August Recap

On August 1st, we celebrated Zuke's 28th birthday! I surprised him with lunch at Brick Oven with his friends. It was really yummy! Later that evening, we got to attend the summer barbecue for Zuke's company. They had a company cater the barbecue, big blow-up slides and playthings for the kids, and a blow-up jousting ring. Zuke took on a couple of his coworkers in the joust, and it was really funny to watch! They did a bunch of games that people could play to try and win raffle tickets for the drawing they had, and Zuke talked me into entering the watermelon-eating contest. I came really close, but didn't win. I had watermelon juice all over me! Even though we didn't win any games, we won a really nice rolling cooler in the raffle! We had a really good time socializing with everyone, and had to really work to get Tyler away from the toys so we could go home.

We got to have another two weeks straight with Kaiden in August, which is always so much fun! He and Tyler love playing together, and we love doing things together as a whole family. One of the fun things we got to do was spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa Wilson while they were camping up Payson Canyon. I sent Zuke and the boys up with Grandpa to spend the night, and Addison and I joined everyone up there the next morning. The boys absolutely loved being able to explore everywhere and sleep in a tent. After lunch, we went down and played in the lake. I wish the water hadn't been so cold, but we made the best of it. One of the boys favorite things is going out in the boat with grandma, so they spent quite a bit of time out in the middle of the lake. Addison was definitely not too sure about the water, especially since it was so cold. She loved to have somebody hold just far enough above the water that she could kick her toes in it. She enjoyed being able to wander around the beach and play with the water guns we'd brought for the kids. Once it started getting cool, we went back up to the trailer for dinner and s'mores. On the way back down the canyon, Kaiden asked us if we could go camping with Grandma and Grandpa again tomorrow. Guess we'll have to make a point to go camping some more!

The last weekend in August, Zuke's company moved to their new building. Granted, it was just across the parking lot, but it was still a big move. For months, Zuke had spent countless hours coordinating all of the networking, phones, and wiring for the new building, and had somewhat had the entire coordination of the move put on his shoulders. Everything was finally done, and then the moving commenced. Most of a Saturday was spent moving and setting up computers and phones in the new building, and finishing up everything the following Monday. With that big thing behind us, we were definitely ready for some time away!

August 2009