Well! So this summer has been crammed full. We have been fishing, camping, berry picking, gardening, bbqing.... It has been one fun thing after another. In June we went to the Highland games, which we plan on doing again. The majority of the month was full of starting a garden at our friends house and planting and we were very blessed with rain, although not enough sun, but things grew and somehow we did not have to travel quite as much to water. Most of the supplies to do the garden were donated also, so even better. If I dont get too lazy, we might actually get some stuff out of it!
July was busy... Fishing, fishing, fishing. But not with great results, which is a dissappointment, but it was fun and we spent a night at the beach. There was a new cousin born into the family! She is healthy and doing well. We also did some mushroom hunting and the kids really got into that. We had soccer games twice a week during July. Seems like we werent home much that month!
And August, which is nearly over, has been really nice. A good balance of sun and rain. Ive been saying it all summer, we will have an indian summer this fall! I really hope this nice weather just rolls right into September! We have picked wild strawberries till we cant stand it, had dinner with family a few times, and last weekend we went to the Alyeska Blueberry Festival, which included pulling a loose tooth and a pie eating contest! Im excited to see what September holds for us!
Now that we are slowing down, we are easing back into school work. We did NOT do school this summer. It just kinda worked out that way. We've had some field trips and some time to think about what we really want to accomplish this next year. Mostly, we want to ease up on the perfectionist, over achiever thing (okay, over achiever Mom, really) and make things more fun. To find the things they really enjoy and run with it if we want. Our oldest wants to be a chef, so we are including that as part of school this year. Nothing to intense.
Well, here's to summer! May winter wait until the last day of October to arrive!
