Goodbye Summer...Hello Fall

I think our Labor Day was just as wonderful as our Independence Day. I could really get used to these laid back and simply enjoyable holidays. We gave Summer one last ha rah and enjoyed beautiful weather outside. I was going in the pool today no matter what...you never know what the weather will be like next weekend (Michigan likes to keep you guessing).

The kids and I had some friends over and everyone just really enjoyed every ones company. Crystal and I have been spending more time together lately...our schedules are finally meshing. Watching our girls together is priceless. Their friendship makes me think of my childhood friend, Anne. They start pre-school together and they are so excited (they got an early start today and played school together upstairs ;) They are BOTH very dominating (they're not like their mothers or anything :) so it will be interesting to watch them grow up together. By the looks of things I think Aspen will back down first...Avalin may have a little too much of her mom in her ;)

I also got to see a couple of girls I don't get to see nearly enough. Both of them have kids that went to pre-school with Blake. I really need to put more effort into getting to know some of Nicholas's classmates. I have to admit that Blake gets to see his friends more because I enjoy their moms so much. I do like one of the moms from his Kindergarten class a lot, but her daughter switched schools this year. But I think we enjoy each others company enough that I will be seeing more of them :)

Aspen has gotten so brave in the water. She jumps off the bridge now and today she conquered the slide. Figures that she would start enjoying it on quite possibly our last pool day. Summers just won't be the same from here on out...I'm gonna actually be able to just enjoy the sun pretty much...no more babies :( However, I do look forward to all the fun we can share as a family now...I don't have to sit out from all the fun with a little one anymore.

I forgot to write about Marc's little work party on Saturday. There were supposed to be a ton of people, but only about fifty showed (there may have been more at some point, but that is what it felt like). We had SO much food left over. I felt kinda bad for Shawn putting the whole thing together and having such a bad turn out. Oh well, Crystal was here and we had a GREAT time together. She brought their golf cart over (pinkie is still recuperating) and we had a wild time racing...of course the girls ruled and kicked some serious butt (who cares if we had the advantage of knowing the property like the back of our hands ;)