So Long Summer...

Texas gets a longer summer than most; it's 90 degrees in the middle of October for cryin' out loud.  For most people it's super refreshing to see Fall arrive.  That means cooler temps, pumpkin everything and the start of new season/holidays.

Our family loves fall too, but summer is and will always be our favorite. We've got big plans this fall for some new favorites and new traditions, but it's still a little sad to say goodbye to summer. To lake season. To late afternoons by the pool.  To watching our boys learn their way through swimming by jumping, splashing and blowing bubbles.

We've had wonderful weekends winding summer down though. Visits from some of our favorites, trips to the pumpkin patch and lots of playing outside. There are nights when I realize that the boys have snacked their way through dinner and we are still playing in the driveway, with the sun almost asleep on a school night.  I look up and wonder, why must it get dark so early on the days where we want it all to last longer.

Recent Top 5 Moments:
*  Busting Tim & Cameron jumping in the pool (with clothes on) and running out shivering begging for towels.
*  Seeing Cameron and Payton with their "Pops & Gram", rekindling the flame after almost a year of not seeing each other.

*  Everything soccer. I'm not sure if Cameron is learning more as a player or if we are learning more as parents.  There is so much to learn and so many {very different} parenting styles out there.

*  A really, ridiculously, late night out (adults only) dressed up silly.  Best part? We took my car and I was on empty. Tim was so furious embarrassed to be seen at a gas station pumping gas dressed like he was.

*  Payton & Cameron riding around together on a "train" ride. Payton didn't want to get out and after three rounds of it we had to walk away. It wasn't pretty, but this photo is flippin' adorable.