{ when i look at this world }: As summer comes to an end

Saturday, August 31, 2013

As summer comes to an end

As summer comes to an end I can't help but think about how lucky I am to have such a great family to spend my time with. This is Kari and Andy's last weekend in town, they head home on Monday.

It was warm enough for the kids to run around in their suits but the water was gross again so nobody really got to do any swimming.

Brian, Jennie and I took the boat out earlier today. Jen and I chilled while Brian drove us from one end to the next- over and over. It was so nice to be out on the lake again.

I was able to talk Agustin into taking a 4 wheeler ride with me today. He was a little apprehensive to go but once we were out on the road he was surely enjoying himself.

Our mom didn't make it up this weekend. Tom's chemo has him a little under the weather so she opted to stay home and tend to her man. The rest of us were here. ALL of us.

While Jen, Bri and I were out on the boat the rest of them got a game of Bocce going. It spanned across the whole yard and it was fun watching the crowd walk/run from side to side- talking and laughing the whole time.

When we all gathered on the deck again we talked about possibly going for a boat ride or taking the boat to the other side of the lake to then dock and have dinner. As soon as we started making plans we looked to the sky and saw that the weather was appearing to change. It looked like rain and after consulting with Brian-the-resident-weather-guy we determined that it was indeed going to rain and we would need to take a rain check on the dinner cruise.

Instead we decided that we should attempt a group picture. After all, we are all in the same place and AT THE PLACE that we all love. It seemed like the perfect time.

We got the group over and talked that although people would love to run in and 'freshen up' we should take the picture as is. This is the cabin and this is how we 'do'' cabin.

We set the timer and this is what we got.

Perfect.