Good-bye to Summer!

Let's say good-bye to the Summer of 2009....

Sept.21 is officially the last day of summer, which might mean cooler weather to most people, but not here in sunny Arizona...I like saying it is the end of summer because, I think that it might make the weather "seem" cooler, but it doesn't. It's just a tease that cooler weather "may" be around the corner. So, with that in mind(mainly because I need a theme for this blog spot and for journal purposes) I wanted to download photos from this summer...kind of like a "photo journal" to say, good-bye. Before I started the search of my summer pictures, thought I wouldn't have but a few, thinking that this summer wasn't very busy, but I guess I have a short memory loss, because we really did have a busy, fun and memorable time (these pictures are not in chronological order as blogger will not allow me to move the photos...dang! I don't know why it just isn't working!).

Here is our Summer of 2009 in review:

Cousins at the Bates reunion-June

l-r: Amy, Jarond, J.Hyde, Kevin and Greg

Brigham with his brother, Rigdon(on the right of photo) and his cousin, Cooper-Sept.

Alyssa and Amanda in Hawaii - May

Ken with 4 of our 8 grandchildren just hanging out at our home

Dallin turns 3 in August.....

Bates Family Reunion-June-sisters, Elizabeth and Sandra





Swim meets with Brigham...he had a winning summer!

Elle turns 8, goes to Disneyland with Nana and Papa

and gets baptized-June

Family Fun week Michael with Hunter and Brandon...July

Ken with Rigdon, Michael with Cooper-August

Gail, and Donna on beautiful Kailua Beach -June

Grand Lake, Colorado at Gail and Hyde's cabin - August

Grand Lake with Hyde and Travis-August

Grandpa Schaub's Funeral -July

At Grandpa Schaub's grave site

Brandon at the Schaub Family Reunion- July

Hunter at the Schaub Family Reunion-July

Ken and Donna at the Snowflake, AZ temple....

I can't say that the summer of 2009 is my favorite summer, but as I look over all of our pictures, there are fun memories, sad feelings, but mostly a lot of reflecting and realizing what great blessings I have. I could never feel right about complaining or being ungrateful, when I know all that I have be given is so wonderful! Good-bye, summer. I'm looking forward to what the Fall of 2009 will bring...it will be interesting I am sure!

HAPPY FALL, TO ALL OF YOU!