Farewell, Summer

Even though autumn is my favorite season, it's always sad to say good-bye to summer. This year seems even worse since I don't feel like I have much to show for where all the days went.

We spent a lot of time working on and crusing around in the 56. The highlight of the summer with the 56 was probably Goshen's First Friday event in July. The city streets were opened up to cruise. Bill grew up in Elkhart in the 80's so cruising was a BIG pass time for him.Malissa and I took a road trip in August to the Scrapbook Expo in St. Charles, IL. We had lots of fun, had a chance to hang out with Dawn and bought a couple things.If you know only two things about me, one is probably that I HATE fake purses and being asked if my purses are real....or being asked if my anything is real. For the record, missy, YES! my boobs are real. How is it that every festival, car show, fair, etc has these!!?? This was one of 4 tents selling fake purses at Auburn this year.We didn't make it to Kansas this summer for Ashley and Allison's birthday party but we got to see them over Labor Day weekend. The gang flew into town for the ND football game and on Sunday we went down to the Blueberry Festival. The girls had a great time eating, riding rides and playing on the playground. It was a little tough for us to look at anything but thankfully most of the booths have the same stuff year after year. I think this is one of the girls favorite poses.

I've been able to keep up with the monthly AA kits. I intended to post my project every month...yay right! Here is my project for the August kit. Look! It's that pose again. These girls are so adorable it's fun to work with their pictures. When I walked by the dining room window this morning, I noticed these giant red blooms in my yard. Years ago, my mom and dad brought a start of what we knew as a "Star Bush" from my grandmother's home in Alabama. The plant grew bigger every year and was always covered with these big, beautiful red flowers. When Bill and I bought our first house, I took a start from my mother. When we moved into our current house, I moved my plant. We moved it again when we put in our new back patio. For the last couple summers, I've been worried I killed the plant so imagine how excited I was on the last day of summer....to see these flowers.