This year taking a summer vacation just has not been possible. The girls did have camp with the church the first full week of August. I decided to take three days off from work – the first three days off I have taken in ages. Side note – I also had to take PTO as I was at the stage of not earning anymore until I used some. The girls left on Monday for camp so I worked Monday and Tuesday and took the balance of the week off.
On Wednesday we had a “sleep in” day. Poor Charles had to leave for work at 0600 while the boys and I slept until almost 1000. We got up, showered, dressed and picked up McDonalds from lunch. The boys and I watched a movie while I cleaned out some kitchen cupboards. I even made real dinner. That is one of the hardest parts about being a working wife/mother, my time to cook / bake is so limited. We had snuggle time as a family and watched a bed movie.
Thursday we rode the Trax train for the first time ever. Trax just opened a line from Daybreak to Downtown the week before. Zachary and Jonathan were thrilled. We got on the train just two blocks from our 
house and got off by Temple Square. We had lunch at The Blue Lemon. It was nice to just be able to take time to hang out and take care of my boys. We went to Temple Square next and the boys played in some of the fountains, and watched the wedding parties. 
Zachary even told one bride “I love your fat white dress”. Not quite what she wanted to hear I’m sure but he was sincere. We went over to the Church History Library. My patriarchal blessing was MIA and I wanted a copy. We then headed back to Temple Square and explored the north visitors center. They hav
e some great exhibits in the basement right now. We spent a couple of hours there. Next we found some cookies and drinks and headed for the Trax station to come home. By this time the boys were really tired. We rode the train home and picked up snowies. We even had time to pick fresh beans from our garden for dinner.
Friday morning we were going to go to story time at the library – however the girls arrived home at 1000. There was great drama with that but all is well the ends well. I keep having to remind myself that the camp leaders were well intentioned and that Sydney is / was fine by the next afternoon. Again I was able to make dinner and do laundry with my family. Everyone was in bed by 930 it was sooo nice.
On Saturday we went to dinner with one of Charles’ college roommates and his wife. We had a great visit and we were able to share with them our journey through our different types of adoption. It was nice to be with grown ups and of course our ever faithful Wennie watched the kiddos.
On Sunday Zachary’s class was missing a teacher so I taught primary for the first time in eleven years. Most of the kids were worried because I was not “their teacher”. However all’s well that ends well.
