Summer Time Fun

Well, the school year is over, meaning the end of my school bus run...which means one thing....summer is here!!! We have been blessed with wonderful warm weather since the middle of June, after 3 good weeks of solid rain. We have been taking advantage of the sunny days while they are here, as they never seem to last long enough! Although Harrison enjoys winter, the snow it brings and the outdoor sports and activities that come with living in a cold climate, he is equally enjoying lots of summer fun!



He is eagerly learning all the chores that come along with summer. He loves to follow behind and cut the grass with his own little lawnmower, as seen in the picture as he followed my mom around the front lawn!



He also has quite the green thumb and is turning into a good little gardener. He helped transplant all the flowers into either the front flower bed or the little terracotta pots hanging on the front porch railing. He is so proud of the hard work he accomplished, and is even good at watering them. Mostly because that involves spraying water out of the hose, which leads to squirting everyone around him with the hose (usually me!)then soaking himself, fully clothed once I've managed to run out of his range!



With all this fabulous heat we've had, we need to cool down, and I got sick and tired of being the moving target with the hose, so my parents took him out and bought him a pool! The advantages of being the first and only grandchild I guess! It's not a huge pool, but it's quite deep and is plenty big enough for him! So we've been beating the heat by keeping cool in our new pool! Harrison gets right in and swims around, I just stand in it and that's refreshing enough for me! He is quite the little fish and puts his whole head underwater willingly. I am so glad he enjoys the water and isn't afraid of it.



We are having a fun summer so far and are enjoying being able to sleep in and not have to be on the bus by 7am! We were busy last week with Stampede activities, which there were plenty of, enough to keep you out of the house 20 out of 24 hrs for 10 days straight if you really wanted to! We've had our fill of free pancake breakfasts and crowds, but not rides....Harrison never gets sick of going on rides!!! This week he is in swimming lessons with his little friend (Ali) from Australia, and they are loving being in the same class! Other than that, we are trying to take it easy and enjoy the good weather and our short and precious time with our friends from Down Under, before they head back mid Sept. There will be plenty of adventures to write about, and great pictures to post as we make memories of our fabulous summer of 2006! I will be sure to keep you all up to date! Happy Summer!!!