7 Days Left

Summer is drawing to a close. There is only one week left of the 12 granted us for summer vacation. It is unbelievable how short 12 weeks can be: we didn't make it to all the local places we wanted to, we didn't have playdates with all the friends we promised we would, and we didn't accomplish any fitness/learning goals! But we did have a lot of fun and a lot of family bonding.

We met Dad at work and picked him up for a picnic at the temple. My boys got dressed so handsomely that I had to take pictures of us. They are looking very sharp with their new haircuts.

 Ryan didn't want me taking a picture of him. He closed his eyes and kept turning away. He is so crazy! But he had the best Mohawk and I wanted to show it off!

After the picnic I took the kids to the BSA National Scouting Museum. It was pretty cool. The kids enjoyed racing derby cars and 'camping'. Alex filled out a trivia form and earned a ribbon for the Pack Flag. It was worth going to. But again with kids I only got to browse, not actually read any of the signs.

We had some real excitement the week after our vacation. Coach Dan and the Wildcats had 2 regular season games and then Playoffs. The playoffs were a tournament held all day Saturday. Our first game was at 12:00. Our team started the game with 4 players! It was the most stressed out I've been at a basketball game this year. Gracious! Eventually 3 more players trickled in. But our boys played their best game of the season and won the game. They had an hour break before going back.

Here coach is talking to the team about the first game and how to prepare for the next one. They played awesome the 1st quarter of the next game. The score at the end of the quarter was 4-2 Wildcats, against the #1 team in the league! But alas, they were tired and didn't have enough oomph to get the ball in the basket. They rebounded and made 3 or 4 shots per trip to the basket over and over, but just couldn't get it in.

Macey was extremely bored by the whole affair. And then we stayed to watch the championship game... She fell asleep and woke up in time to get shaved ice afterwards.
I can hear the kids this morning. They were playing Minecraft and have now shifted over to the Wii. Detoxing them from video games and soda after our long summer is going to be a very painful thing!