Things I Want To Remember About This Summer

Since school about to start, I wanted to take the time and write about the things I want to remember most about this summer.
So here they are in no particular order(after the first one, of course!):

Carlie being saved and baptized. I think this one speaks for itself :) Best thing about this summer! It was such an answered prayer.
Makena learning how to do her back bend from a standing position. This is something that she was determined to do, and even though it was tough for her, she did accomplish it and we are very proud of her.
Trey learning how to swim on his own without floaties. I wasn't too thrilled about Carl letting him try this one day, but he quickly let me know that he was ready and Carl said he wouldn't ever learn until we took the floaties off. He was swimming in no time! Now he can swim from one side of the pool to the other :)
Cookouts: it didn't matter if we were with friends, lots of family, or just our family, we had a lot of fun grilling, cooking fish, or whatever it was. We love to eat and get together.
Baseball Game: this was our first Travelers baseball, and Trey's first baseball game ever. The girls have been to Memphis to the Redbirds game, but never to LR. It was a lot of fun, even though it was very hot.
Vacation: We had such a nice relaxing vacation this year. Instead of our usual cramming activities into a day, we just kind of went with it. Some things were planned, but we always had a little extra time to just enjoy it all.
Lazy Days: these days came along mainly at the end of the summer when it was just too darn hot to do anything else. We did fun activities like play games, paint, and play inside.
Playing on the fort in the sprinkler: we have done this more recently, but it is a lot of fun for the kids, and when the pool got old, we drug out the sprinkler.
Going out to the farm in the evenings to look for deer: This is an activity that the kids loved. They liked getting their binoculars out and watching the deer eat.
Shopping trips to Wal-Mart with all 3 kids: This always proved to be interesting. Some days everyone was cooperative. Other days it was pretty much chaos!!