Tanner Life

It's that time again. Although our county and the surrounding ones started school the past two weeks, preschool had a few extra to enjoy the summer. Monday it's back to the grind stone. We start pre-planning on Monday, parent orientation is Thursday night and Friday morning is open house and I get to meet the kiddos officially.

I have had my class lists for a few weeks now and already can remember all 12 names. I am very excited and start wondering what they're like and what the year holds for us! God sent each of these little 12 people to me for a reason and I can't wait to get started.

With all that being said though, there also comes the end of summer. I LOVE summer. I love to be lazy and sleep late, I love reading oodles of books, I love the lake and camping, I love the beach and vacations, I love swimming pools and getting a tan, I love cooking out and getting together with friends and I generally love being home!!

This summer has been a little strange for me. With Mom & her foot surgery we didn't spend time at the lake like we usually do, I only went twice with Dad and that has to be a record of the least amount of times ever. Mom & I didn't get to do our annual girls beach trip and that makes me sad. We only got to go camping one time, Andy couldn't get away anymore. We went to St. Thomas which was fantastic, though Andy did work for most of the trip. It just didn't feel like our typical summer.

I've done some awesome visiting these last two weeks though. I finally got on the ball and made plans with friends and had a great two weeks. I was able to see an awesome friend and her two girlies last week. (that would be you Amy) I visited a college friend that I hadn't seen about 10 years, had a blast catching up and remembering old times and met her cutie pa tootie 3 girls. (that would be you Krisite) I had dinner with a great friend where we talked for hours. (Tanya that would be you) Then I was able to have a girls night last night and it was a darn hoot! (That would be Tanya, Misty & Tracey) I vow as usual to make time for the important & fun things in life. As much as I love sitting with my nose stuck in a book, times spent with all these girlies has been the best!

That brings me to fall. Man, I do have to say that I am ready to put these weeks of 3 digit temps in the past!! Fall is BY FAR my time of the year. I live for September & October. I love the beginning of school, brisk mornings and cool evenings, time to put on a sweatshirt in the evening with your shorts, the fair (I can't help it!), arts & craft shows, going to the mountains, yards filled with hay, scarecrows & pumpkins, pumpkin patch visits, apple festivals, pumpkin pie, college football, colorful leaves (Andy will kill me for saying anything about loving leaves in the fall since he's the one raking & picking them up), driving with windows down and the radio up, cinammon & pumpkin scented candles burning, antique stores with their fall displays, man... fall.... bring it on!!!!