Monday, September 20, 2010

Ending Summer on a High Note

We really only had a one month summer vacation so we tried to make the best of it. The first week was spent with our wonderful friends, The Johnsons. The parents had a business meeting in San Francisco and we were blessed to have their kids with us for four days. Oh, how we love being together. The kids all had a blast and I thoroughly enjoyed having a little 2 year old girl around to cuddle and love. After their meeting, the parents came back and stayed with us for a couple more days. We enjoyed an "adult" only dinner....their kids are older and could babysit my younger kids. It was lovely since I rarely get to be with just adults. Then we spent an entire day having a blast at Six Flags, then topped off the weekend with fun in the neighborhood and a Johnson/Swank Football game at the park. It was hard to say goodbye, but we are so excited for our camping trip together in October.


Then, Logan got his braces put on. He was soooo excited....until the next day. That is when he realized it might be a long year. I keep telling him it will all be worth it when those teeth are so straight and pretty....I promise you he will be the most handsome boy out there!!


Next was Logan's big "11". I always have a hard time on my kids' birthdays because I know time is going much faster than I want it to. The best thing on birthdays is to stay really busy and just enjoy the day and the one we are celebrating. We spent a wonderful day with some great friends hiking up Westwood Hills in Napa. It was absolutely beautiful and kids had so much fun running, hiking, climbing and swinging!!

To cap the summer off, my mom and Michael arrived for a week. It was wonderful to have them visit when we had no school, no quizzing and Phil was able to take three days off. The guys enjoyed golfing, us girls enjoyed shopping and all of us enjoyed a wonderful day at AT&T Park watching the San Francisco Giants play baseball. I have never been much of a baseball fan, but being at the game was so much fun that it turned me into a big Giants fan!!


A wonderful end to Summer 2010...now on to Fall 2010!!