Labor Day Weekend

We had such a fun Labor Day Weekend this year.  On Friday night we had take-out Chinese, which we think is so yummy.  Coleman's fortune cookie read, "You need to improve your exercise routine" which had us all laughing.  Every day he gets out cans of pumpkin and lifts them over his head at least one hundred times, and he challenges people to arm wrestle. They always let him win and he really believes he is stronger than anyone else.  So, his fortune cookies was hilarious!  After dinner we went to TCBY and tried out their new self-serve yogurt bar.  The kids "served" themselves very generously and I couldn't believe the total at the cashier counter!  

Saturday we went to the Farmer's Market and worked in the yard.  On Sunday we ate the best meal of the summer; grilled lamb chops, corn on the cob, fruit we bought the day before, and a fresh peach pie from Marie Callendars-- it was so delicious!  Our cousins came to visit that night and stayed late because it wasn't a school night.

On Monday we spent the afternoon up Millcreek Canyon.  Jono built a roaring fire (using boy scout approved lighter fluid) and we roasted hot dogs and marshmellows.  It was very fun!  The kids got very dirty, especially Coleman.  He was covered in dirt, marshmellows, ketchup, watermelon and rootbeer.  Do you see the giant slice of watermelon he is holding in the picture?  He ate that entire piece after eating everything else.  He is eating so much right now, he must be having a growth spurt.  The whole afternoon was an adventure; the kids set up rocks at the top of hill so they could start a mini avalanche, they shook the rootbeer so it exploded, and when I sent Rosie into the bushes to go to the bathroom, she tried to go standing up like the boys do!

It was a fun weekend, a great end to summer!