Summer is OFFICIALLY over

The Labor Day Weekend always marks the final days of summer for me.  Even though we've been back in school for a month, it really has still been summer.  Now the pool will be closing and it will get cooler (it will, won't it???)

I just cannot believe how fast our summer went.  It seems like only yesterday that we were driving to Michigan to celebrate Sarah's 9th birthday!  We enjoyed our time off with visiting family and going to the beach with our best friends, the Browns!  The girls each enjoyed a week at camp and I enjoyed not having a schedule.  Dave on the other hand, with his "traditional" job  really didn't see a difference!

This weekend we really didn't do anything spectacular; we went to the pool, relaxed and did some shopping.  Sarah and I were home on Friday from school so we took Saturday nice and slow.  The rest of the weekend Dave and I caught up on chores, worked in the yard and watched some football.  

We are ready to go to China to bring home Matthew.  Next week we are going to redo the bright pink bathroom---we are going with the fish theme--thanks to my "little" brother Antoni.  We found some great accessories at Kohl's, one that will allow us to keep the bright pink background.  We are going to paint different size "bubbles" of differing colors and also add fish.  The bubbles will be mainly purple and green.  It is going to look just great----I'll post before and after photos so you can be the judge!  

The bedroom situtation has changed AGAIN!  I think we are going to put the bunkbeds in Gracie's room and have she and Analiese share.  Moving the play room around  will be so much work...I'm not sure I'm up to it!

Anyway, good-bye to summer, it was really wonderful and we enjoyed ourselves tremendously!  We look forward to the school year and hope to get a few snowflakes this winter!  Enjoy the slide slow!