hot!

most everyone knows that august is the hottest time of year. august in austin consists of 20 or so consecutive days over 100.. it's awesome. the hottest part of the day is right about 5 pm so when you're driving home from work the car AC can't keep up with the heat and you're sweating... LOVE IT! can't you just feel the sarcastic nature of these comments through the words that you read?? i think we're all ready for fall to begin. we have been busy for the month of august though!

the first weekend in august we went camping / riding at bud buddys with robbie, carrie, barbara, randy and aidan. it was HOT, but we had a lot of fun. the engine on my quad blew out, but it was good times. all of the kids (big and little) had a great time riding around. me and barbara took the kids on a night ride, stopped, turned off the lights, and sang, 'twinkle twinkle little star.' cj loves the quads he will ride and ride... one late afternoon ride settled him into a nap! here's kaetlyn ready to roar!

on tuesday, 8/10 - dad's 60th!!! - he decided last minute to come to austin to celebrate his birthday! me and kaetlyn made him brownnies, but at his request we did nothing else. megan came from waco to spend the night. it was nice to see them both and play with the kiddos. here are a couple shots from the BBQ restaurant we went to for dinner:



last weekend we went to the perkins' house to celebrate alyx's 15th birthday! omg - where has the time gone. admittedly i was not good about getting out my camera for this one. the kiddos played and we ate WAY too much... as usual.
this is a short work week for me - the kids' school is closed on thurs / fri for the switch to fall semester so i will enjoy a little extra time with them, and this weekend we're off to galveston with the mendelson kiddos, poppy, and megan. it will be nice to see them all again so soon. :)

summer is really almost over! september is filled with birthdays and back to the races!! bring it.