We had to have another backyard campout before summer was over… even though it felt more like fall!  Nate laughed when I put Meg in her fuzzy suit… but the overnight low was 43*, which was certainly not warm!  We had a wonderful evening as a family, though – good camping food, lots and lots…

In need of one more grand adventure before summer ended, we headed to St. Paul for the day.   I thought it would be fun (and fulfil one of Zach's scout requirements) to visit the capitol for a tour, and it was just down the street from the free zoo!  Perfect.  The capitol was beautiful,…

Wishing I had more days to do this… and all the other fun stuff of summer.  I am not ready to send my kiddos off to school yet!  We've been enjoying the last few weeks, pictures and stories to come!

Yeah, this is breakfast.   I guess we have some adjusting of schedules to do before school starts…

Come to find out, Zach's eyes are almost as bad as mine.  He has discovered over the last week that glasses make lots of things easier… one of which is catching frogs!  

  After swim lessons this year, the kids made a goal of swimming once a week during the rest of the summer (no small feat with all 4 of them, one of which needs pretty much full-time shade).  We (creatively) made it, however… every week except 2 we swam, and then a dr. that works…

So these incredibly brave ladies in our ward decided to host a $5, 8 week soccer camp for kiddos ages 3-5.  Since my big kids are playing this fall, it was the perfect way to get Carter a chance to play.   I loved watching him do the relay race at the beginning of every…

I've found a lot of coins in pockets in the laundry over the years… this is my first time finding one this big.  

Nate went to a Twins game tonight with a consultant of his, so we had to have some fun of our own.  A trip to the baseball park and a treat from Coldstone were not a bad consolation prize, even for Zach.