One more week

Summer is almost over - school starts next Monday for my 8th grader and 3rd grader. Once again I must ask where does the time go. I'm sure it's going faster than it's supposed to!

At least we managed one last shabang with our trip to the Davis Mountains and will have more fun this weekend at the fair. The last couple of days of our trip were good. The McDonalds Observatory was very interesting and the kids got to move the huge telescope around and spin the roof of the building and open the huge doors that the telescope looks through at night. That was right up their alley. Unfortunately, the star party didn't turn out too great - when we got there it was lightning all around and it didn't die off or move away like I hoped. It poured. And lightning-ed more. So we watched a couple of presentations inside and went back to the motel... bummer! We did finally make it to Balmorhea the last day on our way back home - it was worth the wait. The water was so clear and you could see scuba divers in the deep section and fish all over. Colten loved finding snails and looking for turtles. It was a bit chilly, but you got used to that after awhile. We will have to go again sometime and all bring goggles along!

Lots of pics from our trip:

Davis Mountains Trip