Summer 2010 Top Ten

Aside from our little jaunt to beautiful Lake Tahoe,

summer around here was slow & easy.

Here are our top ten...

#10 - My First Ever Lemon Meringue Pie. Okay, so it doesn't seem like a big deal, but I'm not a baker, so this was quite the accomplishment. The best part was when Brad told me it was as good as his Mom used to make. Wow.


#9 - The Best Ward Party Ever. Seriously Fun. It was a luau and one of my beautiful young women danced - she's amazing! There were also a bunch of kids home from the Y that performed as well.


#8 - Swimming, swimming and more swimming. I love it! This year we bought a pop-up pool and the kids (especially Camille) lived in there - even though the water probably never got above 70 degrees!


#7 - Adam builds me some garden boxes. Gotta love that Family Life merit badge. Brad showed Adam how to build a basic box, and then he went to town. Can't wait for those homegrown tomatoes!

#6 - The boys go South. While I was at Girls' Camp, Brad and the boys snuck off for another trip to Magic Mountain. Oh, how they love that place!

#5 - A Long-Awaited Cousin Sleepover! Ana is one of our favorites, and this little slumber party was a much anticipated event. How fun that she showed up with the exact same jammies as Camille!

#4 - A visit from our favorite Arizona friends. Okay, so they're our only Arizona friends, but we do love them so. Seeing them was a highlight for me -- but you'll see shortly why I couldn't rate them as number one...

#3 - Matthew Turns 16,

#2- Gets his room T.P.ed by his friends,

#1 - and finally, and I mean FINALLY, gets a phone. He's still a great kid and we love him to death -- especially when he calls and lets us know where he is!

There you have it. Summer 2010 in a nutshell. Well, at least all the things I took pictures of are in a nutshell. Can't remember the rest...