This Last Week

Last week we decided we needed some s'mores. We all sat around our little BBQ with our roasters and s'mores fixings. Tommy just kept eating his marshmallows after five seconds of roasting. He sure loved his s'mores though! Actually, we all did.



We also had the opportunity to go see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Philadelphia. We didn't take our camera in, but we sure had fun. We sat up high on the grass...which was perfect with the boys! The music was amazing and the night turned out to be pretty beautiful for a summer night. We had plenty of snacks and luckily we had a pen in the backpack so we could draw with Damon. At intermission, the boys RAN up and down the steps and curbs. They were dripping in sweat by the time the choir started singing again. Good thing we had Tootsie Pops for them...those things lasted forever and kept them quiet. We ended up leaving before it was over. We were a little bummed, but we knew if we stayed, the boys would have ruined it anyway, plus there would have been tons of traffic. We were so glad we went and would do it again in a heartbeat! (If only they went on tour more than every other year and came near us more too!)

Our weekend didn't turn out as we had planned, but the boys were still able to get outside and run out some energy. Barrett took them to the park to run the soccer fields. Barrett told me that Tommy didn't stop running the entire time! We also came across Swiss Family Robinson and Polyanna on tv. The boys were actually pretty interested in those old classics! We were all pretty exhausted Sunday afternoon. Tommy was sitting between me and Barrett while we were watching a church movie when I realized they were both asleep. Damon and I thought it was super funny how Tommy's arm was propped up on Barrett when he fell asleep.



Yesterday I got a call from Barrett. He was running out of work and wanted to get off a little early so we could take the boys to the Killens Pond Waterpark. We went once last year and thought we'd try it out again. It was pretty fun. Tommy loved the froggy slides and the bubbles. Damon loved swimming with his dad in the big pool. I wish swimming lessons weren't so expensive because I think he'd really enjoy them! It was a pretty fun evening. As we were driving home, Barrett and I were thinking how different life is now that he's not in school. We NEVER had time or money to ever think of doing anything besides the normal every day life stuff. Between student loans and health insurance, we still don't have a lot of extra money, but it is nice to have a little more flexibility to do fun things and not have to worry about if that "fun" just doomed us to peanut butter and jelly for a week:)