Saying Goodbye to summer...time to catch up!!!

Well...I have to admit...I LOVE summer so I soaked up EVERY hour, minute, second and ray of sunshine with my favorites!!!  Now that everyone is back to school...I am going to catch up on the blog...and get on a regular blogging schedule!!!  Thinking it will be one family/life and one jennd DESIGN post per week...we will see. So we will go back in time for a few posts...playing catch up!!!  In all honesty this first catch up post won't be easily forgotten...our trip back home...South Dakota!!!  What an adventure it was!! Getting there was quite the ordeal due to thunderstorms in Denver...argh!!  40+ hours of being awake...most of them spent in the airport.  Many times I had to pinch myself making sure it was real life and not just a dream.  Ha!!!  Have to admit it could've been much worse...but the girls did so well and knew complaining/whining would've only made it worse.  

We had no idea what was in store for us as we boarded in SLC

Only place open 24 hours to eat in airport...so dinner it was at 1am

Like I said the kiddos were troopers!!

MORE airport food...the girls were loving it!

AND...we're boarding...whoop whoop!!

After an over night stay in the airport still ALL smiles!

Once we landed on SD soil we packed in as much fun as possible...which in our family isn't hard to do!!!  Had lots to celebrate as my youngest brother proposed...AND she said YES!!!  Many birthdays, an anniversary, water park fun and a Husman family pot luck.  I was even able to sneak away and watch one of my HS besties perform...all while catching up with some of my closest girlfriends from HS...wow the memories!!!

We made it & we need a beer!!

reunited and it feels so good!!

we LOVE the water park

spectators of the new hit yard game spike ball

in line to open their coca-cola

dirty marbles...family tradition

more water fun!!

selfie with my baby

cousins...husman side

Kaylinn learning to play cards

Ava getting into the card game

Uncle Brandon teaching Charlie the tricks

more photos...can't get enough of these sweet faces...

In order to get good ones you have to allow some of these!!  And really this is real life!

And we will end on the traditional ladder photo...honestly I love watching the change from year to year!!