Summer gone...new beginnings

I'm not sure how the summer is gone for us. Honestly, it feels like we just got back from our beach trip and yet my kids have already had a week of school. Wrong I tell you...wrong! I'm not sure I could even recap our summer. July is mostly a blur. I even checked back on my camera and I have no pictures to prove that July happened. I do remember lots of camps and a work trip for K. We had two scout camps this year and big T was invited to a Governor's School summer quest program that he went to for two weeks. He absolutely LOVED it! In that short two weeks he became fast friends with these super smart kids from five other counties. It was hard to get into so you know the kids really wanted to be there. We went to a performance on the last day and it was awesome. (and yes I left my camera in the car!!) oh well..maybe next year:) August had two trips for me that were super fun. One was with some of my friends from my ward and it was as usual, awesome. What happens at the beach, stays at the beach so no pics to share with that trip. The other trip was something my sisters, mom and I have started doing every time someone turns 40. It's a girls trip. The first one was a surprise for my oldest sister and it was in Vegas. This last one was in Seattle. I had never been to Seattle. Just heard it rains a whole lot. Now after having been there...well we are moving. At least while we were there is was absolutely beautiful. I left muggy 100 degree weather and for those four days we had 75 degrees, no humidity, and sun, sun, sun. This is why my sister chose this destination. She is not a fan of the heat so we tried to get some place cooler. It did not disappoint. It was so fun to all be in this cool apartment, right in the city, right above the most amazing (and rated best in Seattle) cafe and bakery. We took an underground tour of the Seattle (super cool and creepy), we went to this cook rock band museum since so many cool bands come from Seattle, we took an awesome ferry over to this island for dinner. We also got super close to the Space Needle. I say that cause I planned on going up. No one else cared to pay the price but I still was willing to do it. Only problem, when I got there everyone else in Seattle was there. As in the line was like 4 hrs long. So I got my space needle charm, took a picture, and was on my way.

The whole time I was there, I kept thinking, this is beautiful, my family could totally live here. We would love all the water, and green and beauty. Oh and Mt. Ranier...hello gorgeous!! It's this amazing snow peaked mountain, straight out of movie that just sits to the side of the Seattle skyline. I kept saying it was Russia. Ya know..cause Seattle is super close to Russia.:) When I got back from the trip, I had an insane week of appointments, school tours, shopping trips to get the kids ready for school. We have a middle schooler (yikes!!!), one in fourth, one in 1st grade and one starting 3yr old preschool in a couple of weeks. It means my days starts at 6am and I'm helping someone get ready, fix breakfast, and take them to school for almost 3 hrs straight. By the time little T comes home from preschool, big T will almost be on his way home. Crazy.

Another change, is K has started working from home. That has and continues to be an adjustment. It's better now that we don't have the boys home making noise all the time. It still feels weird to have him home while I'm doing my normal daily stuff. But I'm sure there are perks too and hopefully it will make for a more relaxing work environment. We could all use that!