The Schedule is Back

School has started and the glorious scheduled life is back. Summer is awesome in so many ways but by the end of August my life feels chaotic and even sometimes meaningless. Summer is of course, always a welcomed break filled with lots of swimming and family time, but since (I think) I could live life hanging out on the beach, with nothing to do but get a tan and watch the kids boogie board, schedules are good for me. It's now fall and life is again filled with sandwich bags of pb&j, backpacks, rushing kids in and out of the car and driving down the road going through my check list- "did you brush your teeth? (usually the answer is no...darn, we'll brush twice tonight)", "did your homework make it back into your bags?", "do you all have your shoes on?" (last week I asked this question a little too late- as we pulled into school Madi answered "I don't have my shoes", sigh...ok, note to self, be sure to ask this question in the driveway next time), and most of all...am I keeping us on schedule! So, welcome back schedule, I missed you and it's great to have you here again!

Here are a few pics from our family vacation we squeezed in the week before school started. Justin surprised us with a beach trip...my absolute favorite place to be!