When All Else Fales, Make GOOP!

Goop has such interesting qualities, it can be really hard, if you try and punch it, yet so soft that if you relax your hand, it sinks...these two pictures show a little bit of the strangeness of goop.

Not sure if you can see it but you can 'pull' goop apart.

This was our favvy part, it just drips off your hands but it feels so weird!

Noah asked me if we could make goop today since he didn't have anything else to do! I reminded him that all the windows need to be washed, the floorboards need a good dusting, and the floors needed a really REALLY good mopping, however he didn't think these chores sounded fun on a Saturday afternoon. So we headed to the store, not before Noah looked up on the computer for a good old fashion recipe for goop, and bought our necessary ingredients...Corn Starch! Goop is a box of corn starch, water, and food coloring. Who knew these three simple ingredients could be so entertaining for a 35 year old...I mean for an 11 year old.

Labor Day Get Away

Jim and Spencer at the lake.

Spencer and Noah sitting on a chair lift...hopefully Alta won't mind.

Nine thousand, five hundred and fourteen feet baby!

The family at Catherin's Lake...we made it!!!

The boys taking a break...aren't they so cute!

Mom and the boys...I loved all the flowers and the granite boulders, so amazing!

The boys at 7:45 am...it was a little chilly to start the hike and of course, I forgot all the hoodies!

Since we didn't have much of a summer break as a family (per Jim studying for the bar exam), Jim and I decided to end the summer by spending time together, as a family. So we woke the kids up at 6:00 in the AM and headed to Alta to do some hiking. We decided to hike Catherine's Pass. It was breathtaking...I love being outdoors among the amazing flowers, the big granite boulders and with my family. The boys did a really good job not complaining but at the end, they started to get tired. The hike was up high for a mile and a half, then down for a mile and half.

We then headed to Snowbird to hang with Steve and Shelly. We were able to eat amazing German food, thanks to Oktoberfest, catch up with an old Westminster friend (we ran into each other at the pool and haven't seen each other for about 13 years), and of course just chill.

It was such a great day and it made me appreciate the beauty Utah has to offer and how much I love knowing that I will be with my family forever.

Family Pics

I couldn't show our best pic...you will see it on our Christmas card and this isn't edited.

I love this picture!

So it has literally been years since we had a profesh take our family pictures. So my sweet and talented, and let me throw in patient because to work with us you must possess this quality, niece took our family pictures. I must admit I had a good chuckle at ourselves as we were trying to capture a loving family but behind the scenes: yelling, fighting, bribing, crying...so a typical day with the Potters.

First Day of School...

Noah and Spencer

I had to chuckle to myself, when I took the boys to buy school shoes, they all picked out black high tops!

Elijah - 4th grade, Spencer - 2nd grade, and Noah - 6th grade.

So the summer break is over, the late nights of playing outside are done, the pools have been put away and the smell of chlorine and sun tan lotion is fading in the air. I must admit however, I have mixed emotions about school starting and summer ending. At least the kids will have something to do other than fight and cause me to get more gray hair. But I am sad because I really do have a lot of fun with my boys. I love taking them to the pool and we had so much fun going to Pineview for a day in the sun and swimming with friends. We had a little bit of stressful summer as Jim was studying for the bar but it is over, tucked away, history written, memories made. I love my boys more and more each passing day and I they are amazing young men. Have a great school year boys, we love you!

4th Of July Rain Dance

The kids trying to catch the rain.

Uh Oh, Spencer has been in Colorado too long, he is flashing the peace sign...heehee

Elijah and Kohl literally doing the rain dance!

So my sweet, sweet sister Lisa invited us to her house in Colorado for the 4th of July. My other sweet, sweet sister drove 16 hours from Missouri to Colorado for the festivities...and to say we had fun is an understatement. All the kids were in a parade and they loved it...of course I didn't take pictures. We had a fun BBQ and I even wore cowboy boots...of course I didn't take pictures. And the kids did a 4th of July Rain Dance...of course Jim took pictures, I was busy napping!

Look Who Turned 7!

The birthday boy and his bro's!

So classic Spencer.

Spencer and his presents.

Mr. Electric Cool Fireball (he insists we call him this sometimes) has turned 7! I can't believe Spencer is 7 but he is an amazing kid, always keep me on my toes. I think the best part of Spencer is his humor...yes he can be a little strong willed but the kid is so funny. He is constantly keeping our family laughing! Spencer, your Dad and I love you so much and even though you and brother's fight once in a while, they love you.

Good Bye To Sledges!

Where's Spencer...he was being a bum and would not come out...whatevs!

I think the hardest part about moving wasn't taking 3 weeks out of my life to pack away our possessions. It wasn't cleaning a stove and frig for 5 hours. It wasn't even packing the truck and watching it drive away...it was saying good-bye to our friends. We made some amazing friends who will always be in my heart forever. One of those families was the Sledge's. For about 2 1/2 years, they lived 5 doors away and the kids were always running back and forth between our units. But they out grew their unit and moved to a house about 10 minutes away...we still ran back and forth between homes. But I must admit moving 900 miles away, has put a damper on the kids running back forth between homes. I miss them so much that it makes me get teary eyed on how much I miss them. So for you Sledges...we miss you!