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My kids are growing up too fast.

This is definitely a different kind of summer with the kids at the pool. All of a sudden we never hang out in the kiddie pool (so sad for Kasen) and Tallie is off riding all the slides and Chloe and Lexi are doing their own thing. Just today I took the kids to the Vets pool and Lexi put goggles on for the first time and wow, she is a fish now. She is jumping in alone and then will take off swimming under water. That girl can really hold her breath. Chloe started swimming in Arizona last week. To the point she will swim, come up for air, go back under and when she is tired she will roll over and float. When that finally clicks with a child I can almost breath again when we go to the pools.

Last night we took a pizza to the splash pad and had dinner and played for a few hours. Tallie and Chloe saw some boys from school and they kept complaining that they were bugging them and following them and throwing water on them. It must not have been that annoying because Tallie kept egging them on and was loving all the attention. I'm not ready for all of this innocent flirting.

TJ called me today. He doesn't have cell service at camp so I won't get to talk to him really at all this week but he had to come down the mountain to get more water so he called to say hello. He had some things to get off his chest about some of the boys, one in particluar. He really struggles with this kid because he is so disrespectful and mean and rude and crazy and always getting in trouble. And the problem is talking to his parents is like talking to a door knob. They are super defensive and won't hear it. They think their son is an angel. 

TJ is not the only one who has talked to his parents before.

Even the bishop has (after talking with TJ) and he is the kids grandpa.

Some parents just won't listen.

TJ said if he could he would send the kid home.

I hope he survives.

Tonight we are having a late over with Elena and Callie before they leave for Hawaii for 2 weeks.

I wish I would have had TJ show me how to set up the outdoor projector before he left.