Grasping at the straws of summer....

I am now a few weeks into the semester and as the weather shifts from the dramatic heat to a crisper chill I just don't want to forget summer quite yet. Here's a few highlights...

Beaching it in Florida

This one loves the beach

Loves loves loves the beach

She slept with me the whole trip

And we stayed in paradise (also known as Jim and Julie's house

Working on getting around 

gardening with Mimi and Grama Great

checking on the tomato plants

In the zoo in the rain

chewing on papa's chain

lots of strawberry jam

potty training.... a big summer project

beaching at Titi Laur's

Our favorite kind of selfie

A big star of the summer, the water table

Swimming in Florida

Baptism

on her baptism day

working on my garden

Adventuring

chillin at Whitefish beach

baby friends

this is polar bear, we also have little bear, big bear, terry bear etc

playing

she really does like swinging

picking tomatoes, note the Dora bandaid

Raining in Waterton

probably our best family photo of the trip

eating, messy

playing in lake mcdonald

on top of Big Mountain

enjoying a cool day

encountering big dogs

cutie

Ahh summer, in a few weeks it will be a distant memory. Sigh, fall is always a good start but summer was good to us.