August

Here it is August and I am wondering where the summer has gone to. It seems to fly by here, especially since the schools do not get out until late June. AND this year it has been so cold! Every night we are using quilts to cover up with, (50's) and the days have been only low 70's. This means that a FUN part of the summer, that the girls and I look forward to, has been lost. That is: swimming in the swimming pool.

The pool is not a fancy in-ground pool, though for the amount of work we have put into it we sometimes think we could have dug out our own pool, over the years. But, it is a very nice above ground pool and we have had tons of fun over the years playing mermaids, (yes, even if we are adults we do this with Karis), exercising, floating, and listening to blaring music. Yet, this summer we have had one week that we could swim without freezing out! Today we are supposed to hit 80 and with the solar blanket, maybe, just maybe, we can get in, that is if our colds are any better.

Arrrgh--today's morning was spent searching for the lowest prices on textbooks for Karly's semester at Biola. It paid off, I purchased 4 classes of books for less than the amount of one book full price (thanks, Amazon sellers). I am still waiting for my fall quarter schedule to be posted--The King's is late on getting this up, but it will not begin until September.

Today is filled with babies, babies, babies, while Kellen prepares details for this upcoming nationwide tour (too complicated to explain here) that he is leaving on in September, performing and doing background work for other bands. Both Ellianna and Quinn Renee are teething so that means runny noses and general whining--regardless of what the medical community says. My own babies always became sick when cutting a new tooth. But I still think I will go somewhere with the kids and maybe Karly (permitted she doesn't whine also--a common thing at her young age of 20). I need to make use of these last days of summer.

So, I will enjoy the many plants in my backyard, the breezes with the cool ocean air, the kids, the music, the watermelon, strawberries, and corn--all too soon it fades.