It's Time

I always know when summer has officially arrived - my niece comes to visit!  This year marked her 7th summer in a row.  I made it very clear this year that even though she is graduating from high school in the spring, she is not excused from summer visits.  In fact, I expect her to still be here every summer in the future with her 5 kids in tow.

It's just how it is.

I love it when Britta comes.  Kitty loves it when Britta comes.  Mykey loves it when Britta comes.  Aika loves it when Britta comes.  You know who doesn't love it when Britta comes?  Britta's mom - because then her house is quiet.  Too bad for her.

It's just how it is.

When Britta comes, we talk and laugh and lay in bed and eat and laugh and talk and she teaches me teenager lingo.  Life seems less stressful with her around.  It's one of my favorite times of the entire year.  Here are some of the things that we did this time around.

We ate sushi.  LOTS of sushi.

We fulfilled Britta's lifelong dream and went to Chuck E. Cheese's.  She earned fifty million tickets on the Barrel of Monkeys game and spent them all on cotton candy - which she shared with Kitty.

We climbed the steps to the top of the state capitol building.  It was hot up there.

We went bowling.  Thank goodness for lane bumpers.

We went hiking and Britta made Kitty a flower crown and Kitty drew Britta a picture.

And we laid around in bed and ate crepes, of course.

Sheesh.  Just think of the number of crepes I'll have to make when she comes with her 5 kids.  No worry, I will happily make them because we always have crepes.

It's just how it is.