Adieu to Summer.

Summer dropped by for no more than 2 months out here in Oregon

 (and that may even be an exaggeration.) 

We're crossing our fingers the Sun will make an occasional visit this Fall.

Anyways,

To bid farewell to this most precious season, we took one last trip to Utah so we could have one last dip in the pool at Gammy's,

one last family BBQ,

one last Marshmallow Roast,

of course until

the leaves quit falling,

and the snow stops snowing,

and the rainy soil dries up

and the buds fight to the surface,  

and then He (I mean Summer) will come back to us

and we can frolic in his life giving rays of sunshine and bounty and love, all over again.

I take solace knowing He never leaves us permanantly ;
 He always comes as promised;
the cycle doesn't fail
(even if His visit is short-lived :( )

Until then,

my nearly broken heart somewhat still beats for

a holiday season of pumpkins, and cornucopias, and twinkle lights on evergreen trees.

p.s.

Here are some of our last scenes of Summer

while in Utah.

This was the Sheepdog Competition up Provo Canyon

which Eric and I actually found really thrilling.

Which may be evidence that we lead fairly dull lives....

especially when I got excited that these two (pictured below) could potentially be us two in the future.

Backyard Campouts just may take the cake, or rather the Mallow, on family vacations for me... It made camping with kids way too easy!

I know summer is officially over now that GoGo has had to put on clothes again...she was a bit of a nakey savage looking thing all summer.