I can't imagine a more perfect weekend to end the summer

The first 18 hours of my weekend are already documented here, and they were absolutely lovely.  Yesterday I ran some errands, and then got a few "paperwork" things handled while continuing to enjoy the lovely weather.  It was even more spectacular that the NFL pregames were on back-to-back-to-back-to-back all day into the evening.  We were even able to see the Steelers play!  The three of us had frozen pizzas for dinner while watching some games, and then played a new trivia game I had purchased.  It was a very fun evening.

Today we went to church, where the college students were asked to stand up and tell about their upcoming year.  I appreciated the effort to recognize and connect with the students.  It's been a rainy day today, but still comfortable as far as temps.  Thomas is nearly packed and ready to go.  Catherine came home this afternoon, and then we drove north to meet my mom for dinner.  We love our pub fries!  The kids love it so much that they hadn't eaten in preparation, and I ordered an extra for us to share after we ate our fries.  Catherine couldn't finish hers though, and I was stuffed after mine, so Thomas devoured the entire extra order himself.

It was so wonderful to have this time together.  I know there are going to be so many changes and emotions and feelings and thoughts and things I'm not even prepared for this week and into the coming months.  I also know that it isn't bad...this is what we want for our kids.  We just didn't want it to get here so fast!  But here it is, and I'm so grateful we had this weekend together before we kick off this school year!