Summer Days & Nights

Just like every other year, this summer seemed to go by so quickly! 

We had a pretty good schedule this summer with the kids only having to go to daycare two times a week.  Wally was home on Mondays, we were both home on Fridays, they kids went to daycare on Wednesday and Thursdays, and we had family come watch the kids on Tuesdays!  Thank you to our Tuesday babysitters :)

Here are some highlights of our summer that I haven't posted about already!

Wally and I went to Alpine with some friends to see the Zach Brown Band.  We only knew the cover songs they played, but we had fun anyways!





We did a little al fresco dining.  Seriously, that is the way to go with kids!





Paige saw her first movie in the theater - Monsters University.  Way to go Grammy braving the theater with 2 kids solo! 

We went to the Art & Garden street fair in Homewood.











Both kids had swimming lessons.  Luke did great and has made a lot of progress this summer!





We had my sister's bachelorette weekend in Lake Geneva and wedding shower!











The kids spent a weekend in Lake Geneva with Grandma & Grandpa!





And of course we enjoyed some pool time!





Summer of 2013 was good to us!

Why Hello!

We have been back from vacation now for about 10 days (it was a great vacation by the way!) and I have gone through some of the pictures, but we have a new laptop coming our way next week so I figured it would be easier to actually sort through all of the pictures on the clear screen of the new computer rather than the blurry screen our old one has been sporting for awhile!

So in the meantime, here are some pictures of the kids enjoying the gorgeous weather last night!






An attempt at kite flying was unsuccessful - we needed more wind buddy!


 Paige doesn't quite have the golf swing down yet, but she certainly looks the part, doesn't she?!?!


 Now, this guy? This guy has the swing down. It really is amazing how well he hits it when he really focuses.

We found out about some golf lessons offered to young kids and when I asked Luke if he wanted to go, he was super excited about it! The lessons start in September - I can't wait to see how he does!
 
Then look who I found at my house this morning!

The cutest pirate you ever did see :) Luke has all of the sudden been into picking out his own clothes for the day. He usually does a good job and always makes sure he matches!

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It's hard to believe summer is over - well at least for Wally it is. He was back to school on Monday with students starting today. Luke doesn't start until after Labor Day so he still has some summer left (although today certainly feels like a fall day!). Wally's golf season kicks off today and the kids' activities are starting up again with gymnastics for both kids beginning next week (so excited for Paige to start!) and then golf in September as I mentioned above. On one hand it is nice to get back into the swing of routines, but on the other hand, where the heck did the summer go?!?!

Oh and my sister's wedding is coming up very soon - August 25th - so we have been preparing for that :) The million dollar question is "will the kids walk down the aisle?". Luke - yes! Paige - no way! Fiona - leaning towards yes, but on the fence!

Vacation posts,wedding posts and a summer recap to come!