OK I know it's not exactly an original title, so shoot me.
Where did September come from? Didn't June just start?
Oh well, I suppose it's here and it's time for me to reflect on the summer's happenings through a lens of nostalgia. Everything looks cuter with a lens of nostalgia over it, you should try it sometime.
I have already covered June's shenanigans in a previous post so we will skip that.
July was awesome :) bbq at the McPhersons house for the fourth. For which I made a totally unsuccessful attempt at butting the Alliance Lion insignia on a cake. Oh well at least the cake was tasty! And we can't forget the Portland Beer Festival with our guildies, that was epic :) Daden's choir had the opportunity to sing the national anthem for a Portland Beavers game. I was so proud of my little man I fully admit to tearing up while watching him sing. I have included a video of Daden's choir at the bottom of this post. Just cause they are so dang cute.
I finally found a weekend in August to hold a housewarming party! Words can not describe how excited I was to be throwing an actual housewarming party. In my own house, which I suppose goes without saying. I spent a week scrubbing every surface in my house in preparation, saving the floor for the very last. Yeah it never got done, oh well! Alexa came over the night before to help me make cupcakes. We did more talking then baking :P
So the day we picked turned out to be one of the hottest days of the summer. No problem, we have AC. Well, we have AC as long a the power doesn't go out! Just as the first guests where arriving, the power went out!! Eric was furious! The first thing he did was look at me and demand to know if I had remembered to pay PGE! Oh well, he's not so much of a "roll with the punches" kinda guy!
With the power back on Deb helped me to make my first successful batch of merange to frost what are now my very favorite cupcakes. Lemon merange, email me I will give you the recipe, seriously they are amazing. The day flew by in a flurry of visitors and food. I had so much fun I wish that I could do it all over again.
Late August brought our only camping trip of the summer. Family camp with the fine folks from Living Hope Baptist Church. I love camping, I am determined to do more camping next summer. I got the scoop on an excellent camp ground from some friends........
So really that's it. In those few events our summer is over. A fabulous summer filled with people I love, I am astounded by how quickly it passed. So many changes have happened already! Daden started school at East Orient, Tessa started gymnastics and her last year of preschool. Before I know it all my babies will be grown up......sniff......but that's another blog.
