My Life | Closing out our summer.
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 09:46PM Wow, I cannot believe that another summer has come and gone. Really, can you? We had a great summer, took a few vacations, helped daddy turn 40 and even, spent lots of time with family and friends. Labor day is usually a little bitter-sweet filled with the last little hoorah for summer and even a little itch for some cool, crisp, beautiful fall weather. The past few years, we took a trip to lake Michigan for the long holiday weekend and had a wonderful time. But this year is a little different with my hubby in full-swing campaign mode he just couldn't get time away. Which is fine by me because that only meant one thing for me and Jillian .... road trip!
My best, best friend recently moved with her family to Chicago and I was looking for a perfect excuse to go out and visit them. They haven't even been gone very long, but I miss them like someone took my heart out and set it on a shelf. And it was soooo good to see their smiling faces! We spent the whole weekend together, took the kids down to the lake, drank lots of wine, ate delicious food and even squeezed in time for a little photo session. It was as if no time had passed since they left. And that's the way it should be when you love someone as much as I love these guys.
My favorite girls ...
Yesterday, we headed out to a little city nearby called Long Grove, which Sara was dying to take me to. Far from the busy hustle and bustle of the Miracle Mile, we found ourselves in the middle of an adorable little downtown. We quickly found a quaint little Italian restaurant, ordered up a bottle of wine, spaghetti for the kids and had such a good time. We walked through the town (where there was an Irish Festival going on!) and even snapped a few pics of the kids while we were there.
And no weekend would be complete without a giant bubble bath party! Oh my gosh the kids had so much fun and of course, Jillian was the culprit dumping water on the boys every chance she got. Too bad putting (really cute) pics of naked kids up on my blog just isn't cool. But here are a few cute ones. I haven't gottne a bath shot of Jillian in almost 2 years! I love this one.
I miss them already and I'm counting the days until we can see eachother again...
