Summertime - Where has it gone?

I know it's been a while since I've been on here but it was one enjoyable

summer with my children! We were extremely busy and life was fun.
June flew by with so many activities from soccer camp to acting camp.
Then we had all are relatives from Oregon and Oklahoma here to enjoy
the Ozarks. We enjoyed the lake, Silver Dollar City, and the Spring
Creek pool together. Another 4th of July came and went with the kids shooting off
fireworks and a family BBQ here at home...it's becoming tradition! July turned off
hot with record hot and heat advisories...there were more trips to the lake and
pool. Then...August came...the depression set in that another summer was over!
The last few years I was really ready for the kids to go back to school, but for
some reason I didn't want them to this year...they were fun...they were able
to help themselves and weren't so dependent on me for everything. I know
very soon I will really miss these days...I wouldn't give away this time with
them. I understand more than ever that time is precious and my family
is precious...something my mother often said but I never got...til now!!