What I Did This Summer

I missed th back-to-school-feeling of having to write the standardized What Did You Do This Summer? paper for English class. Therefore, in honor of my past English teachers, I'll post about what my family did this summer. Our past family summers have usually been summed up with...stay home and take care of the boys. But this summer we branched out a bit. Thanks in part to Connor being 2 and some highly competent grandparents.

My favorite trip of the summer was a much needed 3 day get-away, with just Chris, to Las Vegas. Again, thanks largely to my parents in Flint for braving the boys and allowing us to go. I was a Vegas Virgin, so I was in complete awe while we vacationed. We did everything that everyone else does when they go to Vegas, so I won't go into details...but I loved the dancing fountains and the new Wynn Resort! While we were there Wes and Con-man enjoyed great G & G time complete with fireworks, an "oldies" car show (as Wes called it), swimming, bike riding and helping with the horses.

Wes also had the chance to visit Iowa with summer with Chris' parents to see his cousin graduate. He had a fantastic time complete with backhoe operating, windmill visits and the biggest swing I have ever seen. He also, on a separate occasion, spent nearly a week with G & G in Monroeville. Not to be left out of G & G time, Connor also spent a few days while Chris and I took Wes to Cedar Point. Wes loved the kiddie rides and couldn't get enough popcorn. He especially thought the hotel was the coolest ever. Although they didn't have the "white donuts" that hotels in Iowa have. He suggested Ohio needed to get "white donuts"!


Throw in a few other fun outings like a trip to "The Lake" with our friends Rachel, Matt, Sage and Drew, Summer Safarri Camp at the zoo for Wes, a large 2nd birthday party for Connor and who could forget a trip to ride Thomas the Train...and our summer was a busy one!

There you have it. One very packed summer that went by so quickly. Now Chris is officiating varsity football again and traveling to Purdue home football games, all of which remind me that summer is officially over and fall is here!