From going to a peanut-free baseball game, walking the sand bars on the river and taking our first family vacation to visiting many area museums and spending time with family and friends, the summer was packed full of fun and memories.  (These images are from our visit to the Capitol building.)  And although I am so anxious for fall to arrive- - the weather, the decorating, the crafting- - I have a lump in my throat that our family summer time is coming to a close and our first is heading off to kindergarten.  So, in preparation for 'the big day', I'm off to blow up as many balloons as I can to leave as a surprise on her bedroom floor for morning.