Last weeks of summer

Conveniently, summer school ended on my birthday weekend.  I put in a lot of time in the 10 days leading up to finals (A LOT) and was able to turn in my last final exam on Saturday morning.  I don't even want to know how many pages I read and wrote in those last two weeks.  Randy and I celebrated by going to buy a new car!!!

Trey likes our new car too.  It was a great decision for us with all of the miles I commute for work.  On a drive I took last week I got 47.5 average miles per gallon on the drive which is over double what I got in the Subaru.

Our brand new Prius had ONE MILE on it when we got it!

On the Saturday night after I turned in my last final, Trey's karate school was having a Parents' Night Out event where we could drop him off to play for two hours.  He was really excited about the bounce house, so he was game to try it out.  We dropped him off and went to Decarli for a celebratory dinner - we decided we were celebrating the end of summer school, buying a new car, my birthday, and our anniversary all at once.

Trey and his favorite - the bounce house

One of our favorite brewfests is the Organic Brew Fest that is usually at the end of June.  This year it got rescheduled for my birthday weekend, so we met some friends there on Sunday afternoon.  Somehow I walked away with zero pictures!

That night Kris and John came over for dinner and we grilled up short ribs from Gartner's, one of my favorites.  We proceeded to drink a lot of delicious wine and play a lot of Yahtzee and Uno after Trey went to bed.  It was the perfect night.

The following week was my last real week of summer, and I wanted to live it up.  Trey and I were very busy and did a lot of fun things which included Pump It Up Jr, going to see Inside Out again, the Children's Museum, Oaks Park with Mindy and Camille, and lots of other fun things.

Trey at Pump It Up Jr.

Fun at the Children's Museum

Swimming with Daddy at Dave's pool

This is our third summer of going to preschool days at Oaks Park Amusement Park.  Trey was way more adventurous this year than last and even went on several of the rides alone with Camille.  No parents!  Even the roller coaster!  I was so impressed.

Unfortunately, the one ride he wanted me to join him on was the Tilt-a-Whirl.
As we were finishing up, I was telling the ride operator, "Anytime..." and "I'm ready to get off," because I was afraid I was going to throw up.  I don't know if he heard me or not, but the ride eventually stopped.  Thank God.

Trey and Camille in the red car of the roller coaster

All by themselves!!

I took a Collaborative Problem Solving class in the week before school started and was relieved that the class was really good.  It always sucks when you give up summer days for a crappy class.  I took a walk during my lunch break and got to enjoy some pretty scenery.

Last weekend we had the Kopplins over for dinner and the boys enjoyed making s'mores on the grill after dinner was done.

Trey has joined a soccer team that has boys who are going into kindergarten at his school.  We have learned that three of the boys are going to be in his class, so we are both excited about that.  I primarily had him join this team so I could meet some parents from his school, and so far that has been a success.  Trey's not a huge fan of soccer, so I don't see this becoming a life long sport for him.

On Friday night Randy and I went to see Kid Rock in concert.  I love Kid Rock!!!  The show was great, and I loved seeing him up there performing.  I also think it may be the only concert in our lives that we were both excited to see.

One last summer popsicle shot... love these three blondies.