whatta summer!!!

as fall approaches, it is bittersweet. i am headed back to school tomorrow...ugh. max begins preschool in sept. but there is so much to look forward to with the changing seasons. namely sweaters, leaves, playing outside in the crisp change, the time change, and ultimately the holidays...and besides, once christmas comes...summer is right around the corner...

here is a small summary of our summer...last week, my dad got us tickets to idlewild for the rest of the season AND next year...what a great way to end the summer. they are open on weekends until october...who knew??

with the changing of the seasons, comes a change in attitude for me. more on that to come...

idlewild park

such a fun place...and another pool to use!

swimming

the most common activity of our summer

as much as weather would allow

my babies are so gorgeous when sun kissed 

the beach

nothing is better than going on vacation to the beach. 

the ride down wasn't bad...the ride home i almost drove off a cliff. ROUGH!

that being said, it was a fun week. a lot of sun, no pressure to clean, cook, etc.

best of friends

right now, all they have is love for each other

once she's mobile, hopefully that will continue

fun with friends

bike and scooter

max learned to ride both and we spent A LOT of time on both

planets

he has become so obsessed with space. he knows

all the planets and some facts about each. we are getting

a telescope for christmas. he found this at a playground 

and started telling kids about planets...they weren't interested.

blueberry pickin'

fourth of july

we stayed at the hilton, we felt spoiled! it will be our family

tradition from now on.  it was so great not having to go through traffic to get home. 

rainy days

and there were plenty

library, dinos, science center...

it's hard taking pictures with two kids

proud poppy

keystone state park

halfway btn pittsburgh and johnstown

our meeting spot for our parents

that is...until we got idlewild memberships...

that's going to jazz up our halfway point jaunts

swingin' is her thing

reunion of old friends

slip -n- slide

the solution to hot days before the pool opened

sitter

she's upright! and soon will be fully mobile

soccer

as if the van wasn't enough...i officially became a "soccer mom" ugh...

mamere

hockey

this became a twice weekly event in our lives.

he's really good and SUPER fast...

boo hoo to running. more time off...

my bff's

so great to have carly off all summer with me. we had a blast hanging out. we laughed and talked into the night many times...

stace...married...lovely...and an incredible friend...

i'm the luckiest person in the world. 

from family to friends...it doesn't get better than this...