Proof

Summer weather is on it's way out! I'm not complaining just yet, mind you. I'll be happy for the day when I can pull out a sweater and some boots, we're not quite at sweater weather...but I can feel it coming around the bend.

I spent some time looking through my summer pictures and realized that I hadn't put any of them up on my gallery...so, they're up now if you want to peek at how we spent our warm weather days.

The Reynolds visit.

The Mitchell visit.

Our visit to the Reynolds.

School of Rock.

Traveling Stinks

We really got hit hard during our Christmas break. The travel days were rough. We finally arrived in Detroit 12 hours late and without our luggage...for 3 days. Here are pictures of the kids sleeping in the Chicago airport:



We have a ton of family in Michigan and try to split our time between them. It's not an easy job but the kids love each and every stop along the way:

The Klier Christmas:
On the Polar Express:In the snow:
The Reynolds Christmas:Playing in the snow:Visiting the Chicago family:We also had the Mitchell Christmas.
The kids got to play in the snow at their house too...the weather had started warming up a bit which meant that the snow was perfect for snowmen! Avery is on a Shrek kick so August, Anna and Paul all made a Shrek snowman!!

We also etched out a night to get together with some old friends:
Then we loaded our loot up and began our long journey home:
Our flight to Chicago went without a hitch...but our flight to Detroit was delayed not once...but twice. Thankfully our ride home from the airport was very flexible and we got home safe and sound.
The kids went back to school today...and there was snow on the ground!! August just got home and said that he had a really good day.

Baton Rouge. LA

Part of our Thanksgiving trip was spent in Baton Rouge where we had lunch at an old college haunt for Paul and Linda (although they did not visit the Past Time Lounge together as they didn't know each other at the time.) While the food was good, I will have you know that a prompt visit to the restroom was very necessary for me...LA food tends to do a number on my stomach but as noted in previous posts, Trey was in Cajun heaven!
After lunch we went to the LSU stadium. People down there take college football very seriously. EVERYONE was wearing their gold and purple. LSU has a tiger as their mascot and back in 1920 they decided that it would be a great idea to have a real live tiger on campus. Mike the Tiger has been reincarnating ever since.Hazel and August had a great time playing with the statue of one version of Mike the Tiger.
At one point in the day we visited downtown Baton Rouge and found a statue of Christopher Columbus looking rather windblown and stiff. August did a good job impersonating him.

Apparently Chris had some amazing hair which left our ever-so-dramatic Hazel feeling sad because her hair didn't look that good that day.
Later that day we all got dressed up in hot pink and superman blue to get our pictures taken for Linda's 60th birthday. We then went to Chris and Angela's house to celebrate.