so long, #summer2016…

It's the un-official last weekend of summer, and our house seems very quiet. We've had a steady stream of houseguests, travel, bigs, and littles over the past few months. It's all added up to be a season of love, light, and so much fun.

I got to spend time with two of my very best friends in California in June. Love these girls.

We used our #partyatthepalace hashtag for co-worker get-togethers, a neighborhood Lake Ladies night, and a couple of summer wine-downs.

We went to parades, ate burgers on the deck, and laughed over mojitos during Iris's July visit. 

We ate breakfast at The Spot often.

Barb came to visit!!

We had all four Bigs & Littles together for the first time ever!

Hope took a break from tree-planting to come home for a visit, then headed back to Canada with Noah.

We met up with Nick & Kathy for a little Vegas fun. 

Yay for another Bubbe visit!

The Littles soaked up time with Austin (who spent much of his summer recovering from micro-fractures in his shoulder…ouch).

We welcomed Emily and Nate, and then sent all three back to British Columbia to start their 2nd year of university.

And we had ridiculous amounts of laughter with my brother. 

Hey #summer2016…you were pretty awesome.