Where has the summer gone?

I know I probably say this every summer...and spring and fall. I definitely don't say it in the winter, but really this summer has vanished. It is already mid-August! We are sad to see the summer nearing the end but on the other hand are excited about the fall, especially Mizzou football! We received our Mizzou-Illinois tickets in the mail today. They are definitely nose bleed seats but we will be excited to be there anyway. Sam is very excited also, his favorite book these days is "Hello Truman"- the story of Truman, the Mizzou mascot. Everytime he sees Truman in a picture, t-shirt or whatever he says "Hello", hasn't got the Truman yet but good enough. He also loves the part in the book where they say the M-I-Z Z-O-U cheer. He pumps his hand in the air and attempts saying the letters, it is actually pretty close at times. Surely in a few weeks, he will have it down and be officially ready for the season.
Getting back to the summer ending soon, here are some of our favorite pics from this summer. Hope you enjoy.
He is going to hate me for the one if the giraffe boots but he insisted on putting those on one day when we were airing his bottom out from a case of diaper rash. The other pics are of: Sam with Grandma and Grandpa at Julie's wedding; enjoying an ice cream sandwich after being totally filthy at Grandma and Grandpa's house; Jake Quigley and Sam on our trip to NY; and our best attempt at trying to get a picture of all of the cousins together (after that we determined that was nearly an impossible task:)