Busy Summer

Living in a location where I experience all four seasons, we are very excited when the summer months are actually upon us.  Being able to get outside to do family activities frequently is the goal that we try to achieve.  It sounds simple enough, but it can be exhausting and sometimes hard to attain.


I look in my personal calendar and see that on each weekend, there is an event scheduled.  This even occurs on weekdays.  The majority of these events are ones that we did not schedule.  From birthday parties, graduation parties, festivals, meetings, etc. the lists and plans seem endless.  We never seem to have free weekends to just randomly make a decision on what we want to do for that day.  The days are already laid out for us.


It is wonderful that we have activities going on during the summer months, but it becomes exhausting as well.  In addition, I feel that the household chores suffer because we are always on the run.  There is no time to re-cooperate from the weekend or events that we have attended.  Plus the heat alone exhausts the family. 


It seems that we try so hard to fit everything into the small time frame that we label "Summer."  I am curious how much of the summer we are actually enjoying.  I think it is the small things that matter the most.  The campfire... the summer drive... the ice cream truck treat... the swim...the beach... all the random unplanned things that we do that we tend to remember the most.