The Summer Spent as an Only Child

Just a few days to go before Caitlin will have a full-time brother again. This has been a strange summer, but it has also been rather nice for us to have extra one-on-one time with our girl.

While we didn’t go on any trips this time around, some of the things we’ve done together these past few weeks are:

• Swimming
• Cheesecake Factory on Cheesecake Day
• We’ve seen every kid movie currently in the theater (except for the Smurfs)
• We registered Caitlin for junior high (and paid all the stinking fees, ouch!).
• Several late night frozen yogurt runs
• We had an excellent dinner at Ruby’s Diner. We loved sitting on the patio under the big trees with lights, the live music, and the great food.
• We went to The Sound of Music at the Sundance Resort. We invited my friend Betsy to go with us and we all cuddled together in blankets, under the stars, with our Sundance suckers on wooden sticks.

• We’ve been working on our Personal Progress together, you know… trying to make progress.
• We went school shopping in Park City. Caitlin does not like to shop, but she has big opinions about her clothes these days. Her favorite purchase by far were these little cuties. I’m pretty sure we won’t be able to stop at just one pair either. She already has several more colors and patterns picked out. They are pretty addictive because they are both comfy and cute (I got the silver glitters for me and love them, except for the trail of sparkles they leave behind).
• Tomorrow we have a birthday celebration with Caitlin’s cancer support group and the Park City Arts Festival.

   

In Sweden, the boys are just waking up to their last day of Jamboree. Today will be spent breaking camp and packing, making last minute trades (Caleb better come home with his scout shirts and not a kilt or kimono), saying goodbye to new friends, and going to the Closing Ceremonies. Early Sunday morning they will be heading to Denmark for the last two days of their trip.