The Brough's

We were able to go boating a bit this summer. We wish we could have done more of it, but we were so happy for the time we DID get on the water! Boating and waterskiing/wakeboarding is one of James' passions as his family grew up doing it. We're TRYING to get myself and the boys into it a bit more. I haven't achieved waterskiing yet so I'm thinking I might try wakeboarding instead. Although I do get into the water to swim around, I'm always nervous that a fish is going to nibble on my toes!

Every year the young women in our church go camping for a few days. They call it Girls Camp. They learn survival skills and have a lot of fun together. Besides the leaders that the young women normally have, they call a few more to organize the camp. I was called to be the Youth Camp Leader Advisor. While at camp, the older girls are to help run things and I got to work with them doing that. I haven't been to a girls camp since I was 13 or 14 years old so I was a little nervous about doing this. But in the end it was a wonderful experience and it turned out better than I thought it would! The girls were able to have experiences where they could feel their Heavenly Father's love for them and recommit to being more virtuous women. Thanks to my nephew, my mother, and my husband, I was able to leave my boys home and in good hands for 5 days!

I can't BELIEVE summer is almost over. While I'm excited for the boys to start school, I'd really like one more month of summer. "Why?" you ask? Well even if you didn't ask, I'll tell you why. Because I still want to go camping with my boys, go swimming more, go boating more, more lazy mornings, go on another vacation, more time at the parks, etc.
I can't turn back time so I guess I'll just tell you what we DID do this summer. Even if you don't want to know, I'm going to tell you. Besides, you're reading MY blog so there you go. On JJ's birthday he gave out candy at school, went bowling, and.... I can't remember what we did next... did we go to a movie??? Well after whatever it was that I've forgotten, we asked him where he wanted to go to dinner. He said he wanted to stay HOME. "Mom, can't you make some fries in the oven or something?" That's JJ for you, always wants to be home. So we compromised and did Winger's take-out. That way mom didn't have to cook, it was something different, AND he got to stay home to eat. Oh, and he got another Nintendo cake...which he didn't eat. I made it special for him so he could eat the whole thing. But neither of my boys like cake. So they licked a little frosting off of the top and then poked it with their fingers. Whatever makes him happy, right?Then we had the Big Brough Family vacation at Uncle Monte's Cabin. (Kinda sound's like 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' huh?) We had a blast 4 wheeling and hangin' with each other. "Who likes Heidi?" (hmmm. Only half of them raised their hands.) The following picture is some of the guys 'shootin' the breeze'. Actually, they were shooting clay pigeons but a good number of the shots only got the breeze. The 4th of July came and went and then it was Danny's birthday! We went swimming at Grandma Pincock's pool, went to Red Robin, and went to the theater to see Madagascar 3! "How old are you Danny?"...

To be continued......