A purpose

I was reading a FB post the other day that clicked to a website that linked to a blog that... well, you get the picture.  Anyway, I ended up on a blog of a lady who had made a list of things that the family wanted to do this summer.  Her list had about 60 things on it.  That got me to thinking.  Although we've had a very eventful summer, I wouldn't say that we have had lasting family moments or deliberate fun.  Then I pulled out my calendar to see how much time we had before school cranks up again.  2 WEEKS!!!  ONLY TWO!!! That is just really not much time.  It got me really thinking about our time over the next two weeks. As much as I LOVE the Olympics I didn't want to look back in a month and realize that all we did as a family the two weeks before I went back to school was watch TV.  So we made a list.  After dinner each girl came up with 3 things each, and Josh and I did 6 - 12 total.  Here's the list:

1.  play with play-doh
2.  family game night
3.  stay in a hotel (we already had this planned!  :) )
4.  go swimming
5.  family wii night
6.  make homemade ice cream
7.  go to the United States Air Force museum
8.  beauty day (Josh doesn't have to do this one)
9.  go to the State Fair
10.  have a picnic in the park
11.  slumber party in our room
12.  buy school supplies

We'll see how we do at getting everything done.  Let the games begin!