This summer was packed full of wonderful events. For the most part, I was healthy and able to keep up with Gavin and Laynie and all that they wanted to do. We made memories and life seemed relatively normal. I'm not sure if I'll have another summer like it, so I soaked it all up, while I could. I didn't want it to end...
A few summer pics that didn't quite make their own post...
Gavin gave a lesson in his Deacon's quorum.
Laynie had an oral surgery to extract a tooth and remove extra tissue around her gum line. She recovered quite quickly from it - probably within 3 days, she was almost back to her usual self.
My thyroid had a fairly large growth on it, so I had to have a scope put down my nose and 5 needles stuck in my neck to take a biopsy of it. Luckily, it was benign.
Matt's Uncle Ron and Aunt Kathrine came over for a visit from Ukiah, California.
Laynie and 2 of her friends started a Kindness Club this summer. When we hosted, we sewed felt hearts to give to a non-profit called Hearts Knit Together who puts kids together for those in need.
delivering the hearts
We took Millie to the new dog park in Saratoga a few times. She is such a good pup. We really lucked out. She does well around other dogs and she rarely barks. We love our Silly Millie.
The kids convinced me to have a yard sale. I did NOT want to do it, but I used it as a way to push me to de-junk my home. I felt like a wasn't able to get all of my home de-junked, but a good portion of it was and the yard sale turned out to be a bit more lucrative than I thought it would be, so it made it worth it.
The main road (aka: Foothill, 800 N, or Mountain View Corridor) outside our subdivision underwent some major construction. So much so, that they had to shut the road down and we had to wind out of our neighborhood on all sorts of side roads for about 5 weeks.
Gavin and Dad went on quite a few bike rides in order to prepare for "Bike the Bear." They will bike 50 miles around Bear Lake mid-September.
