Summer Fun 2018

The new semester begins this week, welcoming new rhythms all around.  Brian is enjoying a no-new-prep teaching load this fall, Isaac will start two mornings of pre-school just a couple blocks from our house, I'm excited for Drake volleyball games, and we're all looking forward to cooler temps and fall colors!

If you've got a spare eight minutes, here's a summer highlight reel for your viewing pleasure (complete with two of my favorite Jason Mraz songs).

We had a great summer as you'll see, including but not limited to:

• Hanging at Des Moines parks (including Gray's Lake)
• Drake Relays (complete with Griff, the bulldog)
• Isaac's First Professional Haircut
• Cruising the Grocery Store Aisles
• Driveway Construction (because we were getting water in our basement)
• 3rd Birthday Party (complete with slip and slide)
• Forest School
• Spray Ground, Splash Pads & Playgrounds
• Hanging with Friends (hugs, ice cream, popsicles galore)
• Swim Lessons at the Y
• 4th of July on the capital lawn
• John Deere tractor strolls
• Hotel swimming pool
• Family weekend on the lake (Michigan)
• Vacation Bible School 
• Dinner with a visiting Juneau friend
• First real dental cleaning
• GRANDMA & GRANDPA MOVED TO DES MOINES
• Welcoming Brian home after a 24-day work trip
• Iowa Cubs game (minor league baseball)
• Zoo Camp
• playing "massage" with Grandma
• Yummy sweet corn
• Iowa State Fair (complete with butter cow and acrobats)
• Train Land USA
• Family Bike Rides

...and lots and lots of cuteness, tantrums, meltdowns (mostly from Isaac) and snuggles.

Lots of Love to all of you who keep tabs on Isaac/us through this blog.  Our door in Des Moines is always open to you!