The summer of travel

I CANNOT believe summer is coming to a close! Seriously? Anna-Kate starts school next week {But that is for another post. I fight back tears to think about it. School starting, not writing another post. Ha.}. We have had a lovely summer and done so much! As I somehow managed to document, we went to Disney and St. Louis. We have also had multiple short trips to my parents' house for blueberry picking, visiting my grandparents and hanging out. Leigh-Ann and her kids came with us one week (as we love to do--so fun!). Last week was our turn to visit Leigh-Anns' parents' house. We loaded up the van again with all six car seats (and if you need a tutorial on which brands work in which spot, I can help!). We had a lovely week spent playing with {new} toys and playing in their awesome neighborhood zero entry pool (why doesn't every pool have zero entry???). Leigh-Ann and I (despite not having even one pictures together) had a fantastic time and enjoyed our evenings out as her parents stayed back with sleeping kids--so fun!

We stopped at outlets on the way up. Yes, we went shopping with six kids. While I wouldn't advise it, it wasn't too bad. :) Their reward was playing on the little ride on things...without any money in them. Yep, cheap thrills!



How we kept them all contained as we gathered pool toys, towels and packed a lunch. Thank you, Tom and Jerry!



"Adams' Nana" swinging with the kids.



This years stair picture. Sad it's blurry...this seems to be the one with most people smiling and/or looking. Actually, the best picture I accidentally cut Dave's head out of, so opted not to use that one. Oops.



So, we are done traveling for now and hunkering down for school. We are getting very excited and were thrilled to hear that 3 of the 4 kids (2 of her sweet girlfriends and Adam!)we knew going to our school (and entering kindergarten) would be in her class!