1234...our last week of summer

so I'm again on the front porch swing

with bim here beside me
catching any air that we can

he leaves for school next week
and Frank starts teaching as well

I feel like I've been sitting here all summer...
but as we sit here we begin to rethink these past few weeks
and realize we've had a birthday party every weekend
for this whole month of August???!?
and then we start to go back over this whole summer...

remembering

we get back from Germany
      it's Memorial Day...at gramp's
 and weekend one:
             Peter Pan and Deep Creek



weekend two:
      my birthday and a week with my dad and nell
      visiting and traveling and meeting babies

weekend three:
      Father's Day in Cleveland



weekend four:
       Camp Fadali

           and Idelwild





          and uncle mike's here

weekend five:
      Tina and Kurt's 8th A
      and Cassandra's 7th birthday and fourth of July
weekend six:
      baby Noa is born
      Courey meets Andy
      TEC
weekend seven:
      Frank's birthday

      and we sit





and then the TeB leaves

weekend eight:
     William is 6
weekend nine:
     Vincent comes home
     and leaves...
     and they all go to the Hofbaushaus...

weekend 10: 
      and we go to a wedding

          and the other uncle mike's birthday



weekend 11:
      baby christina's is ONE



and now here we are
the end of summer
a family dinner last night
dad's spaghetti
and vinnie's peach pie

and next weekend [12]
         Aunt Micki's birthday...in D.C....
         then vinnie leaves
         college starts...
         Tebs will arrive in Perugia....

autumn will be upon us
and maybe
perchance life will slow down
just a little

Stephen called in the middle of the night last night
from a cafe that had a pay phone!
as he was having his 'morning' coffee

he sounds wonderful
walking with two locals
from Venice and Milan
says he is learning his Italian!