Summer has come to an end

In most places the weather has cooled and the trees are starting to turn colors. But for us here in AZ we are still loving the 110 heat and monsoons. The weather will cool down in about 2 months or so. But even though we still have the heat summer has come to an end. The pools and water parks are closed, and they have winter coats hanging in the stores.

We had a pretty uneventful summer but still managed to have some fun. We started the summer off by going on a camping trip, being outdoors just does amazing things to you. Sitting around the campfire, taking hikes and just watching the kids play and run wild. This was our first camping trip in 13 years that we did not take Rusty (the dog). Rusty is getting up there in age and we didn't think he would enjoy it much anymore, so off to his little vacationing spot for a few days.

We did lots of swimming and playing at the splash parks. Saw movies, went bowling, played with our friends. We celebrated Morgan's 3rd birthday in July. And the chance we did get away for a few days we did a Staycation and spent 4 days at a local resort, it was rated in the top 10 on the travel channel for resorts with Water Parks. We all had a blast, Cameron's favorite was the lazy river and Morgan loved the wave pool. We will be going back shortly for another little get away. This was Morgan's first real memory of staying in a hotel, and she loved every minute of it. I think her favorite part was that her and Cameron had their own area and they got to sleep in the same room.

We ended the summer with a great Labor Day Weekend. We spent some time with Jim and Gaby and they were so kind to cook us a delicious steak dinner and we enjoyed a swim as well. On Monday we went to the zoo and of course no animals were out because it was 108 degrees outside but they played at the splash park and we had a fun little picnic.