This is it, the official end of summer. No summer is complete without a party for Marin & her friends. Almost officially high school freshman.

They ended with a fun day at the lake together. I'm sure being back in school won't stop them though.  The weekends ahead will be continued fun for them I am sure. I keep telling her I'd like to live her fun life! haha

 Today was Marin's first high school cross country meet. She's worked so hard, running with the team for weeks already. It was fun for her to have a big cheering squad.

So much excitement at the start. I was so nervous for her. We knew going into the run that the top 8 runners make varsity for the season. Even as a freshman, she really wanted to compete for a spot.

Thankfully, she ran a great race & finished 8th!!! We officially have a varsity cross country runner. Excited for her & so proud. Not easy to do as a freshman. Look how cute these girls are...

They've already developed such a great bond together in these few short weeks before the season. Fun season ahead! Congrats Marin! xoxo

 Today silly Marg decided to give the green man suit a try. Hasn't been out for a few years. So funny to see her little body in it. Made us all laugh.

And Maeve spent the day celebrating Hazel's birthday. The girls have started a new tradition of decorating each others rooms the day of & baking birthday treats. It's been so fun for them.

They're all growing up so fast & have such great friends. Glad they can all have so much fun together.

I made this amazing charcuterie board at Wendy's over the weekend. Surprised myself! It looked so pretty I just had to take pictures of it.

Last night we went downtown for Katie Witthuhn's birthday & did the pedal tavern. Gary & I had never done it before. Such a fun time, but it was hot & hard to pedal. Much harder than we thought it would have been. Assumed a motor would do the work.

Either way, it was fun & it was HOT. 

A couple outdoor patio stops downtown along the way & another great sunset! Then it was time to pedal back to our starting point.

xoxo

We've had a busy few days. Girls weekend in Pewaukee for me with my high school girlfriends. We had so much fun together. Always so great to see everyone. A few that it's been over a year because of Covid. 

I also had the big girls in Milwaukee for a few days visiting the Anguils. Laughed so hard when we were at this stop sign & this guy was asking for money outside the car. Marin was so uncomfortable. She'll have to get used to it if she wants to live in MKE for college.

Maeve was with Kentops all weekend living her best life with Eva. She's so lucky that they take her everywhere. Lots of fun experiences for her when she's tagging along with Eva.

Tonight we are all back at home celebrating Gary. He won the High Cliff Ultra yesterday!!! I am feeling terrible because none of us were there with him. I was in Pewaukee with the girls & our girls were all over the place too. Either way, we are so dang proud of him. Never ceases to amaze us. I wish I had even just a fraction of his determination.

As we celebrated it was downpouring raining outside. The kids asked to skip dinner & play in the rain. They had so much fun! The sound of all their giggles was priceless.

Our girls look so big in this photo next to Katie's littles. Love them all so much. Acre couldn't even look up for the picture. Such a fun 45 mins for them to play together in the rain & fun for us to watch too. xoxo

 Marin & the girls decide to have a good ol' fashion game day today. It was so funny listening to them laugh while they played fibber. Nice for them to unplug every now & then. They constantly have devices in their hands. Typical teenagers.

Maeve & I went on our daily golf cart ride and picked up a little friend. Arlo, Ebelings dog. Look at that smile on Maeve's face. She is so funny because sometimes she hates dogs & is terrified... and other times she is happy as ever. He just loves her & was happy to be on a ride.

Soaking in these summer days. xoxo