Summer, summertime

I am not blogging as much as I would like but I think you'll understand why by the end of this post...

This summer has been wonderful. I was fortunate enough to spend the majority of it home with my kids. We kept pretty busy playing and hanging out at the house most times but we did take a drive and have lunch with Daddy one day every week. It was fun and we even ended the summer with a picnic at a park where a squirrel kept coming over to us and wouldn't leave us alone. :)

We took some trips, one to New York, one to the beach and one to Florida. Talk about lots of driving...in the car...with 5 kids! They did amazingly well. We are blessed with good car riders!
Since all these trips were so great, I want to post on them separately but as a whole, this summer was fantastic.

Looking onward, fall is by far, my most favorite time of year. It is the start of the school/homework/sports practice routine and earlier bed times! It is the start of football season, even though I am not a big fan, it does allow me some weekend naps while Howard will be up and can watch the kids :) I have such memories of when I was a child sitting with my Dad while he was watching football.

Thinking back on all that we've done this summer, it makes me sad that it is over. But to look on the bright side, if I had so much fun during my least favorite season, I can only imagine how great the fall will be!!