So Far So Good

Lena is on her second week of day camp and so far things are going well. Last week she had science camp and she loved it. This week she has animal camp, they are learning of all the different animals that can be found in Utah. She came home today with a lot of drawings of different animal that she had made and an alphabet book with drawings of animals that start with each letter. I really thank God that they have this program here, however it only runs until July 23rd, so I will still have about a month to figure out what to do with her.

I joined a site called Cafe Mom and I have met quite a few nice people who I can hang out with. A lot of them have kids Lena's age, so it's nice to have some different friends. We all get together on Wednesday mornings for play time with the kids, and we are trying to plan a bbq so everyone can meet and the husbands can meet. Last week I met up with Judy and we went to the Pioneer days at Eagle Mountain. They had a cute fair set up with rides and Lena and her son Christian got along really well. I'm really glad that my friend Jamie, who moved to New Mexico, turned me onto this site.

Well, that's about it for now.

Summer Time Fun and Frustrations

When we got back from California I suddenly realized that I didn't have Lena set up for anything other than her Ballet on Wednesday afternoons. I went into a panic, thinking that I would have her all day, every day for 3 months, and I started to break out into a cold sweat. So, she and I went to the local pre-school where she takes ballet and signed her up for some summer day camps. She now has something to do for 3 days a week for 2 1/2 hours a day for the next two weeks, yeah! I think I will set her up for 2 more classes, she really wants to do the princess day camp and the bug day camp. Thank goodness for this place or I would probably be pulling what is left of my hair out. She's a very high energy kid and I just can't keep up with her all day. She really wants to get back into horseback riding, but I'm aprehensive considering she freaked out when she fell off the horse the last time and refused to ride anymore. I told her I think she should wait until she's older to start again, plus it's pretty expensive. I don't know I guess I will think about it.

Back from California

We got back Thursday night and I'll tell you I was glad to get home. Lena and I both missed Randy a lot, he was glad we were back too.

The visit was good. My sister and my brother both made it, so we drove up to Grass Valley on Friday and on Saturday we had my aunt Jesse's memorial. A lot of family from the San Francisco area came, so it was nice to catch up with cousins I haven't seen in years. We drove back to my parents' house Sunday and my Aunt Sheila and Cousin Michelle drove up from San Jose and we all had dinner. It was great seeing my cousin, I haven't seen her in 15 years. Lena loved her, they had a good time playing lego's together. We then met them on Tuesday had lunch and brought Lena to a really neat park near them and were there for quite a few hours. My Mom,Dad and I took Lena to the SF Zoo on Wednesday and walked around for about 4 hours, headed home and had dinner. Thursday we just hung out because Lena and I need to be at the airport at 3:00 to catch our flight. All in all it was a nice time.

I just wish we were coming back to Oregon instead of Utah, hopefully one day soon.