It Was The Summer Of 2012

Today marks the last day of summer vacation.  Bailey and I have once again had a summer filled with family, friends and fun, fun, fun.  Here are some of our summer highlights.

Celebrated Hope's 30-something and Graham's 3rd Birthdays in Des Moines

Spent a night out on the town with my Panther friends celebrating Sue Krapfl's bachlorette party.  Regrouped on August 10th to witness Sue's marriage to Jeff Shaul and celebrate once again. 

Took a short vaca to Kansas City.  First stop had to be the American Girl store.  Also went to Schlitterbahn Waterpark and the Kansas City Zoo.  The waterpark felt great on one of those 100+ degree days in July, but the zoo was just too hot so we'll have to get back there another day to check out the rest of the zoo.  We did see a really cool bird show in the air-conditioned auditorium at the zoo.

Heath and Amy moved in July from their home in Cedar Rapids to an acreage north of Dunkerton.  We were able to swing by a couple times this summer for 4-wheeler rides, swimming in the pool, jumping on the trampoline and lots of fun with the cousins Lauren, Alli, Austin and Kate.  We did manage to slip in some cupcakes for Austin's 5th birthday too.

Hope took the bar exam July 24th and 25th.  The weekend before the exam, I picked up Graham and he spent some time at 'HeidiBailey's house'.  He must have had fun because he keeps asking his mom when he can go to HeidiBailey's house again.  We also spent a couple days at Grandpa and Grandma Seegers house and stopped over to play with the other Seegers cousins.  

When Bailey heads back to school this fall, she'll be sporting some new red highlights and pierced ears.  Yes, she's growing up fast.  And speaking of growing, she measured 5' 5" tall at her most recent doctor's appointment.  

 The finale to our Summer 2012 was the Iowa State Fair, capped off with the Big Time Rush concert.  We had a blast dancing, singing and jumping around with Carlos, Kendall, James and Logan.  When the concert was over, Bailey said this birthday present was worth the wait.  Another highlight of the day was when Bailey was picked for a Minute To Win It Farm Edition game.  She had 20 cards upside down and had to match them to either the hen or tom turkeys on tables placed on opposite sides of the stage.  She definitely got a workout and was down to the last 2 cards before the minute ran out. 

We are looking forward to more memories as Bailey starts 5th grade tomorrow and I enter my 7th year at Iowa Wesleyan College.