Hot, Hot, Hot

I've spent the whole summer in places with beautiful weather. In Norway the temperatures never got above 72. In Utah, it was only in the upper 80's a couple times, in Idaho was about the same. Even Mesa Verde, Colorado was about 85. Now I'm back in Texas. Yesterday was 105 degrees; with a heat index it felt like 112.

To top it all off, my air conditioner broke, yesterday.

That's right.

Luckily, there is a member of my ward who owns his own heating and air conditioning company. He came by and fixed it right up for me. And by bed time, my house was back to liveable. Thank you Jeff.

I wish I could say that fall is just around the corner. But who am I kidding? We'll be having summer for another two full months, at least. Sometimes it's still in the 80's in December. If you are lucky enough to have 4 actual real seasons, I'm jealous. Boots, sweaters, and hats will have to wait a long while more for us. Enjoy the cooler days and nights for me, will you?

The end and the beginning

We had a fabulous summer filled with lots of family and new places. I am not ready to be done yet. I miss my family. I miss the beautiful/cooler weather that we had everywhere we went. I love Utah and wish we could move back. We've been in Texas for 13 years. I only planned on 2 or 3. Still hoping to get back some day. Anyway, I'll get around to getting caught up on the summer eventually. But for now, I'll just start where I'm at.

Summer vacation is over.

School started yesterday.

Can you believe it? Hazel started Kindergarten! She has a fabulous teacher and loved her first day.

Isaac started 6th grade in middle school. He had a good day, but couldn't figure out his locker. So Aspen will help him today before school. He is starting percussion today too.

Aspen is in 8th grade! She is just growing up way to fast too. She is taller than I am!

Toby started back to school here at home. I think we've finally figured out the best plan for me for homeschooling that will be successful. (I think that the hardest part of homeschooling is learning how to balance the school stuff with all the other responsibilities I have and other places I need to be.) He got up at 5:20 for early morning seminary. Yikes! But Toby loves seminary and we have a good group of boys in our neighborhood carpool (6 of them this year!) Nate says it's pretty entertaining to drive them to the church early in the morning. Apparently, half of them have read the Twilight series and are on "team Alice" 'cause she is hot! ( What can I say, they are 14 and 15 year old boys.)

So back to the routine of a new school year.