Wishing it could last forever

One event that happened lately is Alex's Star Raising party!  After a kid gets to make a wish, Make A Wish provides a little party for them to celebrate.  They had cake,

And we invited lots of Alex's friends to come, (this picture was taking in the "secret garden" area of the make-a-wish building.  It was really nice)

And we got a tour of the building, watched a slideshow of Hawaii pictures, and then raised Alex's star. Each kid who makes a wish gets to decorate a little stained-glass star to "raise" up on the ceiling in the building.  It's really cool to look up at the ceiling and see all the different kids stars.

So, that was one really fun event that happened lately.  We also took a little trip down to St. George for the Boyack Reunion.  The Boyack reunions are all the cousins on my mom's side--there were like 200 something people there.  They're always fun.  

And we've just been doing the normal summer things.  Swimming at the pool, eating ice cream bars, watching the Olympics (well, the Olympics are over now, but we watched them whenever we could) and all those other fabulous things.  

And I wish it could just last forever.