Cramming It In

This is what one would call "cramming it all in".  We sucked the life out of the last bit of summer, even down to the day before school started. What a great summer it's been! After vacation, we did a few more things before school started: 

We went to Six Flags with Mimi, Ruckus and Maisy.

We had a girls' day at Six Flags (in the rain) with Megan and her girls.  

We visited Megan's new baby.

We had a playdate with our buddies. 

We swam some more. 

Had a Fro Yo date with our buddy and his mom. 

On the day before school started, we went to Indian Camp Creek Park and played in the creek.  It was so fun! There were lots of other people there and Kate worked up her courage to jump off one of the little "cliffs". 

Happy end of summer!! 

End of Summer Playdate

These end of summer play dates are always sad.  The big kids are going back to school.  This year was even worse because Jack is joining the big kids.  We've all been having play dates together for four years and now both of my babies will be in school.  

I love this crazy crew and their mamas.  They are some of my very best friends and I'm not quite sure what I would do without them. 

This year, we had our last play date of the summer at Purina Farms. 

 Boo hoo... so long, sweet summer! 

Summer Vacation (Last Post, I promise)

Back in Park City, we had a few things left we wanted to do besides relaxing by the pool, having drinks on the deck after the kids went to bed, and basically just relaxing some more. :)  

When we were at Olympic Park the first time, there was a ropes/obstacle course that the kids kind of wanted to do.  They weren't 100% sure they really wanted to do it because it was really high, so we told them to think about it while we were in Yellowstone and we could do it when we got back if they wanted to. 

Jack was totally on board and woke up that morning all ready to go! Kate was FREAKED out! 

BUT, I'm proud to say they both rocked it.  Jack hardly ever showed a bit of fear and it was crazy seeing my tiny five year old way up high holding onto ropes to help him make these huge steps.  Kate did so good! She was terrified most of the time, but she conquered her fear.  At the end was a big zip line back to the start and they both said that was their favorite part.  

Kate was having second thoughts at this point. 

This was the one time he got nervous. The last two steps were farther away from each other, and the ropes were harder to reach, so he had to do some stretching on that one. 

 

They made it!! We were so, so proud of them for doing it! 

The rest of our time in Park City was spent shopping downtown, relaxing at the condo, eating out, swimming, sitting on the deck, a day of hiking (Jack hated every minute of it), and just enjoying each other. 

A boy and his giant bowl of rice at the sushi restaurant. 

Doing a little shopping. 

Kate and I took a late night walk. 

No one was quite ready for the week to be over with.  Back to reality. Back to St. Louis heat and getting ready for school to start. 

GREAT vacation!!!