sUmMeR!!!!

Summer is moving along....hard to believe that my Ella will be in kindergarten in a month. Our school starts the end of July here....which I think I love. We have 2 weeks off in fall and spring...when the weather is better. Ella is ready...I am actually kinda sad that she won't be in full day....I think she is my first one that is really ready to be there all day at 5....but oh well. Sadie is happy about the half day...she will miss Ella.
Let's do a little person by person recap....in case you are interested. :)
Sadie : well, the swearing is a bit better...she still insists on telling every bug we kill..that they are stupid...but better that than her nursery teachers. She is sad she is too little for swim team...like her siblings..but we try our best to distract. She continues to be the world's best snuggler...demanding snuggles randomly throughout the day. I love it. She keeps me laughing and smiling most days and yelling and punishing on others.

Ella: Ella is enjoying her Summer classes she is taking twice a week. She does swimming, crafts and fitness. She feels very big to go off and do things herself. She is learning how to read and is getting better every day. She keeps us all smiling with her awesome one liners. Last night at dinner, she pipes up with
"Mom.....I love you!!!.....Dad! I love you!!!!....you guys are the love of my life."
priceless!
She is rockin' on swim team...with a 3rd place in the back stroke race! She is more excited about the color of the ribbons she brings home than the number! Love her!

Hope: Hope has been enjoying her summer and doing amazing on her swim team as well! She had to take off a week for bad cut on her foot...but got right back to it and got a 2nd place in breast stroke...her fave stroke! She has had a few fun play dates and is looking forward to a trip to Utah this next month. She is so easy to have around...I miss her when she is gone! I am really blessed to be her Mom.

Luke: Luke has been working hard at swim team too...and has improved his times alot!!!He looks so cute in his little speedo ( the knee length one) and is so tan! We tease him that he is our little Mexican. When he was born he had olive skin and jaundice....we called him our little Jose. :) HE has been reading and playing and swimming like crazy. He attended a week long basketball skills camp with Seth...and came home with 2 of the 3 trophies given to the kids. The coach told Seth that Luke should have got the third one too...but they thought they better let someone else have one!
He sort of has the little brother he never got, in our neighbor Nick. He is a 7 yr old that I babysit a few times a week...and they play hard! They enjoy each other's company and play well together.
Luke will be starting the 5th grade next month...and going off to a different school than his sisters ...SCARY!...I am way more nervous than he is!

Seth: Seth has been keeping really busy with work and basketball. He is an assistant coach for the Higley High school team...which has been busy for the month of June. There have been camps and open gyms and all sorts of fun stuff. HE got to meet the head coaches for ASU and U of A.....which really was exciting to him...and his dreams of coaching stay alive! The Fall will be insane...but hopefully he can be a help the boys and learn along the way. At the camp that Luke attended, the HS boys helped out...and I think Seth may have been paid the best compliment of his life up until the point:
Seth to HS player: Hey...Don't go easy on Luke!
Player: Luke is your son?
Seth : yes
Player: Dude....he is a BALLER!!!
Ah, boys...I am so glad they have each other!

Me: I have been babysitting a bit...reading and forever cleaning and doing laundry! Just getting the kids to Swim team practice each day has been crazy...but I am glad we have that to break up our days this summer. I just finished reading A soft Place to LAnd....it stunk!...and The Book Thief....it was really good. I enjoyed it alot.
I was bawling in it this morning when I finished it.
I was elected as Vice President of the PTO for the girl's school...so I have been doing a little of that too. I am excited about it...it should be fun! I do have a little something coming up that I am super excited about....my friend Becky and I are taking off to San Diego for a few days in July....KID FREE. yep...no worry ing about kids drowning in the ocean or who is eating sand.... just relaxation!!!! Can't wait!

I am ready for a monsoon! I think it is monsoon season isn't it?