Lazy summer

This summer has been really laid back. I did have goals that I wanted the Crack Monkeys to focus on, but that hasn't panned out...as usual. So we've just been hanging out.

Ethan just returned from a trip to Ohio with my parents. He's becoming quite the traveller, and jumps at any chance to go anywhere. It was an adventure in an SUV with a broken AC, driving through cow country with the windows down. He can laugh about it now, but at the time, so not fun.

Ryan is keeping busy with sports camps. At the beginning of this month, he went to a lacrosse camp down in Provo at BYU. He was able to room there in the dorms with his best friend Isaac, and they had a ton of fun being on their own and playing lacrosse.

And this week, he's attending a 4-day day camp held by Tribal West, the local lacrosse equipment store. Today was just the first day and he had an off day, but there's still three days left, so here's hoping it'll spark his interest.

Vanessa and Jeff had been enjoying lazing around, swimming at the pool and playing with friends. They've also had to split their time between our house and Papa & Tutu's because they have friends in Copperton as well.

Oh, and we can't forget about the video games and hilarious videos on YouTube.

As someone who is an avid reader, I'm sort of disappointed they aren't reading more. Ethan seems to be the only one who enjoys it as a past time, but the other three won't touch a book unless necessary. But, they read during the school year, so I guess I can give them a pass during the summer.

I guess.

In the meantime, we'll just continue to enjoy our summer. :-)