Back to School.....

David has taken the boys to The Canyon today for some rock climbing and swimming. I was left behind because I stepped on a red wasp this morning and have an extremely large toe :\ that can only fit in a flip flop. So I get a day @ home alone and  I finally have a few free minutes to catch up on my blog!

  Summer was CRAZY!! I was so wrong in thinking that I would have time to do many things that WE wanted to do.  Swim team took  up a lot of our time this summer (probably NOT doing that next year!)  and the garden took up so much time (but in a positive way).  We vowed to preserve and eat most of what we grew this year which meant that I spent more time canning and freezing our vegetables for winter.  That effort will be appreciated in the dead of winter when we are eating our own veggies. 

David spent 80% of the summer out of town on business.  We couldn't go w/ him b/c of Parker's summer football schedule so that left me home @ the boys.  We enjoyed the summer until August when the mosquito population took over our area. Being cooped up inside does not agree w/ anyone in our family.



visiting the Auburn aquatic center

Even though we didn't take a big vacation this summer we spent a weekend in Auburn for the State Swim Tournament, July 4th in Chattanooga @ the Choo Choo and a Lookout's ballgame,  many days hiking and swimming @ Little River Canyon, several evening trips to Chattanooga for dinner, movies and splash pad play and a visit to Cleveland to visit w/ cousins who were visiting from China.

Cooper @ the aquatic center

Cooper in front of the Stadium

family

Back to school



The boys started back to school this past Monday. Cooper refers to that day as "Mom's favorite holiday". NOT TRUE!   I "celebrated" by cleaning all of our rugs.  It was a nice start to the Fall.  I had been waiting all summer to deep clean them but it would have been a wasted effort since we have boys & dogs on them all day long.  We purchased a carpet cleaning machine last year and it has proven to be worth every penny.  I will attempt to clean rugs again when the boys go back after Christmas.  It's good for me to keep busy that first day that the house is quiet.  I miss them so much when they are gone.  But I adjust quickly :)

Fall for our family brings Football (Parker) and Soccer (Cooper & Oliver).  This year we will be coaching a team as well so it promises to be a busy season.  Parker had his first Varsity game this past Friday night. Guess what I forgot to take? My camera.   Hopefully I will have more opportunities to photograph him on the field.

I hope to get back to blogging regularly about Family, Furniture and Food.  For the people who read my blog - "Thank you" ! I appreciate your interest and hope you find something useful for your family.