As we prepared for 3 consecutive weeks of a student beginning a new school year, a few celebratory events took place.
At least one event isn't pictured - the one and only time we got Ben to go to the free water park with us, the week we moved,. School had already started for Cat, therefore we went in the evening. It was chilly, but we had a great time. The fact that we went with friends (Matt & Lindsay's family) definitely helped take the edge off.
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| Last Fun Family Outing Before the FIRST Person's School Year Started We all went to the free family fun center in Orem one afternoon before Cat started school (thanks to those passes we have) and had a great time playing putt-putt. We tried to teach Cat and Jack about the proper way to putt, etc., but they were not interested in our fancy methods. Cat didn't seem to need them, either - she got a hole in one all by herself. Eliza was a great ball-picker-upper. We would putt, she would run and pick up the ball, and bring it back to us, no matter how close we'd gotten to hole. "Here you go, Daddy." She had no interest in actually playing. It was comical. |
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| Cat Begged Long Enough Cat didn't get enough of this fun experiment during our science day, so it warranted an encore before we moved. |
 Oh Yeah, and Another Science Experiment |
| Another science experiment before we were totally done - will a flat or folded piece of paper hold more pennies?? |
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| Mom's Bucket List Ice Cream in a Bag, which was actually my summer bucket list item. I made mine using coconut milk instead of regular milk and it was different and tropical-y. I also squeezed it out to go between a couple of chocolate peppermint chip cookies, which made for a yummy ice cream sandwich. Mmmm. |
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| Not Sure How To Describe This One Ben was the beneficiary of a random person's kindness (or... practical joke??) toward the end of the summer. I had no idea that there were whole fish in the freezer and was a bit startled (to say the least) when I saw them. Jack, on the other hand, was fascinated by them. He wanted to see them, touch them, watch Ben cut their heads off, and eat them. I think he got to do all of the above before we moved. Yes, I ate some too. And they were pretty good.
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What a wonderful family!!
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