~UPDATE~

Wow! I can't believe that summer is over already. It seems like just yesterday we were gearing up for 3 wonderfully long months filled with sun and fun. I am definitely sad to see it go.

We have been extremely busy in our neck of the woods trying to keep the kids happy this summer as well as get ourselves ready for our big trip coming up next month. Cancun, here we come!!! As excited as I am for this vacation, I can't help feeling much trepidation about leaving my babies for 10 WHOLE DAYS! I don't know what we are going to do with ourselves for that long without them. I haven't gone that long without a kid with me for 9 years. Crazy. The only thing holding me together while thinking about this is knowing that my mom will be here with the kids. There's no other person that I would rather have taking care of them. And they are extremely excited for her arrival.

In other news, as is the case in most homes across the country, our kids have gone back to school. As much as I hate to say goodbye to summer, the start of school has definitely brought me a little peace. With Faith in preschool 4 mornings a week I have 2-1/2 hours Mon through Thurs that are all mine. (Although most of this time will of course be spent working, but it is soooooo nice to be able to sit for even a full hour and type without needing to get up and tend to someone's needs.)

We have said goodbye to Silverwood for the season, but we do plan on visiting the Spokane Interstate Fair this weekend. Should be a good time and hopefully I will remember to bring the camera. I have been so bad about taking pictures lately. I am ashamed to say that the two pics accompanying this post are literally the only two that I had in my camera to download! The one with all the kids was taken at the campground at Silverwood on Labor Day weekend. The other is Faithy Riley on her very first day of preschool. She was loving the ice cream that mommy bought her to celebrate her first day!

Well, I apologize for the boring and somewhat random nature of this post, but hey, at least I did one, right. I do solemnly swear to blog about our adventure at the fair immediately following the event. (Maybe!)

Night all!