life according to the diaz's: It's August...YIKES!!

So, here we are at the beginning of August again...it is always a bittersweet month. While summer is coming quickly to an end, the new adventures of the school year are quickly approaching and I am getting excited about it. It's this time of year that really reminds me of how much I really do love the job that I have. I realize that I miss all the stinkers of last school year and that I want to sit down and catch up with them and hear a good joke or two. From experience, jokes from an eight year old can be outstanding!! However, the bitter part of this time of month is knowing that the days of waking up and doing whatever we want...including nothing at all...won't be for much longer. Running to the store at random times, sitting in the baby pool for an hour just to get a little bit of sun, taking a quick nap at 1:00 in the afternoon...all of our favorite little things will have to wait until Christmas vacation, huh?! No problem...time sure does fly these days and I know those cold months will be here before we know it...
BUT, the Diaz's are still enjoying these warm summer months and we have been busy! Since getting back from Puerto Rico weeks ago, we have been filling our schedules with lots of family time. For starters, Juan and I celebrated 9 years of marriage this past week...it was a great day of eating over-sized BLT sandwiches at Crown Candy and having a blast at the Science Center. We were like kids again. We also took Elena to the zoo the day after our anniversary and that was so much fun, too. We hadn't taken Elena to the zoo yet, so it was her first time and she loved seeing all the animals. She often pointed and said, "Whass-at?" We just named all the animals we saw and enjoyed our time together. My mom and sister came too. After about two hours, though, Elena was very hot, tired, and crabby, so we decided to head home, but not without a quick lunch stop at the drive thru at Chick-Fil-A first ;) YUM!! Thanks, mom. :)
Elena also got to go and celebrate her cousin's first birthday at a park and splash pad with all of us last weekend too. She had so much fun playing on the playground and running in the water. Her excitement was priceless. We had snow cones, ice creams, and BBQ. It was a great time. Pictures below of our adventures since returning from Puerto Rico! We have had a BLAST this summer!