Summer Vacation

We spent the past week on vacation, which included a few days at the Lake, a quick stop in Columbia and a few days at home! It's been wonderful to spend so much time together as a family. At the Lake, we had rainy, cool weather, but we made the most of it. We swam a little in the rain, played mini-golf, shopped for a fall and winter wardrobe for Gracie at the outlet mall and lunched on the lake. On our way home, we showed Gracie Columbia. Rush, or should I say Recruitment Week, was in session and it was fun to see the girls lined up and marching into the sororities, songs a-blazin. We lunched at Campus Bar and Grill, which Mike still calls Suds and I call Big 12. We also made a pilgrammage to Tonic, where the story of Mike and Karen began. We've been relaxing at home the past few days, and Gracie is glad to be done with getting in-and-out of the car seat so many times a day. We wish every day was a vacation day!