{Sunday Snapshot} Fun in the Sun

 Hard to believe that the end of summer is upon us. To me, Labor Day ends summer. And tomorrow is Labor Day. It's time to head back to school and get into "fall mode." For me? Well I'm still here.... my summer isn't quite ending I guess! This summer has been wonderful. Even though I missed half of it, the second half has been great. I have spent lot's of time outside and at the pool. Yesterday, my brother, sister-in-law, and nephews came down for one last trip to the pool. 

Happy Labor Day 2014, everyone!

8 Years Ago...

8 years ago today, my brother Seth, and now sister-in-law, Cindy, were married. What a special day that was! I had fun looking back at some pictures from their wedding and thought I would share. Hard to believe all that has taken place since the. I was going into my junior year and Kiah was only 5 1/2!

Kiah, Seth, and I

I have been so blessed with Cindy as my sister-in-law

 Thad was my escort. He's grown just a little, wouldn't you say?

The boys! 

Kiah and my cousin, Abbie, were the flower girls. 

What a special day it was to share with them. Now they live about an hour from my parents and have two precious little boys.

Happy 8th Anniversary, Seth and Cindy! Here is to many more!

The Final Season

As I have mentioned before, one of the hardest things about living overseas is missing out. Missing out on holidays, parties, and especially in my family, sporting events. I am the 2nd oldest of 7 children, 5 of which are boys. I grew up in a sport loving family! We all were swimmers, and my brothers have all played baseball and most of them have also played football. Me? I was not gifted in the "hand eye coordination" area. Even Kiah is an excellent swimmer and started playing softball this year.

Due to technology, I have been able to keep up with how my siblings are doing. I remember last June when our high school baseball team made it to the state tournament (this would involve Thad and Tage), I woke up at 5 a.m. in order to "listen online" to the game. It was wonderful actually. I remember drinking coffee, eating pancakes, and watching the sun rise as I enjoyed listening to a ball game. Doesn't get much better than that! Swimming is easy to keep up with. Times are times and I know swimming. Baseball? Yeah, I know the game but the stats are hard for me to "visualize it." I am able to look up the games online to see who won and lost but other than that, not much of it makes sense. I miss going to games. I had my fair share of games when I was home this spring though. I LOVED it!

I just realized the other day what I'll be missing this fall. Football. Now, I am not a huge fan of football (shhh, don't tell my brothers that!). Honestly, the game bores me. But I DO love going to a game on a Friday night, sitting under the lights with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate, staying warm underneath a blanket, sitting with my Mom and sister, just enjoying being together. I realized that I won't JUST be missing a season, I'll be missing the LAST SEASON of football in our family. Tage is the youngest boy and he will be a senior (!) this fall. And I will miss it.

*Sigh* Just missing home today.