In All Seriousness,

Can life please stop and slow down for a moment?  It's going way to fast.  For the sake of recording here is the rest of the summer that was never mentioned...or maybe it was, I don't remember!

In no particular order...

Training for a half marathon - imagine my physique improved too

Going to corn mazes

Laying in rope spider webs

Taking tractor rides

Making beach day trips

Acquiring lots of blisters

Even blood blisters

Going out west, Utah

Participating in the library's summer reading program

Having roller-skating parties

More beach shenanigans - Love The Beach!!!

Visiting our Alma Maters

Attending the G. Whiting family reunion in Yellowstone

Hiking, biking, climbing and lots of outdoor fun

Look at those Whiting men!

An Investment

My kids and I have been to several roller skating parties now.  And each time in the span of a two to three hour party the younger ones peter out pretty quickly.  And I wonder why I spent the money on admission fees or skates or any part of it.  Or why I didn't let the younger ones stay home and only bring the olders ones.

And then as I struggle round the rink in skates of my own, holding two children as they continuously fall practically hanging off of me, I remember.  Because rollerskating is a fairly good work out and not only that it requires a ton of balance and a good center and a sense of timing.  And so I like to look at each of these nominal fees as not paying for our day of skating, but an investment in their future athletic ability.

But in the meantime here are me and my kids and the neighbors cheesing it up on the sideline and Issac showing us how it's done.