The last days of summer

While I LOVE summer and sunshine, I am so excited that school is back in session and the air in the morning is starting to get a little brisk. Summer was good to us; we got to do a little bit of traveling, had some house guests, and got some work done. 

The hubby was gone for half the summer doing his clinical for school. He was only an hour and a half away, but it was still lonely without him. Hopefully, the rest of his clinicals will be in town. 

My mother-in-law and sister came to live with us, which was a little crazy at first but actually turned into a blessing a lot of fun. N got a job at a local chain restaurant. She made some great friends and a good impression on her bosses. However, she ended up going back to MT after only about 6 weeks of being here. :( I miss her dearly, but am so proud of her!

We continued to work on our backyard. Actually pretty much every day I came home from work, Mr. P and his mom did something new to the yard. It looks great; maybe I'm biased, but such an improvement over last year. We just replanted grass and it's growing really well. Hopefully, next year we'll be able to walk on it. ;)

 I went back to MT for my cousin's wedding and was able to reconnect with family that I hadn't seen in ages. Although it was a disaster getting there (damn Delta), it was a beautiful wedding and a wonderful weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing them all again soon.

My crazy brother and I

We also went to our good friends' wedding in SC. It was our first time there, and we had a wonderful time. I just wish I could have gotten a few more pictures of our wonderful week.

Things I'm looking forward to: seeing my college roommates, running a couple 5K/10Ks, some BBQs with friends, and Thanksgiving in CA. Maybe I'm even a little excited for football season?!?