summer's last hurrah!

It's hard to believe the summer is already over.  In just 2 days Anna will start Kindergarten - a topic that stirs up so many emotions I can't yet capture it on paper.  Perhaps later this week I will try to tackle that one if I can do it without too many tears.  This summer has been full of fun times - at home, at the cabin, with friends, with family, swimming, tubing, boating, celebrating, staying up late, campfires, camp Oshkosh and so many things we will treasure in the cooler months to come.

To round out what has been one of my favorite summers ever, we celebrated with a weekend at the lake with some of our good friends and their children.  It was a fantastic way to say goodbye to summer and to transition into the school year.  Despite not seeing one another very often this summer, the kids all got along fabulously and had a great time tubing, swimming, playing, swinging and more.  It was so fun to see them laughing together and to look back on the past 6 years and reflect on how much has changed with us as friends, parents and with each of the kids during that time.  It feels like just yesterday that Anna and Tyler were getting together for weekly playdates - before they could even crawl or walk or talk.  This week both of them venture off to start their elementary school chapter.  Dangerously close to the verge of tears again, I'll stop there.

Instead here are a few pictures!