Ron the Mayor

This cute old man (83 years old) lives across the street from us and is the self-appointed mayor of our street. All the neighbors call him Ron the Mayor. He keeps an eye on what is going on at all times in the neighborhood. We don't need a neighborhood watch program, we have Ron.

I was outside talking to him today and he asked where we will be moving next year when Scott is all done with training. I told him we were looking at a few places and named Utah as one of them. He said, "Yeah, you guys would probably like to go back to where your people are." At first I thought "your people" meant our extended family, and then I realized "your people" meant other Mormons. I got a good laugh from that one. Maybe we will head out to our UFO and return to our planet to be with our fellow martians. I will miss him next year when we leave planet earth.

Summer's End...

The end of the summer is almost here and although I love the summer, I am happily relinquishing my "entertainment" chairperson duties! I have exhausted myself entertaining kids all day. We've been to the park many times, swimming lessons, vacations, riding bikes, playing outside, playing with friends, soccer camps, movies, and today we went to the zoo. We'll get in a few more times at the pool, Chad and Bren are coming for Labor Day weekend, and then school starts up again.



Ethan, Ireland and friends Kate and Stratton

Kate, Ireland, Stratton, Ethan, Erica, Nathan and Ryan

Pretty good shot of the zoo polar bear (if I do say so myself)

Ethan and Ireland on the climbing apparatus

Ry Ry

Ethan's got talent--upside down with hat staying on

Cale loves to swing

A few pictures at the park...