Where has the summer gone? I think I ask this same question every year as the new school year approaches. I have one week before classes begin and I will be doing an internship with an accounting firm in Fayetteville all next week. However, since I am at the lake, I plan to squeeze in some summer fun....
Melissa and Kerry jumped at the chance for a little time alone in Vegas this week. Jayden is at Camp Ozark and Kyler and Evan stayed with me and Phillip. I didn't take pictures this week. Sometimes you just want to enjoy the moment and not worry about capturing it in pics.....
We met Melissa and Kerry in Mt. Ida on Sunday to pick up the boys. We stopped in Glenwood and played in the Caddo River for a while before heading to Arkadelphia. Pop worked Monday morning while the boys and I did crafts. After lunch we headed to Wal Mart to buy toys and it started raining while we were in the store. It has not rained enough to get the deck wet since March and it rained three days while the boys were here! We played a little pool and watched a movie during the rainy afternoon - Independence Day - which they loved.
Tuesday we decided to ride our bikes to the tennis courts. The humidity was 100% and it was 98 degrees by 10 am. We were almost to the end of the driveway and here comes BLU! He had escaped his pen and was ready to go with us. By the time we caught him and got him back in the pen it was lunch, and we were hot and tired. We did work in a little tennis after lunch (and it was 104 by then) and then headed to the Arkadelphia Aquatic Center. Kyler loved the slides. Evan was not tall enough for the slides, so he spent all of his time on the diving board. He was so cute and not scared at all. In fact, a couple of high school girls were flirting with him :)
Wednesday was a work day for me and Kyler. I had to give finals and Kyler went with me. We were there from 9:30 am until 8:30 pm! Kyler was so good and so helpful. He helped distribute exams, stapled exams and answer sheets together, posted the time on the board every 15 minutes, etc. He brought a lego set and put that together part of the day, and watched a movie during the afternoon. He was a big help to me and it made the day less boring to have him with me.
Thursday morning - crafts, hot tub and packing before heading to the airport to meet with Melissa and Kerry.
The boys have loved playing in the hot tub....we took a dip 2 or 3 times a day. We especially enjoyed the evenings in the tub - after dark. We love listening to the crickets and frogs - with the blue light on in the tub. One day in the tub, Evan and I were visiting about names. I asked him if he knew Uncle G's name (nope), Auntie M's name (he was trying to remember...), Cici's name (nope). He was feeling a little bad because he couldn't remember any of the names and then he brightened up and said "
But I know what Pop's name is!" ME: "Oh really, what is it?" Evan: "
HARLEY DAVIDSON!"
