Long summer already

I'm already finding myself wishing for cooler weather. Nolan and I get a little (or a lot) bored of staying in the house all day. I thought I'd let you know what we've been up to. I've been reading two books: The Host and A Burning Within . The first one is for fun and the second one is for the ward book club. I can hardly put them down, especially A Burning Within. I've now finished it and I think I'll be thinking about it every day for a long time. It's by Ranelle Wallace; I highly recommend! Justin is also reading The Host (he's a Stephenie Meyer fan to the core) and can't stop talking about it. Nolan wanders around the house just bored out of his mind... probably because we're just reading. Suddenly the whining stopped. It got very quiet and here's what I found:

It's a fish frenzy! He found the whole bag of goldfish (which are actually whales because they're the cheap brand) and had a good 'ol time. I left the mess there for at least an hour because he was behaving so well amid the school of fish! And when I made cookies for FHE I gave Nolan a beater. Again he sat for a long time (what a relief) licking every last bit.
My friend Amber invited me over to put our boys in her kiddie pool. They loved it until Jaxon stuck his finger in Nolan's mouth and, naturally, Nolan bit. It was sad for all involved. Nolan cried out with guilt.

Nolan and I also went to my sister Lacey's house and hung out in her backyard for an hour playing in her hose sprinkler. She was out of town and knew that we'd enjoy a fenced in yard. I only wish I'd brought my book! I think we'll go back there next week. I can't wait until we put in a fence!
Also, we finally got around to doing sparklers when Justin's Mom came to visit on Sunday night. That was fun and he loved getting hosed down along with the sparklers as they died out.
Lastly, we all just returned from swimming and snarfing down a Papa Murphy's pizza. We took Nolan down the waterslide and he walked all around the shallow area until he went too far and he walked in past his chin. He didn't know when to stop! Even though the heat keeps us mostly inside, I'm grateful for when we can get out and have fun together!