Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Welcome Fall!

The first day of Fall. Hunter went to school. Mark went to work. Noah and Denver and I stayed home--cleaning the kitchen and playing lego. We stopped by Sandcastle Park and climbed a couple of trees after Hunter got home from school. And that was it. Our first day of Fall.

It's hard to believe summer is over--it doesn't quite seem like fall yet. We sure had a good summer though. We all soaked up a few sunbeams and got a little tan. We had a great vacation in Utah--saw lots of friends and family, visited the museum, the zoo, did some putt putt golfing and bowling and swimming and horseback riding and eating at favorite old restaurants. Hunter learned to swim and ride his bike without training wheels. We enjoyed fireworks on the beach. We went to a Bridgeport Bluefish baseball game and I learned that I like baseball. We swam in the ocean and played at the Lake. We went to New York and saw the Hill Cumorah Pageant. We chased lightening bugs, swung in the hammock and ate drippy popsicles. We went for "rain walks" and rolled down some grassy green hills and ate juicy watermelons. We picked strawberries and blueberries and raspberries and made jam and pudding and pie. We enjoyed all sorts of picnics and yummy salads and "corn on the hunk." We had a wonderful day at Lake Compounce where we had almost the entire amusement park to ourselves--no lines, no waiting and it was even overcast so, no sunburns! We stayed up late and slept in late and snugged and loved the summer away.

Of course, I'm ready for Fall and the cool, crisp air and pumpkins and Halloween and cider and hot chocolate and the first snow too. But I at least have to say farewell to summer (and a great one at that) before I say hurray for fall. So, here's to a great summer and an even better fall!

posted by Shana  # 8:10 PM