7 more days?!! WhAAA????

Where has summer gone?  Saturday my amazing husband let me go to get my nails (that I can no longer reach) done with a good friend of mine.  The lady doing my nails asked, "Did you do anything this summer?"  I thought...and at the time I couldn't think of anything "BIG" we did.  We surely had to have done something since none of my projects I wanted to get done had gotten done. 

Today when I should have been cleaning and editing and taking advantage of naptime, I went through pictures.  Man, why couldn't I have thought about what we did when that lady asked me?!  We had a great summer!!!! 

Here are some highlights
* Trip to my parents
* Night with my best friend and our 8 kids combined
* Splash pad with another friend
* Rodeo with another high school friend who didn't freak when my kid wiped poop all over her bathroom
* Trip to Des Moines to visit Uncle Bunny & Aunt Katie, going to John Wayne Memorial, Bridges of Madison County, the cool castle, etc...
* 4th of July bash with TONS of friends, a 100 yard slip and slide, fireworks
*Cole's 7th birthday which included a friend party at the pool in town and another family party
* Days of 56 Rodeo
*Dixon County Demolition Derby
*Trip to Neligh to watch a drive in movie
*A week of Vacation Bible School
*Cole's baseball season
* Memorial Day get together with the Blatchford's and McGhee's
*Photography for 2 weddings
* Lots of time in our pool (till the Cows ruined it)
* A trip to the Beach with the Olander Clan
* A few dates with the hubby
* Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage with 2 other couples
* 10 days of work

Yeah...I blame the comment, "Nothing" on pregnancy brain.  Although we didn't take a BIG vacation to somewhere far away, we were constantly doing something!  It was a great summer and have very mixed feelings about going back.  I love staying home with my children and watching them grow and laugh and experience new things.  Some days are great....But other days are pure hell.  It starts with early mornings and constant fighting and bickering and wrestling and breaking/destroying things followed by no naps and me counting down the minutes until Beau gets home!

Going back to school means the boys continue to grow into the men we want them to be.  They get to hang with their friends and learn new things.  I get to continue what I love to do (for a month anyway).  It means that much closer for Baby B making it's debut and that I can't wait for!!!

So, as always, I made a little slide show about what we did this summer :)  Enjoy!!!