Missing you...and you...and you, oh and you too!

As the kids grow older, we've had to adjust our summer plans slightly.  We have to stick around for camps and parties, and social events that kids just "can't" miss.  Sometimes we even have to do some of our "adventures" with one or even two of the kids missing...which I hate.  This past week ALL 3 of the big kids were gone!  

The girls were at Girls Camp.  Jordan had her 4th year hike (they have to carry all their food and gear in their backpack and camp for 3 days before they join the rest of the stake at Ensign Ranch).  It was Kya's 2nd year.  Both girls had their friends from Portland go with them, which made camp even more special and of course more fun!

And Tyson got to stay the week (actually TEN whole days) with his friend Dylan in Portland.  They had quite a few adventures including the 4T hike--trail, tram, trolley and train.  He wasn't homesick once and had the time of his life!!

The day before everyone came home, Mike left for his brother, Jeff's wedding up in Canada.  Which left Summer and I all alone--at least only for 1 day!  

Summer and I had to keep ourselves busy...so we didn't miss everyone more than we could handle.  )She was so sweet talking about missing her siblings.  When something exciting would happen, she would say "show Tyson" and then I'd have to remind her that he was gone.  She was so excited when we finally got to pick everyone up.)  We ended up going on lots of walks, to the park, to the zoo, and we also got to spend a day on Jetty Island with some friends.  

I'm not quite ready for this next stage of life that seems to be creeping up on me.  I love having the whole family together all the time, but I know that is looking less and less realistic as the years go by (since we only have 2 more summers before Jordan graduates).  I just need to soak it all in as long as I can.  Love this little family we have created.