I know what you did this summer

...Is what you'll be able to say when you finish this post!  Oh yeah, it's me, I'm back, corny jokes and all.  But seriously, I think fall is upon us.  School has started for almost everybody and up here, that means the turning leaves and cooler temperatures are just around the corner.  Of course, this fall is going to be different in that we're getting out of here and heading south before it gets nasty cold (thank the baby Jesus) so why not take a moment to look back on this past summer?  

Without further ado, "What I did this summer" in pictures, by Desiree.

While technically not summer, this was the start of warmer weather and we celebrated by having a homemade Easter egg hunt at the playground in my girlfriend's subdivision.  The dads went down and hid the eggs and we had so much fun.  Last Easter it was too cold to do anything outside, so this was a real treat.

Checking out her haul with Daddy.

We took the kids to Sesame Place, and you talk about a production!

This is how it is everywhere we go.

Sofia absolutely loved it and didn't stop talking about it for days.

Aimee held the baby and I even got to ride a couple of rides with Sofia!

There was a trip to the Philly Zoo.

The big kids were obviously thrilled about having to indulge

their mothers and take a picture.

We spent some time at the Please Touch museum.

She was all about the carousel and just couldn't understand why we couldn't spend the entire day just riding around and around.

We went out to the Trexlertown Zoo as well.

Of course, Sofia didn't want to feed the cows and insisted 

that I do it.  Letting a cow lick my hand for my daughter?  That's love, people.

One of the coolest parts about the zoo is that there's an ankle deep river (creek?) right next to the zoo and the kids had a blast throwing rocks and splashing around.

I put on my water sling and the baby and I got in there too!

Actually, that was a really awesome day.  

Probably one of my favorites this summer.

We also went to Kansas for a week for my high school reunion

and to get some Grandma time.  She was over the moon to see them.

Andrea is named for my cousin and

it was high time the two of them met.

 Snuggles from Tia.

Then there was the one time this summer that I got dressed up, 

put on heels and partied out for my 20-year high school reunion.

It was so much fun and there was much dancing and drinking

and for one night I wasn't a nearly 40 year old mother of two.

I need more nights like that.  I mean, I don't need the drinking (I won't lie, it was fun though) but I sure did like getting out and having fun just for me, you know?

The next day, it was back to being a mom

and back to the farm.

I went with a friend from high school and we took our kids

to the Deanna Rose farm where Sofia got to feed

baby goats.  It was quite possibly the cutest thing I'd ever seen.

We also took a trip to Raleigh to look for a house,

which I NEED to blog about.

We went to the Durham Museum of Life and Science

and it was so cool.

They had this walking path with all these dinosaurs and I called

myself trying to get on the dinosaur for a picture.

It didn't work.

Then we found a house and I got to pick out all the stuff that's going in it.

This is going to be my kitchen and I seriously hope it ends up looking good.

It was a super last minute trip and Drew's company would only pay for 

plant tickets for Drew and me so for the second time ever, we left Sofia with

friends for two nights.  It was so hard but I knew she was in good hands

and picking out house stuff went so much more smoothly without a busy little 

girl running around touching everything.

It was such a great summer; we hung out at the pool, we had lots of playdates at our friend's houses, we ate lots of ice cream, we caught fireflies, we stayed up late, we slept in, we watched movies and ate popcorn, went to birthday parties and tons of other stuff in between.  

That's what we did this summer!  Now, we're gearing up for our next adventure in our move down to Raleigh.  The movers have been tentatively scheduled and we have a closing date on the new house.  Now all we have to do is go under contract on the house here and things will be perfect.  I'm still crossing my fingers on that one.  Cross your fingers with me, my friends!