Summer Days

Sadly, this summer has been flying by and I have not been able to really experience it! Summer school does that, I suppose. First off, an update. My tomato plant. I have a tomato! Only one, so far, and I am crossing my fingers that more start to grow. I have a ton of flowers on the plant, but only one tomato that is growing every day. It makes me happy to see it!!!

THE Tomato!
Also, my flower boxes have been going crazy!! They are so full of flowers, it is awesome! I have discovered that petunias are growing better and bigger than marigolds. Lesson learned. Both my boxes are packed with flowers, and they make me smile every time I see them :)


The last weekend in June my mom's family had a family reunion in Evanston. (This was the event my sisters and I made the pine wood derby cars for...). It was good to be with family and see relatives I have not seen in years. As for the pine wood derby...my car beat everyone in my immediate families....except PJ's. The zamboni killed me. But, its okay! I totally didn't even win the whole thing, but it was kind of a fun activity. The reunion was filled with talking and laughing, lots of food, crawdad fishing, watching of old home movies, and visiting. It is amazing how different the weather up there is. One day it was really pretty nice outside, and that night was the coldest night ever!!! Overall though, during the day it was really nice and not stifling hot (thank goodness!). Needless to say, we spent alot of time outside to enjoy the weather.
My red family at the park during the reunion.
The Perry Family

For the 4th of July, I spent the weekend with C and P. We bbq'd hot dogs, went to an Orem Owls game (they got beat HORRIBLY!), watched fireworks, had a bbq with P's family, played outside games, and watched more fireworks. It was a really fun weekend, and honestly, the first time that I have felt that it was summer this year. Too bad that got replaced by another week of school!!!

Speaking of school...only 3 1/2 weeks left in my semester! Holy cow summer semester goes by super fast. Out of control. On one hand, I am super stinking excited to be done!!! On the other hand, just thinking of all the stuff I have to do and get done before then is a little overwhelming. Take the bad with the good I suppose!!! Now, if only I can get through these next few weeks in the scorching heat! We are supposed to be up to 100 by Saturday. Bring back winter!!!