Farewell summer break 2019!

The kids start school tomorrow! Annie had the idea for everyone to share their favorite summer memories and write them down so we could look back on it. 💓

Here's the summary:

• Michigan's Adventure was right up there for everyone--particularly the log ride and pirate ship.
• Making pretzels at Flour Child Bakery (Annie)
• Running the 5K on the 4th of July then jumping in the lake (me)
• Playing in the backyard (Mary Cate)
• Tubing at Aunt Pam's (Kevin)
• Blueberry picking (me)
• Going to John Ball zoo (Nellie)
• Ice cream on the boat (me)
• Playing at the park (Mary Cate)
• Spending time together swimming, around the campfire, Michigan's Adventure, and at Buzz's Lakeside Inn (Annie)
• Buzz's Lakeside Inn (Nellie)
• Going on a camping trip (Nellie)
• Lugnuts game (Nellie and Kevin)
• Playing outside (Annie)
• Going to the lake (Annie)
• Running at the ledges (me)
• Climbing a lighthouse (Nellie)
• Going swimming (Nellie)

And...

• No AC in the car or house--not the happiest memory but it was memorable!

It's hard to believe we've been "doing summer" for 2.5 months. It's easy to think it flew by, but really, the days were long (I can't believe how much you can fit into a day when there's no work!) and looking at this list, we have a lot of experiences and memories to carry us through the colder months.

So bring on the school supplies and lunch packing and baths and bedtimes and late nights grading/switching loads of laundry and delightfully slow weekends and fires in the fireplace and football and concerts and musicals and basketball and all the rest. I think we're ready.