Wrapping Up the Summer - 2016

We always think that the summer will last "forever"...

 

With the end of school, we look ahead and see so much potential for the summer!  Well, somehow we are already at the beginning of the school year and look back on the summer and think "where did it go?"

 

I was looking at our photos from the past few months and realized that we actually did quite a bit of stuff this summer...it just went too fast! 

 

We had a great visit with Matt's parents from Oregon.  It was a relaxed week with nothing planned (other than Whitey's of course!!)

Notice Will's poor shoulders - huge blisters from a sunburn

Goofing with Grandpa at the mall

"Dad, I'm finally taller than Grandma!"

We also visited Great Grandma Phyllis in Chicago (she flew in from Oregon to visit family in IL & Michigan).  Any visit with Great Grandma includes a stop at the Lego Store and Barnes & Noble.

We cheered on the QC River Bandits 2x this summer as well. Both were beautiful evenings (even though the Bandits lost both games) that ended with fireworks!

Becki's sister & nephew came home for a week in July. We enjoyed the zoo and hanging out together.  The kids sure miss their cousin!

Matt was able to take the kids to a drive-in movie just before school started.  Again, it was a beautiful night and they stayed for both movies!

Of course, add swim lessons, dentist & doctor appointments and 2 church camps, our summer filled up very fast!  At the beginning of every summer, we make a "bucket list" as a family.  Now that we are at the end of the summer, we realized that we didn't mark half of our items off the list!  Luckily we have nice weather for the next two months to continue our quest.