The end of Summer.

The last week of very cool temperatures, wind and rain is a reminder summer is almost over. Tonight we met Harrison's kindergarten teacher Mrs. May while having a popsicle and playing on he school playground with his soon to be new classmates.

Until Tuesday I am going to continue to stare at these photos and try to remember every single fun thing we did with his last summer home. These past 5 years went WAY, WAY too fast.

Tomorrow begins our last week's adventure of summertime. The laundry will not get done, the house will not get cleaned, emails will not be promptly answered, nor will photos be edited. This is my last week home with my buddy.

Sand & Water

I've been a little crazy busy with the professional side of photography right now... I am little caught up (for now anyways). I finally got a minute to work on some of the cuteness from the July 4th weekend. I am missing our zoo trip, but I will certainly posts those when I get to them :) I'm going to work on getting Miles 9 month well check up with his 9 month post. I had to type 9 twice (well now 3 times) to convince myself he turns another milestone tomorrow.

For now, enjoy a few peeks of life!

My handsome blonde hair blue eyed boy (one of 3 that is).

 His food covered shirt says it all...LOVE him.

Bubbles!

 Please stay my little boy forever and always.

 I sometimes feel bad Miles misses out on so much we do when he is napping. Since I have triple the photos of Harrison, I didn't want Miles miss out on a photo opt. Here he is on the mointer outside while we play.

 A child needs a dog and dog needs a child.



He's got the moves (and he isn't afraid to show them off)

 Harrison saw a magic show, he now juggles everything. This day it was bubble wands.

2 photos, two different dogs (yes they look practically like twins). The end of this month Violet turns one and Whitney (below) celebrated 8 years since her adoption.

We (mostly daddy) built 3 sand castles at White Water Beach

 Looking at tad poles

Grandma kisses---He would go to Grandma's every day if we could!

Oh man it's bright!

ahh...that's much better!

First fire work, sparkler (I was freaking out behind the camera on these).

Duluth Day THREE: The Beach

What a busy third day in Duluth. We ended up going on a train ride, spending the day at the beach, eating ice cream, relaxing at Canal Park and going for a horse carriage ride. With all that said, you can imagine the number of photos I am going through!

The beach was the best part of the trip for me. Harrison was all smiles, he loved the water and sand and these photos certainly prove it. The ones posted below are only about a quarter of the keepers from the day.

You maybe wondering how Duluth was after all that flooding they had a few weeks ago...surprisingly we saw very little damage left from the rain, however the Zoo had not re-opened and the beach in Superior was covered in some left over tree debris. Making our away around the trees we found a nice spot to sit and almost immediately Harrison was in the water splashing around. With the average temperature of Lake Superior being 39 degrees, I didn't expect it to be warm, but it was fabulous, I wouldn't be stretching it to say it felt like bath water because I even went in!

I am loving all of these father/son moments.

 

For how sunny it was, I couldn't see a thing...I am happy these turned out!

Funny story with this trek out into the water. Speaking of debris---there was a lot of floating trees or "alligators," however you want to look at it. Harrison had so much fun swimming out and wrestling those alligators. On his last way in he floated on one back and getting off of it he exclaimed, "It hurt me," and he quickly ran away. Next photo he can be seen carrying the heavy "alligator." Take note of those tummy muscles...perhaps he is on his way to a six pac.

Mommy's turn to go after the "alligators."

At this point he loves to be buried in the sand...These photos are takes from the 5 + times he insisted, "more."

And look at this beautiful couple! Harrison is getting to be quite the photographer...only kidding. Grandma McKee met at the beach for the afternoon. With that said, we actually got few family photos from this trip. It seems everyone is so nervous when bring out "big" camera, I shy away from asking strangers for photos because I refuse to ever turn the camera to auto setting.

Wondering about those family photos? Check back tomorrow for a Linked 52 post!