It's September Already!?!

We had a very ordinary last "official day" of summer today. Mark had to leave very early for a long business trip to China, so it was just me and the girls. We worked a bit this morning then it was the resurrgence of the slip and slide! Katie of course loved it, but Paige mostly just wanted to lay on her towel and work on her suntan (when did she turn 16?).





One thing I've been doing lately is hanging our clothes out to dry. It's just one little thing I can do for the environment and for our pocketbooks! I felt like I was back in a time when, for most people anyway, they had lots of time and little money. Now I feel like we have more money to spend, but less time to get through the details in life. I've decided I'd rather have the time to hang my laundry than work so hard I can (or need to!) pay someone else to do it for me. I am sure many of you are rolling your eyes, but the simple life has to be easier, right?



And lastly for tonight, we learned this weekend that although Paige can certainly crank a wiffle ball into the road, Katie has some great hitting form. If she can just keep her skirt on, she just might be an athlete after all! She just set herself up like this with no direction at all. And she's lefty-big bonus there!



Hope you enjoyed the long weekend!
Kristin