an awesomer end to summer.

(be prepared for image overload.)

in one crazy weekend we:

1. celebrated hayden's 9th birthday.

2. traveled to west bed & lomira.

survived:
a terrible storm,
a minor fender bender,
a sleepless night with no ac
and a very annoying clicking sound,
and one too many of meatball's old fashions.

3. cheered on team awesomer as they
completed their first sprint triathlon
(sidenote: if i had time to make a video montage,
it would be set to the rocky theme song.)

4. ate too many ribs before we drove to wild rose.
thanks again, meatball. xo

5. spent the day with jeff & julie & richie and all of our cousins
and their kiddos. tubing, swimming, eating, catching up and
loving the time together before richie's deployment. love you, rich.

6. drove home and crashed into bed at 10:30.

7. woke up for breakfast with the eckberg's before heading
to Noah's ark for a super fun, super exhausting day
with the simpsons.

8. realized at 9:30 on sunday night that i had
completely forgotten to sign hayden up for 3rd grade. oops.

i'm still exhausted. but in an awesomer way.