Back-to-School, already?

It's back to school.... already?  Where has the time gone?  Evan and Tori started back to school a few weeks ago and, it's crazy to think this, but they are both in high school now.  My babies are growing up so fast.  (Yikes, don't tell them I call them my babies.  They do not like that at all!)

Each year I like to take a picture on their first day of school.  This picture has been getting harder and harder to take as they both try to avoid pictures strenuously.

Evan was kind enough to slow down and let me take a quick picture.  Love that boy... so handsome! He's now a junior, driving, working, and just a well-rounded, wonderful young man.

Tori wasn't so patient with the idea of a picture.  This is the best I got.  Still love this girl of mine.  She's now a sophomore, very excited to get her license, and has a very active social life. 

I'm excited to mention that Spencer is also planning to head back to school the end of September.  A great decision to get his degree beyond high school.  Good job Spencer! 

Yet another year gone by and yet another year full of blessings.  We have been blessed to have three wonderful children, they are the light of our lives. 

End of Summer

It's tough saying good-bye to summer.  Not that I don't look forward to the lovely fall weather every year, it's just tough knowing that yet another season is over and life is moving forward.  Sometimes I feel it moves forward much to quickly.

Before we say good-bye to summer, our family made it to lovely Jordanlle Resevoir for our annual camping trip.  We just love Jordanelle for it's beautiful, clean, cool resevoir and the excellent campground.  Their campgrounds have clean bathrooms and private showers.... I'm not the camping-with-no-running-water kind of gal.

We also enjoy Jordanelle because it's never overly crowded, like many local lakes.  Here's the view from our camping spot, that's our boat.  Isn't it peaceful?

Evan enjoyed tending the fire.  Todd helped get a good blazing fire going, just like a good firefighter. 

Tori brought along a friend and they spent much of the time together, avoiding the camera.

We had a wonderful time, up until the last night when it started to rain, and rain, and rain some more.  Then the winds picked up, then the thunder and lightening, oh, and some more rain.  Our tent, our strong, sturdy tent, was wonderful..... until after three hours of rain and it just couldn't take it anymore... and started to leak.  What a fun, fun night for us all.  So, our wonderful time ended a day early because we were all very tired and cold and wet the next morning. 

That's ok.  We loved our time the two days we were there.