Summer Wrap-Up

It is officially almost fall (if you ignore the 96 degree weather that is) and so I wanted to show some pictures from the summer that we didn't share earlier. I would love to show more, but limited space and its almost my bedtime...

In July I had my birthday celebration. My niece, sister and parents were able to come into town and celebrate with us. It was fun, especially trying to get the kids to let us take a few pictures to remember the occaisian. It was everything I could ask for to celebrate my big milestone - cake, presents and fun. Here are a few pictures of the evening:

At the begining of August, Aunt Liz came to visit us by herself. We always have fun hanging together at the pool and doing all kinds of fun things together. Here are a few shots of us at the pool.

At the end of August, we had our Annual Shaving Cream Social -- where basically the kids come in swimsuits and cover themselves in shaving cream and run around like crazy. It is done right before school starts, a fun way to end the summer together with our friends. This was the first year that KK and AJ were really big enough to join in, usually they watched safety from the sidelines. KK was all over it - she was all smiles and just wanted to be covered from head to toe. AJ on the other hand was not as excited. It was his bed time though... at first he was a little intrigued by it all, but after an accidental tasting, he was done and didn't want one little bit to touch him. He was very content to sit back and watch the crazy.

Here are some highlights - as well as a group shot with all our friends. We are very blessed to live here and have these friends/neighbors in our lives!

Poor Alex - as you can see, the night ended in a few tears, but don't worry. They were wiped away and he was all smiles as he was tucked into bed.

Labor Day weekend was our final time at the pool. For our little swim-babies, this was rough. We ended our summer in style, by going with Gracie in the morning and then that evening having a pizza party by the pool and swimming until we could see a few stars. We made sure to swim in all five pools and do the water slide several times.

After we were content that we had done everything at least once, we packed up our things and headed home. With one last look at the pool and a big wave goodbye, we ended our fun summer together as a family. I can't put into words how blessed I feel to be able to have a summer like this with my husband and kiddos, just filled with adventures, friends, family and lots of fun. I hope I captured some of that here on our blog to share and remember.

Now its time to break out our TCU gear and get ready for fall and FOOTBALL games! Let the fun times continue.... the road goes on forever and the party never ends!