I'm in love

I'm sorry, but I just LOVE summer. Growing up in California was a wonderful thing for me. It starts to warm up by the end of February, March is blissful, as is April, and you can swim by May. Oh yeah, and it stays pretty warm well into October. We never even had to bundle up on Halloween. Yeah, I miss that. The weather in Utah has been hard for me to get used to. I mean come on people, snow in June, that is just not natural! I've really tried to love the cold, and granted, the snow can be fun... for a time. But it just can't compare to the heat. I love the heat. I'd just rather be sweating than shivering. I love that we can swim, and go for bike rides, and just have fun outside. Summer means theme parks and snow cones, and camping, and fireworks and heat!!! Oh and did I mention, heat! I love that if I need to run somewhere really quick with the kids, I don't have to spend 45 minutes getting everybody all bundled up, snow boots and all and then trying to keep them all clean and warm. Not so easy when it's 15 degrees, and there's slushy snow and mud everywhere. I swear it's like the "I can't put my arms down!" scene from A Christmas Story everyday. I love that today when I needed to take Ethan to his check up we all just threw on some flip-flops and jumped in the car. Low-maintenance... like I said, I love summer. Here's a taste of our summer, thus far.

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