Quail

Somehow watching two family of quail in the institute parking lot while we waited to pick up James, reminded me how I've been meaning to play a lot of catch up with our family's summer.  I love how quail, despite all their scurrying about, here and there, always stick together as a family---father, mother, sister, brother.  Hyrum and I were together after his swim lesson and he kept telling me, "Mom, you should take a picture."  I told him some things are better enjoyed in the moment with your own eyes. 

While James was away for 50 hours we had a tornado of a windstorm that picked up a piece of plywood and slammed it into his pick-up denting the door and shattering the window.  Our water heater has been having issues.  And, at 4 o'clock this morning a woke up to a torrential rain storm and helplessly watched the rivers of water cascade off the roof into the window wells.  I'm glad he's home.  Even if nothing has changed, it's comforting.

Hyrum had his kindergarten assessment yesterday.  Sariah got her school supply list (a very big deal).
Talmage went paintballing for the first time on Tuesday with boys from the ward for a birthday party and had a blast.  Bryant is sulking because he is the only boy in his primary class.

At this moment, James is pounding away in the basement trying to finish up closet shelving so we can paint this weekend and hopefully have kids in rooms and beds by the time school starts.  Every night, it's 10 o'clock before they all fall asleep on the living room floor.  Not a good routine.