Goodbye, summer...hello, fall!

**Warning...this is a pretty boring post, probably.  But I know in a year or more, when I look back, I'll be glad I wrote it. :)

I've never understood why the summer doesn't end until near the end of September.  As far as I'm concerned, summer is gone. 

Summer was a success.  Seriously, one of the best ever.  We were in a pretty good routine and spent a TON of time outside.   I took the kids swimming at least twice a week, every week.  Noah went fishing most of those times and actually caught some good sized fish!  We took the kids bowling almost every Friday, with the Kids Bowl Free program.  It was really neat to see them improve so much, and I'm going to be looking for a league for Noah to play in.  We did the summer reading program at the library, as always.  We even started up the new year of homeschooling at the beginning of August...and still managed to have lots of fun!!

Here comes fall...soccer will be starting soon for the three younger kids.  Noah won't be playing this year, but will hopefully be assisting on a team of younger kids...with no siblings.  AWANA starts up in a couple weeks for the three younger kids, and Noah is going to try out our church's youth group.    Swim and gym will be starting soon, and everyone except Esther will be doing that!  We're going to be doing music and art with homeschooling friends this year, every other Monday.  On top of that, I have 4 online classes toward my bachelor's degree!

Busy, busy... :)