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Our newest addition...

Finally, after a monsoon of rain we had a beautiful sunny day and we took that opportunity to take our new boat out for a spin! Oh the relaxation of sun, the lake, the gentle rocking of boat... Except today we had to break in the engine! For the first hour we had to keep the rpms below 2000, the second hour below 3000 then for the next 5 hours we have to keep the rpms below 4000 (which is actually pretty high). But they recommend you run the engine almost to the 4000 for the 5 hrs to break the engine in. So the girls got in some great tubing! And that is the extent of our activities that we did today! Although, I must say - tubing is their favorite activity!

Brad bought some plastic totes to organize our storage space so we spent some of our time getting everything organized, this boat has quite the storage! We really like the seating arrangement and we love the color! It has everything we need, and we are so excited - it is going to be so much fun!

Just Brad, Abby, her friend, Rachel, and I went out today. Tanton was still on his adventure in California so he missed out on the first big DUNK! But we knew that he wouldn't be too disappointed since we were breaking in the engine and he wouldn't be wakeboarding anyway.

Abby and Rachel - waiting to go.

Hanging on...

Until our next adventure...

Jammin'

Last night I made jam (with my sister, Kathy). Tanton is out of town this week and we ran out of jam just before he left. It was pretty funny to watch him ration the last little bit of jam before he left. I try to make jam every year, so usually we have an abundance and so there is no rationing going on... but as Tanton got down to that last little bit in the last tub of jam he was pretty sad to know that there were not any more tubs of home-made freezer jam to fall back on. So I told him that I would try to get some made while he was on his road trip with his friends this week. I think he will be pretty happy when he comes home and sees that he has a fresh supply to fall back on! Everyone in the family likes my jam, but Tanton is the only one that really seems to "love" my jam and eats it faithfully on his peanut butter sandwiches and especially his waffles. Here you go Tant. I kept my word. And thanks Kathy for coming over and helping me, we do pretty good work as a team! :)

On another note, I got a new pair of running/jogging shoes this last week:

They are Asics - gel cumulus, I have super duper high arches and I really needed to get a new pair of shoes that were made for someone with high arches. I have worn them a few times to work out on my elliptical and to go walking, but I have not actually gone jogging in them yet, so I look forward to seeing how they work out for me. Hurray! I hope they are a cure for an aching knee!

Randoms...

Wow, it sure has been a long time since I have posted anything! So, the kids are out of school now and that sure is going to be fun! Abby already can't adequately express how bored she is on a daily basis. But she is still going to be in tumbling 2 or 3 times a week and we have found someone that is going to come up to our house and give her tennis lessons. So that should help take away some of that boredom! To think of all the crazy things I used to do during the summertime to keep from being bored, my how times have changed.

Abby's eye has healed up very well, in fact, you can hardly even tell that she has such a nasty scar, her eyebrow is starting to grow back and everything. We were wondering if her eyebrow would grow back over her scar.

Tanton and a few of his friends are taking off on a road trip tomorrow for San Diego. He sure is growing up... I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. He sure is a good kid though, I am a lucky mom. I hope they have a great time. It's hard when they start to get older and become independent, but it is also fun to see him enjoying life and having such a great time with his friends. Oh the bitter sweetness of motherhood.

We sold our boat. It was more of a family inboard /outboard boat. The kids have really been wanting a "wakeboarding" boat for the last few years. It was kind of sad to see our red/white family boat go, but the family that bought it will have a great time. It is a super boat and in excellent condition. So, last Saturday Brad and I spent the day in Salt Lake looking at "wakeboarding" boats for our family and we got one! We are excited. We got a new 2008, so the price was pretty good, since it was last years model. They had to add a few things and make covers for it, so we are picking it up next week. I will for sure post pics when we get it.... I will probably be posting pics of the kids (and parents :) ) tearing it up on the lake! It will be a great new addition to our family!

Well, I think that is about it for now!