Putting a Bow on Summer

It's hard to believe, but summer is on it's way out the door. Glorious, hot, water-fun days will now be turning into school, fall sports, and cub scouts days. Definite fun times ahead, yet I'd like to linger in summer a bit longer.

After our trip to Omaha, we spent 5 days at the lake and cabin. What a blessing to get away from it all and do nothing but enjoy a slower pace of life. We went boating every day, the boys went on lots of bike rides, and Derek even did some night fishing. Some good friends joined us on Sunday and we had a blast! Aaron and Kaleb knee-boarded for the first time and did fantastic. Derek and I went knee boarding too, and it was a fun change from skiing and tubing. I think knee boards might be on our Christmas list this year. :) It's fun to pull 2 knee boards at the same time and watch the kids play--or the adults! Of course the kids also loved tubing on "Big Mable."

Aaron loved to wash dishes at the cabin

My boys experienced riding a bike on gravel roads and loved it of course. While riding on the gravel, Aaron said, "It sounds like firecrackers!"

Derek with Ginger at 4 months old

Although we had lots of fun at the cabin, I'll admit it was nice to come back home. :) We celebrated Braylen's birthday the very next day. The rest of the week we hung out at home, wrapping up summer. The highlight for me was our last trip to the pool on Friday. Kaleb just loved the diving boards and water slide. Braylen brought a friend, and Aaron swam all over the pool with me. My little boy. Of course during the breaks I did some lap swimming, which I love to do. Friday night our school had it's open house, and the boys saw their classrooms and teachers. I'm always impressed with our school and what the staff does to make the kids feel welcome.

Saturday was MY birthday, and that is for another post!

Funnies from the week:

We caught Kaleb zoning out at supper one night, and when we asked him what he was thinking about he said, "I'm daydreaming about a lake of meatballs."

Braylen had a dream that I let him do anything he wanted for an entire day. He chose to drive around town all day and crash into cars--including police cars. When I asked him what he'd really like to do if I let him do whatever he wanted, he said, "Drive!" That boy has loved cars since he could crawl.

Kaleb's white-blond hair has been compared to many things: a fuzzy white dandelion, a q-tip, a marshmallow, etc. This week I heard two new ones: vanilla hair (from Braylen), and when looking at whitecaps on the lake the boys said, "Look! Kaleb heads!"

Aaron wonders why we can hear with our ears, but not with the other holes in our body--like nostrils and bottoms. . .hee hee!