I have never been a big fan of Summer. So I'm happy to tell it goodbye! We dealt with fires, floods, mudslides, and record heat. Although not as hot a Texas, it was still pretty hot for Colorado. As we are approaching Fall, we have to get past these last few warm days until our first cold front. I see the weather on the news and I'm finding myself saying, "No!" "79 degrees is too hot for the high!" I would really like to see some cold weather come in. Yes I'm sure I'll be regretting that statement come February, but it's just how I feel right now.
All in all it was a good Summer. July was exactly what I wanted it to be. Quiet. We laid low and saved our money for our trip to Houston in August. The weeks leading to our trip in August, other than much needed car repairs and 4 new tires...nothing happened. And I was okay with that. We started our trip to Houston August 24th. The four of us (Kyle, Ava, myself and our dog Lucy) piled into the 4Runner and headed South. We stayed overnight in Childress, Tx., and made it to the Houston city limits around 4:00pm the following day. We then encountered stand still traffic in Conroe, Tx for about 30-40 minutes in a heavy downpour of rain. The one thing that I had forgotten about Houston was the traffic. Ohhhhhh the traffic! Traffic in Colorado Springs is getting stuck behind someone at a red light. That's about it.
So after 15 total hours on the road, sore hineys, a run in with a fly somewhere South of Dallas in a small town while sitting at a red light that just wouldn't leave Ava alone (she's scared of fly's by the way, so that was fun), and a scaredy cat dog cowering on the back floorboard due to the thunderstorm, we were just ready to get to our destination. I gotta say the highlight of the trip down was watching Kyle swatting at this pesky fly that was scaring the crap out of Ava for about 5 minutes. The little bugger finally got sucked out of the window once we gained enough speed.
Made it to my mom's house by about 5:00pm. She had some chicken and dumplings ready for us when we got there. We immediately forgot about our long haul. Southern food can do that to you. My sister, brother in law, niece, and nephew were there to greet us too. We had a chance to see all of our friends and family and visit some of our old stomping grounds during that week. We finished off our vacation at Kyle's parents house in Bryan, Tx. We hated to leave our friends and family, but we were so happy to get home and get back to our normal sleeping schedule.
September flew by for me. After long deliberation, I finally decided to join a mom's group here in Colorado Springs. Ava is at the age where she really needs to socialize with other children. I was also in need of meeting some new people. Ava was really shy upon meeting all of the other little kids, but she did end up making a new friend named Autumn (Auti for short). We have since met up with Auti and her parents. I'm very glad that I joined the group and look forward to more meet ups.
The last couple weeks of September were spent searching for the best places for "leaf peeping" as the leaves are starting to turn, and visiting a pumpkin patch with friends Tami, Matt, and Auti. October should be a quiet month for us. November and December will be a little busier for obvious reasons. We'll be preparing for our 10 year wedding anniversary, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Hope everyone has a great Halloween!
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