It's been a busy summer so far. The first week of vacation was full of Doc. appts. and car appointments. We have our last appointment of the summer later today when the kids go for their dentist visit. Yay! So glad to have our appts out of the way soon! The week of June 20th, we had our 2 local nephews come over every day (except Mon). We stayed busy that week! It was a pretty good week and the cousins enjoyed having lots of cousin time.
We did a family camp out in our backyard that weekend, too. It was fun to sleep out in the tent, cook hot dogs over the fire pit and have smores. We stayed up pretty late and were so exhausted the next day! Eddie worked a lot of OT in June, including weekends. In fact, he worked 13 days straight before he finally had a day off...and then spent the following day off, fighting a bad migraine. So, June was good, but long. We were definitely ready for our trip to Landrum SC to visit Granny come July 1st
We drove to Landrum and made good time. It only took 10 1/2 hrs to get there. We had a lot of family time while we were there. We got to visit with Granny, Uncle Pat, and Uncle Jim. We would have like to see more family and friends but the trip was just too short and too busy. It was hard to say goodbye on the 9th when it was time to go. The trip back took slightly longer because we stopped for longer periods and had more traffic but we made it home in 11 hrs.
This week, the week of July 11th, we're having our 2 nephews stay again. Kim drops them off every morning around 7 am and they stay until around 4pm. It's been a fun week so far. We've been to a local pet store that has sting rays to pet, went to a petting zoo, had an indoor picnic, swam in our neighbors pool, toured the Herr's factory, played outside and had a pretty good time overall. The cousins get to join us for our dentist visit today but that should be ok. There are lots of toys there. Tomorrow, Fri, will wrap up our time together and I think we'll probably hit the local park for a picnic and time in the creek. They can spend hours doing that!!!
The last two weeks of July don't have a lot happening. We're looking forward to celebrating Barry (my brother in law) as he rings in 40 years soon. Kim is throwing a bash for him and it should be lots of fun!
August brings in a dear friend from NC to visit. She'll be with us the first week of August. We're also looking forward to witnessing Kim and Barry get baptized in a local creek the first Sat in August. It's been awesome to see them growing in the Lord and now taking this step. I'm proud of them. They're an amazing example to me! We'll be celebrating Amanda and Michaela's birthdays in August as well. I can't believe that they'll be 7 and 11! Time flies!
There are some other birthdays in the family this summer, too. Our nephew, Caleb had a birthday in June. My other nephew, Matthew has a birthday next week! Our niece, Hannah will have a birthday in August. Also in August, Aiden has a birthday. In September, Kieran will have his birthday. So, lots of birthdays between June and September!! I'm not sure how everyone will celebrate the birthdays, but it's fun to see everyone growing up!
Well, that's an update so far. I guess I should mention that my BRACA testing came back negative so that means that I don't carry the gene for breast and ovarian cancer that my Mom carries. It doesn't mean that I won't develop cancer but that I'm not genetically predisposed to it. Also, my recent mammograms and ultrasounds came back clear. As long as I'm updating our health, I should mention that Michaela is now wearing glasses and has transitioned into wearing them pretty well. Hopefully, she'll do fine in MS with them in the Fall.
I hope everyone else is having a good Summer! I hope to update again later but at least you have a glimpse into our Summer now.
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