Counting Down the Summer Days

Summer is one of those times of the year (much like the Christmas season) that I anticipate greatly, goes by extremely fast, and long for once it is over. We have had a fantastic summer this year. Really, one of the best ever. It has been a season of many firsts, great joys, and delighting in the people around us. This summer has been so full of many wonderful experiences, people, and growth that we are sure not to forget it any time soon. I began thinking about all this after we bought our tickets to fly out to Kansas to visit at the end of September. I can honestly see us ending up out there just from our initial meeting with the couple over lunch some months ago and our strange draw to Emporia and a small town. In my craziest dreams I never imagined we would end up in Kansas, and even now it does not seem real that we might be leaving the only home we've ever known. So all that to say that I am really trying to savor our last few short weeks here and take in all the cool Castro Valley weather I can before we move back down to the furnace that is Southern California!

Here are a few pictures from Warren's actual birthday. We didn't do much, my parents got him a musical set with a drum that holds a few music toys which Warren (and Jake) loved.

And what post would be complete without a messy face picture?

This is Warren enjoying some scrumptious homemade peanut butter chocolate chip cookies: