So long, summer

I can't believe it's already the end of August. What a whirlwind of a month! A week ago I loaded up the kids and dog and drove the whole way home in one shot. I had said in a previous post that it was a 12-hour trip. I must have miscalculated, since on the way down we divided the driving over two days. On the way home, it was over 14 hours of driving! A few hours away from home I could see a storm brewing on the horizon. God is so good -- He held off that storm, so that the first raindrop did not hit our car until we were pulling in the driveway! An hour later you would have thought the house was going to blow away, the storm was so strong.

So I spent the next week trying to put together the pieces from being away for almost three weeks. On the drive home I decided we'd delay the start of our homeschooling until after Labor Day. But by Sunday I had decided we'd start, ready or not. So summer definitely feels over now. It was crazy, but filled with many wonderful moments.

So long, summer. I'll miss you.

P.S. Thank you to those of you who offered prayers for our trip. Dad's move went well and he's getting settled into his new house in Colorado. A big surprise was that his Texas house sold after just a couple of days on the market, even though he was expecting it to take a year or more!