A Fun Summer, Even With the Sweatiness

If I am being honest, I am not the biggest fan of summer. I never have liked the heat. I am one of the hottest people I know-and I'm not talking "ooh baby she's hot", it's more of the "that poor woman has sprung a geyser in her armpits" kind of hot.

Too much information, I know. But this is the biggest reason summer is not even close to my favorite season (it ties for third with winter). However, as I look back through my pictures we did have a fun summer...even with the sweatiness! I think a big part of it was we spent a ton of time at the lakes & up the canyons this year so maybe it wasn't as hot as it could have been?! Whatever the reason, it was a great summer! Here is my 2010 summer recap:

Fun with Friends
Bridal Veil Falls

Cascade Springs

No Hayden isn't taking a leak in the springs...but it looked like he was!

Camping


Fishing, Boating & Tubing

Swimming Lessons

Lauren

Ben

Rachel

The Bean Museum


More Swimming



Scooters/Bikes
More Fishing

Daniel's first time out on the party barge

Ghosts of Halloween Past

My dad has ALWAYS questioned my sanity when it comes to Halloween. This is the holiday he hates the very most, and I absolutely love it! The ironic part is that he gets bent out of shape if I don't dress my kids up and bring them trick-or-treating to his house!

For years now I have tried to make our costumes (I will admit that there were some costumes held together primarily by hot glue). I typically try to do a family theme & I have done this since Rob & I first got married!

I don't have pictures to post from 1997-1999 since they are glued into a scrapbook & I didn't want to try to mess with scanning them. They really weren't anything too monumental (hippies, Red Riding Hood & the Wold in Granny's clothes, a princess & prince). But here are some ghosts of Halloween past...

2000 we went as Woody & Jessie from Toy Story. I'm about 1/2 way through my pregnancy with Lauren...can you tell?

2001 Since Lauren was only 6 months old we opted out of Halloween.

2002 Wizards & a Unicorn

2003 Ben was 1 month old, so Lauren was the only one in costume that year

2004 We re-did Toy Story with more characters!

2005 We're off to see the Wizard...

2006 Alice in Wonderland. I'm wondering how Rob & Rachel didn't make it into the pictures. He was a card like Ben & Rachel was the White Rabbit.

2007 I was VERY pregnant with Hayden so we have zero pictures of that year. Lauren was a witch & Ben was a frog & Rachel was a unicorn(I totally cheated & bought/borrowed the costumes)

2008 Surrender the Booty (yes I am a ship)

2 costumes in one year? Rob & I at a How to Host a Murder Date night...do you like my nose & lip piercings? YIKES!!!

2009 The Force was strong with us, it was. Star Wars

Poor Lauren got the H1N1 flu & had to stay home from trick-or-treating...

What will 2010 bring? We have been chasing MANY options this season, some far wilder than even I could have imagined. Out of character, I have copped out & bought most of the costumes this year and we do NOT have a family theme (I do have a good reason which I will reveal AFTER Halloween...and no I am NOT pregnant although that does seem to be the recurring theme of the years I slack off). I'm going to have to make up for my slovenly ways in 2011!