Playing chicken with me?!

This week I took my kids to go to school to register them for the upcoming school year and on the drive over there's a part where we have to merge into one lane. I was clearly in front of another car on the right side of her but a good car in front of her and she refused to let me merge into the lane. I had to slam on my breaks so that we didn't hit and then she gave me a look like what are you thinking! I looked at her and that are you kidding me you have a nice car my cars' bumper is held up by bailing wire..  and you want to play chicken with me! If the kids were not in the car I would have played full on chickin with her cuz there is no thing to lose with my car!  But like a big girl I slowed down and let her come in... And then tailed her for the next 1/2 Mile.

July 22, 2018

We had the privilege of watching the Claridge boys for the weekend. They were entirely too fun! It reminds me of how great little kids are and the amount of energy required to keep up with little kiddos! Sweet little Stan never stayed still for a photo, he is a mover and shaker.

 I helped the Tucson Stake with their repelling activity. It was a lot of fun, Sherrie Whetten called her other friend Sherry to come and help with this. She travels with her dog and is cool enough that she even has a harness for her dog! My niece Madison was at the camp too!

This summer can be categorized with the phrase "camp" Bella, Olivia and I went to girls camp, Homan to scout camp and Parkin did an overnighter with Benjamin. So naturally, we needed more. We went camping with the Whetten crew. We went to the White mountains and camped near a creek, beautiful flowers inspired flower wreaths,

Arizona has it all!

Olivia moved to be zen in the forest.

The kiddos finished swim team season. I did not take a single swim photo since I worked the snack bar for the team. Sadly I did not witness too many races. I do know that all the kids finished in the top 8 and made it to championships in at least one stroke. Bella sadly got a concussion in early June which made her miss the majority of the season. She could not drive, practice or work for a bit. She did the bare minimum to qualify for championships, she managed to eek out  2 3rd place finishes and one 1st. Despite this concussion, she also managed to do fantastic on her ACT with a concussion! Sometimes life does not go as planned.

Speaking of life not going as planned our truck died trying to go up the mountain with scouts, this has made the ending of summer quite ridiculous. The driving schedule has been madness, getting two teenage daughters to work at three different pools, getting Anna to eye therapy and not to mention my own schedule too. Where is the car fairy when you need him? Yes that fairy is a boy. We all have roles to play.

15 and a 1/2, the 1/2 counts!!

This little girl turned 15 and a 1/2. Therefore she is legally allowed to hit the streets with an adult licensed driver, my how time flys!! To be fair she has already spent some time behind the wheel retrieving mail at the mailbox and just driving in loops around the property.  She drove us home from church today and it happened without incident. It's ironic that as we gained a new driver our truck up and died on us. Benjamin was taking Parkin and a fellow scouter up Mnt. Lemon when the truck gave its last breath. I'm glad I wasn't driving it when it stopped working and I am extra grateful that Bella wasn't behind the wheel either. Not excited about the towing fee or the mechanic visit tomorrow morning, but hey what ya gonna do about it, that's life.