Summer is Here!

The children (and adults) have settled in to the non-routine of summer! The pool is warming up and the kids are happily sleeping in most days. Tess is enjoying her job at WildWaves. She loves being a life-guard. She got her first paycheck this week: a whopping $29. She was delighted and pleased to have earned it herself.

This week the house was quiet! Tess was working most days, Evan was at Scout Camp, Aarun was at Basketball Camp, Jessica and Amanda were in Utah. That left Ethan, Alyssa, and me to entertain ourselves. We found solace from the heat in the movie theater. We watched Despicable Me. It was pretty good, a couple of inside jokes for the adults to enjoy (ie: Lehman Brothers).

We also snuck off to the Old Country Buffet. This is a family favorite for the kids. They have not yet realized that the quality of the food is not great and the prices are WAY to high (by the way, drinks a no longer included in the price of the meal, you have to pay extra to go overboard on soda and chocolate milk). The kids are so caught up in the "all you can eat" aspect of the buffet, nothing else matters. I considered bringing a sandwich from home to eat, but chickened out at the last minute.

Our tradition of the buffet began back in the days when Wayne was out of town with his basketball team. The kids and I would sneak off to the buffet while he was gone. Since he is currently out of town, we followed the tradition again. No guarantee we might not go once more on a hot 90 degree day when I am tired and the kids need a distraction.

We are off to enjoy some camping at Ensign Ranch and then some family time in Moses Lake. Luckily we will have Ryan and Tess to hold down the fort while we are gone. It is so nice to just leave town and enjoy the outdoors with no worries!