{"id":548,"date":"2009-11-07T15:37:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T21:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=548"},"modified":"2009-11-07T15:37:25","modified_gmt":"2009-11-07T21:37:25","slug":"do-you-know-what-we-did-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=548","title":{"rendered":"Do you know what we did this summer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Its no secret that I am further behind on my blogging than I have ever been before. The thought of catching up one post at a time was quite daunting, and just pretending like the last several months never happened (and not blogging about them at all) didn’t seem right either.<\/p>\n

So, I went through my pictures… Everything from late May through the end of September. And came up with 72 images representing much of what we did this summer.<\/p>\n

Yes, seventy-two.<\/p>\n

So, I’ve chosen to throw it all at you in one giant lump! Be prepared for one overwhelming post. After this blog post I will only be one month behind schedule.<\/p>\n

Here we go…<\/p>\n

This summer we did lots of fun things, <\/strong><\/p>\n

We played in shaving cream. And made a huge mess.
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Did you know that shaving cream makes an excellent canvas for practicing letters.
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We went hiking and geocaching on the Shoreline Trail.
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Attended the 24th of July parade.
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Where we collected lots of candy,
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saw some pretty cool floats,
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and took an occasional break on some lawn chairs.
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We managed to bathe from time to time.
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We even played together and laughed.
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We spent a lot of time outside with friends, playing playdoh.
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We attended my 10-year High School Reunion. (Man, I’m old)
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Bridget took swimming lessons at the Aquatic center.
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She did a pretty good job listing to the instructions.
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And got pretty brave about jumping in.
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We were pretty proud of her.
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This summer we moved into our apartment… and had to find some creative ways to keep Spencer entertained.
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Bridget got a cute new Sunday dress, and very willingly modeled it.
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We spent all of 5 minutes at the Cache County Fair one day after swimming lessons. While we were there we found this carriage – surely it must belong to Cinderella.
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We had many a happy morning.
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Had a tea party outside.
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Played on the soft play at the mall.
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Ate lots and lots of Popsicles – and even shared a few.
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Painted…
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and painted some more.
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Daddy went on an all day hiking\/geocaching expedition with his friend, Craig, and found this fun tree.
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This was the view from their hike.
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Spencer learned to crawl. He’s quite a mover now.
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We went to the Treehouse museum, where we pretended to be teachers,
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ate at a Japanese restaurant,
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rode a wild bull,
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built some stuff,
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and drove the fire truck. It was a busy day.
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We did even more geocaching – a popular activity for us especially at the beginning of the summer.
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And found some nifty treasure.
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We went camping. Bridget set up the tent herself (kidding).
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We climbed a tree while we were there,
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made some new friends,
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practiced a little Croquet,<\/span>
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ate some yummy food,
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and woke up happy and ready to play!
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We pretended to be doctors, listening for heartbeats,
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and taking blood pressures.
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Uncle Ken and aunt Marci came to visit with their family. This is a picture of Ken with Spencer and two of his cousins.
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We took some pictures of the kids for grandma Ernstrom’s birthday.
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Spencer wore this studly little suit,
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and Bridget her cute new dress.
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We did lots of art projects this summer.
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We taught Spencer how to play “fingers,”
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and got creative when it came to needing a little space of our own.
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Spencer got some teeth (two on the bottom) and spent time eating things like teething cookies and Popsicles to help with the pain.
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Our super stylish Bridget was also super good and helping me cook,
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and clean up afterward.
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We attended an orientation at Bridget’s new preschool,
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where we met some of Bridget’s wonderful teachers.
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We played in the pool at our complex quite a bit.
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Often with friends.
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After a short time in the water, Spencer always seemed to get a little sleepy and want to cuddle.
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On September 1st, Bridget left for her first day of preschool.
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We played at grandma’s house a couple of times this summer too, even tired on her glasses.
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Bridget got inked at the Treehouse Museum’s “Pirate Party” on Labor Day.
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Aunt Jenna came with us.
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Check out her pirate hat. Its says “Bridget Pirate” if you can’t read it.
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There were even sword fights involved.
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Spencer showed off on the corn popper and finally got to feel like one of the big kids on a “bike.”
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We sold our house, but you already knew that.
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We played in the rain
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with friends.
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And got super wet. But it was fun!
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We even got in trouble every now and then, and lost some privileges.
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We went hunting for the perfect piece of land on which to build our house. We took many a drive and ended up all over this valley. We finally settled on some land in Cove (at the location in the photo).
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We played a lot with friends.
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And painted (did I already mention that we painted?)
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And at the end of September we got together with my family for my sister’s baby shower!
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So there you have it. A summer synopsis. Whew!
\nNow you know what we did this summer. What did you do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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