Blog Challenge: summertime

Summertiiiiiiiiiiiime, and the living is EEEeeezzzzzzy.Tell us how you feel about summer. This summer, a childhood summer, summer traditions, random summer memories, summer sights and smells and sounds. Whatever. Wax poetic about summertime!

Summertime is a time that I always look forward to being a school teacher. It means that lazy days are ahead, staying up late, sleeping in, and just doing whatever I feel like doing. That was until of course I had children.

This summer officially began for me June 5th.

We kicked off this summer by remodeling our master bedroom. We have lived in this house for 8 years and have been married for 9 years and have never had a bedroom set that we liked.

When we first got married Eric had a water bed and since we were living on the 3rd floor of an apartment we didn't want to pay the extra insurance for a waterbed. So we took one of the sides off of the waterbed frame and put a king size mattress in. We lived with this bed set up for 3 years and even moved into our current house with this bed.

When my fil passed away we took his bedroom set which again was another waterbed with some mismatched dressers and nightstand. This time we used the bed as a waterbed and we kept that for about 2 years. Then a co-worker of mine was moving her mom into an assisted living place because her husband had passed away. So she needed to downsize and we decided to purchase her king size bed.

Until this remodel began we have been sleeping on this bed that is who knows how old. I am thankful that this remodel began. We began by taking the baseboards off and ripping out the carpet.

Once that was done; the painting began. Once the painting was finished everything got moved out of the room and Eric layed the laminate hardwood floor.

The new furniture was delivered the following week only to our dismay did we find out that the armoire was too large and wouldn't fit. Finally today the armoire had some adjustments made to it and into our room it went.

So summertime is remodeling, cleaning, and reorganizing.

Another thing that summertime means to me is vacations. We took 2 days this past June and went to WDW. It was so much fun to watch the boy's faces light up with the magical moments that happen at Disney. The first day we were there was Reed's second birthday at dinner that night Goofy came over to sing and blow out the candle with him. Such memories were made during this vacation and I can't wait to scrapbook them.

Summertime also means catching up with friends. During our recent trip to MD I was able to get together one evening with my high school friends. We had dinner at an Irish Pub and then off to one of the small town bars. We had such fun that night and it will be a night to remember. I look forward to getting together with them the next time we get to MD. Good times, Great friends!

The final thing that summertime means to me is just making wonderful memories and spending time with the family. Summer is a great time to reflect all that I am thankful for and have through out the year.

BMX Racing

Today was a new adventure for our family. Eric has racing in his blood so of course our 2 sons do as well. A guy Eric knows loaned us some BMX racing equipment so that Tyler could give it a try. Today our local BMX track had a practice session and we decided to go on out and check it out. It took Tyler a while to warm up to go out onto the track, but once he got comfortable with it you couldn't get him to stop. He didn't like the gate at the top of the hill that starts the race so they just let him go down without it. If he does decide to race then he will have to start behind the gate. I am trying to figure out why he is scared of it so far all I can get out of him is that it is creepy. They actually ran a clinic where everyone worked in a group together to improve skills, so they started at different parts of the track which really helped Tyler find his comfort level. It was fun watching him and I would like to see him continue with this. This does seem to be a family oriented sport as there are dads, sons, and daughters all racing. I didn't see any moms out there racing today but I am sure there are some. The next race is Tuesday night so we will see if Tyler races or if we go out as specators.