Last week of Summer!

The last week of Summer!?!

I can't believe it!

I do not feel ready to give up the freedom of

spontaneous evenings, late nights...( playing NOT doing homework!)

Vacations, reunions, and spending lots of time together.

We have not been bored!

It's been a wonderful Summer, if only a little too short.
We have played to exhaustion-

as this picture taken after a game of SkipBo shows.

Some of us didn't last the game.

The ones not pictured were the ones winning...

and the ones awake!:)

Here are some random favorites of

Summer.

I absolutely LOVE coming home to flowers on my porch.

They didn't do as well this year...bad dirt:( but this is how they looked for a little while!:)

Some of my favorites this year were the wild flowers
shown here that surrounded our raspberry patch.
We have already been eating raspberries from our starts this year!
In fact, if we can't find Mandi....we know where to look.
Her favorite getaway this Summer had to be the raspberry patch.
I think she ate 3/4 of our crop!

Pictured here are some of the first picks of the year.
Justin was unsure of the beats!
Until he found out what eating them does.
Now it is a favorite- as he loves red pee.

Gotta love backyard camping!
Easiest camping clean up EVER!
Gracie took the matter of getting a swimming pool
into her own hands!
I came out one day as she was "swimming."
As you can also see-she has started to wear make-up.

One of the backyard forts made this Summer.
-not pictured-
countless indoor forts!

Backyard Pac meetings.
Mitch didn't quite make it!!
So close!

Here are some pictures of us partying on Mitchell's tenth b-day!
Party Time is always a favorite.

It is not Summer around here

without Popsicles in the freezer!

Creamies are a definite favorite.

Good Summer memories

(with more posts and pictures to come!)

Ready or not, school here we come!