Long overdue post.....

I can't believe how long it has been since I've blogged. I love reading everyone's blogs, but just haven't had time to write a blog. This summer has flown by amazingly fast and been somewhat stressful. This is my first summer working full time. Since it was my first time performing the tasks at work, I thought I had it all figured out. WRONG!!!! I have a whole new strategy for next year. But not to bore anyone with work--Summer has gone so fast. I worked all of June pretty much with long days. Trevyn finished soccer and played baseball. In which, he broke his foot in the last baseball game. We let it go for about 10 days, and then decided to go get it checked. It was broke, but they also found a cyst in his foot. Before I could leave for vacation they had to determine if it was a tumor or a cyst. Thankfully it is just a cyst that we are dealing with. That just added alot more stress to getting ready to leave on vacation. We headed off w/a black boot to go camping with and on to vacation in Montana. It did not slow him down one bit. He resumed life and that boot was STINKY! I had to wash it so many times due to the smell and dirt. Boys will be boys. Especially if you are in Montana on a ranch, at the lake, at the waterslides. It has healed now thank goodness and we just have the cyst that we are still dealing with. I swear that kid is going to kill me. He now has an albuterol inhaler too. No wonder the poor kid couldn't breathe last year in sports.
Before heading to Montana, we went camping at Starvation Lake over the 4th of July. I thought it would be great to tent it instead of the camp trailer this time. We hadn't tented it for a while, so i thought the kids would have fun. It was fun, but by the end I was SOOO sorry we didn't take the trailer. Starvation Lake is a great lake and has a great beach and cliffs to jump. My brother and his family came for a night too. We were boating the next day and jumping off cliffs. All of a sudden, Trevyn headed up to jump off the cliff with Erik. I about died as I HATE heights. He did so good. Loved it and did it again. My nephew went up as well. When the 2 little boys went up to jump, boats were actually stopping to watch and cheer them on. I got the camera to capture the moment. Those are some brave little boys. The cliffs were about 25 ft. high. The weather was great until Saturday night. The wind started blowing and I thought we were going to end up on Mars. It ended up blowing 40 mph, and we were in the tent. That is when we were all missing the trailor. I told them then that next time I say we should tent it they can slap me. We had a great time though. The kids loved to catch lizards, find rocks, build sandcastles, and get dirty. We then headed off to Montana without dad again. We spent a few days at Lake Blaine basking in the sun, fishing, tubing, and enjoying time with family. It was fun to sees both great grandmas, cousins, etc. We then went to a Zentner family reunion on a ranch outside of Thompson Falls, Montana. It was a great place with lots of mosquitoes this year. Due to the late summer and all the moisture, the mosquitoes were out of control. We sprayed with bug spray every hour. Because of this, it limited our activities, but it was still great to be with my extended Zentner family. This place we stayed in was great. We rented the whole house and we all had our own bedroom and bathroom. SO NICE! I sat on the porch one evening for about 5 minutes and got 15 mosquito bites. The kids played some serious Rock Band. It was hilarious how at the beginning they were all kind of quiet and by the end all the kids (and adults) were jamming out. After that, we went back to Great Grandma Zentner's house. My sister and her kids came in everyday and played with us. We went bowling, played miniature golf, and went to the "water slides" in Missoula. The kids had a great time being with grandma and their cousins. I was so tired on the way home, I couldn't figure out how I was going to drive all the way, but some how I did. I had to laugh because I got home, unpacked, and fell in to bed waking up 14 hours later.
I came home and worked some more. I have just been trying to boat every chance I get before work resumes again (which is Monday). I learned to wakeboard this summer. It is SO much fun. I don't know why I haven't tried before. Trevyn was helping me. He is a good little wakeboarder. Now we all have our own wakeboards and have been having a great time. Work starts on Monday and it is so sad. BUT, back to the real world. The kids will all be starting school in a few weeks. It still seems weird that Kiersten will be in 1st grade. All my kids are growing up.
Erik is doing great in school. He got a certificate that he made the Dean's list, so we are all very proud of him. He loves what he is doing--forensic science and criminal profiling. It is a crazy profession to go into, but he loves it and that is what matters.
For my Dad's 60th birthday my mother through him a surprise party. It was a lot of fun. There were a bunch of friends there from all the different places they have lived--Montana, Idaho, Arizona, and now Utah. My dad was so surprised. My mom based the party off of my dad's love for fishing and basketball. The decorations were sports and fishing. There was of course lots of good food. We had a few games for the kids. There were some basketball games, a fishing pond, and a how well do you know bob questionaire. My sister and her family came from Montana so we got family pictures done. We hadn't had a family photo with everyone for 10 years. I am excited to see how they turn out. The look on his face when he arrived was priceless. He truly had no idea. It was a memorable party and I am so glad I have such a great father.
I have put the pics on here, but not necessarily in correct order. More pics to come.