August of Joy

Any joy in August?  Of course!

• Watching the Olympics.  It inspires me and makes me feel more patriotic than ever.
• Eating yummy hamburgers three days in a row.  I love, love, love hamburgers.  
• Spending girl time with a good friend while our kids played in the pool on a rare 100-degree day.
• Watching Karina's excitement build about her first ever day of school.
• Going to a rodeo with my kids and seeing their joy at experiencing something new.
• Riding in the squirrel cages at Oaks Park with Karina and watching her face grimace as we went upside down for the first time.  As we regained an upright position she yelled emphatically, "WHAT are you doing, Mom?!?!  What are you doing?!?!?"
• Listening to my boys say the new word they coined to mean something "cool" - "Swat!"  "That's swat!" 
• Spending time in California with the kids and their grandparents.  We relaxed, swam, shopped, watched movies, and ate.  It was a nice, quiet time before the madness of the school year begins.