WOW August 31st where has the time gone?

Can you believe it the summer is almost over and fall is just around the corner! What have you done with your summer? Here is a snap shot of what we have done:
We met all the kids at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort in San Antonio for a short weekend. If you have never been I highly recommend it! The lazy river is a wonderful relaxing time and the whole area is geared around kids and family. We had movie night, smores , games, bike riding and a great kid friendly buffet. We will definitely go back sometime.

Our next big adventure was meeting friends for a day at Schlitterbaun and then spending the night in San Antonio and enjoying the River walk. I have to admit I have lived in Austin 35+ years and had never seen the riverwalk!! I am living large now that we have extra time, don't you think??

But I will have to admit the largest and most time consuming project of  the summer was a new pool in the back yard! and we LOVE it!! We have enjoyed going the the Y so much this year and the pool is one of Mike's favorite things, me not so much...I didn't like the dressing, undressing, carrying wet clothes home etc...so we just decided to bring the pool experience home and it was one of the best things we have done for ourselves so far!! We did an above the ground version not only because of price difference but for the ease, then we tackled the deck. We spent three weeks in the 100+ degree weather building our dream deck including not only a place to eat but a special deck for a slide!! Mike made these planters and tables for me:

 Aren't they cute?? For the planters we took a log that was hollow, made a bottom for it to help keep the dirt from washing out, filled them with dirt and planted. We soon discovered they were going to be hard to water so we added a pvc pipe with holes drilled in it along side the plants so that we could water deep and not erode the dirt, wala irrigation system, so far so good and everyone that sees them love them and so do I!!


 Here is the table we made, much the same way, with a log and a top attached makes a perfect place to set a drink without the worry of anything getting messed up! We have really enjoyed it all this summer and hope to be able to do so for years to come....in the neighborhood?? come on by we would love to have you!  That about raps up our summer, what about yours? Have you done anything adventurous or exciting?

Next on the agenda is getting the house decorated for fall, but that is another post, coming soon. I plan to do that this weekend and will share pictures, would love to see yours too!! Till then....have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!!