then give her back to them!  "Eden" was a cutie.  She was some kind of a lab mix.

Teresa serving, taken last fall

VOLLEYBALL.  High school volleyball has started up for Teresa.  Tryouts were last Thursday, Friday, and now Monday and Tuesday of this week.

GETTING DAVID READY FOR BYU.  The time has come!  David finished up his internship last week, and has had a few days to see friends and say goodbye to them as they head off to school.  His big day is tomorrow (Tuesday), yes, now less than 24 hours away.  We asked him, if he wanted Frank or I to fly out with him, and he thought about it briefly.  "No," he said, "you don't have to go."

So we will get up at a ridiculous time Tuesday morning to put him on a 6 a.m. flight!  We sent out a box of bedding last week, and our friends Lee & Suzanna who live just 2 towns away from Provo will pick him up in Salt Lake City.  He'll stay with them for one night, then go to BYU to check into his dorm on Wednesday.  He is pretty excited.

furnace...  water heater...

LAST UPGRADE.  Today and tomorrow we have a crew here, changing over the house's heating system from oil to gas.  (This photo is from the Internet. You get the idea...)
This concludes about 5 big projects, starting last March, which have made up "Round 2" of our home improvements.  I'll highlight them in another post.  Round 1 was five years ago, right when we moved into the house.  Two rounds is enough, I think.  Forever.  Bleh.

The calendar marches forward!  Have a wonderful week!  Kari