The past few days I have been updating my family website with pictures from our summer. Even though it seems like all I do is work – it isn’t true. I do work hard, but I don’t neglect my kids. I thought it was kind of a pain taking them to work with me this summer, but who gets to do that? I can stop what I am doing to eat lunch on the balcony with them or give them a hug (or send them to timeout). Can you do that at your job? We really can re-arrange our lives to make the kids a priority. That’s nice. We get along well with the kids other parents. That is damn lucky. We have family that comes to visit and we get to visit them.

Maybe I am just being sentimental from looking at all these pictures. But, I’m a little sad now that summer is almost over. The visitors will stop trickling in and the kids will be at school all day. But, I can do it again next summer and maybe appreciate it more then. I really need to learn to enjoy every moment – this is my new goal. Kind of like this. . .

Emily, Tessa (my Niece) & Noah in the rain