Summer In Review

Labor Day has come and gone and it's starting to feel more like fall than summer. We had a very exciting summer that was full of fun.

June started out with F's 3rd birthday quickly followed by M's 15th birthday. We had a few trips to the pool with our good friends Jodie and Leland and we quickly discovered that L LOVES the water.

We moved right on into July where we spent our time at fun play groups with friends and ended up having a great 4th of July blast with our playgroup friends. We played the day away. The kids all enjoyed the water slide while the Mommys and Daddys got to enjoy adult conversation mixed with nice cold adult beverages. Evening came and the men put on a wicked fireworks display while the kids all oohed and aahed. By the end of the night we had tired kids and good memories in the book. The week after the 4th was quite a busy one for us. We went to TanTarA in the Ozarks with all of the family, including Gimmy and Papa and our Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. The kids all had a great time playing all day out in the sun and the adults spent the evening recovering from wiping out while tubing. Before we could come home we knew that we had to get some good Missouri fishing in. We headed to a state park and we all caught some fish, well everyone but me but that is nothing new. Miss F even caught her own and reeled it in. It was a very proud moment in our outdoor loving family. That next week was M's swim team championships for the summer and we had a great time cheering her on and watching her make it look easy when she doesn't even swim during the year anymore...makes me wonder what kind of swimming talent she could have if she did swim year round still.

July ended and we moved into August with Miss F was enrolled in her first swim lessons. She did really great and will definitely be going back for more next summer. She concluded swim lessons with finally putting her head under the water. This was a great accomplishment for her and I look forward to her progress next summer. Miss L had her very first birthday that was of course LadyBug themed and was quite a fun affair - more on that later. After that it was just about back to school time and we spent the rest of August getting school supplies and heading to meet the teacher nights. Miss M started her sophomore year and the week after that Miss F started 3 year old/2 day a week preschool.

And that brings us to now...Time is just passing by too quickly. With fall approaching we are looking at spending less time on the back porch in the pool and looking onward to pumpkin patches, cooler nights, and of course college football.