July

Cannot believe it's August already. Not sure where the month of July went...had to go through my handy dandy pictures (since I am a picture taking addict) to see what exactly we did this month. Here is a no-so-brief synopsis of our month:

We began the month with a houseguest.  My former coworker and friend, Amanda (aka Prairie Dog) came to visit us for a week before she joined her husband out in Colorado.  The kids enjoyed having another playmate and I enjoyed the company in the evenings.  We especially enjoyed watching one of our favorite reality shows together, So You Think You Can Dance.  We miss you, PD!

The next weekend we headed up to Columbus, Georgia to visit Terry's family and friends for the 4th of July. We had a wonderful weekend. The kids had a nice visit with their grandparents and were able to meet/bond with two of their great aunts and a great uncle. We also were able to spend time with several of Terry's friends and friends' families who were having 4th of July BBQs. Good times...

The following weekend we headed to DeBary so that we could see my family and I could go off and spend a day with another set of friends/former coworkers that I get together with every year.  Terry was in Oklahoma at an exposure camp with one of his players so he met up with us in DeBary after he returned home on Saturday evening.  The kids enjoyed a few days playing outside with Gpa - listening to the birds chirp, sitting in their favorite work truck, and riding their trikes; as well as spending time with their Gma and Great Gma at church and around the house (Olivia actually ate some ox tail and rice that my grandma made in the crock pot...go figure).  We also enjoyed seeing the Burnells, including our favorite class of 2009 high school graduate, Kevin:)

Next up was some QT at the house.  Olivia caught a fever on a Monday and was kicked out of daycare until she was without fever for 24 hours.  My sister, who teaches high school, was gracious enough to drop everything and come stay home with us for the entire week so that Terry and I didn't have to take time off of work.  What a blessing to have such a solid support system.  Olivia ended up staying home for 3 days and spending some quality time with her Ti-ti while  TJ, for the first time, went to school by himself.  They both had a rough time when they were separated initially, but soon got over it as we knew they would.    Thanks, Tara for your backup services!  We love you!

One of my favorite memories of my dad was when he took me to school every morning in elementary school.  Our school had low overhangs (relatively speaking for someone who is 6'8) over the sidewalks.  Dad would pick me and my friends up, similar to what he's doing to Olivia and TJ with the arches in our house, and let us look on top of the 'roof'.  We loved it!  So, anyway, when he started to do this with TJ and Olivia it brought back fond memories.  Sure wish he could still pick me up!  Needless to say the kids got a kick out of it...they kept yelling "Gma, I see you!!!!!!"

Next up, a wedding!  My dad informed 3 days prior that I was going to be his date to a mid-week wedding.  Luckily I had a dress collecting dust that I wore to a wedding last summer so it wasn't as dramatic as it could have been.  The wedding was wonderfully unique.  It took place on a cruise ship!  I have known the bride since before I can remember.  Our Dads coached together for many years at Stetson University.  The wedding was a like a mini-reunion of old Stetson basketball coaches.  The bride was beautiful!  Most importantly, Dad and I got to spend some quality time together.  Good times.  

After the wedding the kids and I hung out with the garage with Terry and he hung hooks in the ceiling for our nice FREE gifts that were given to us by my coworker who has 6 year old boy/girl twins. They are a little big now, but we gladly accepted them. I'm sure they will grow into them before we know it. Thanks, Lorri!





Okay, so now we're to last weekend. Terry had to recruit over at Disney so, of course, we took the opportunity to go hang out in DeBary with the family. As always the kids had a ball. They are pedaling their trikes now with ease; they got a lesson on car-washing (dad's favorite pasttimes). Also part of their Gpa experience was riding on the riding lawnmower.

This weekend we are hanging out at the house while Terry is away. We decided, after so many weekends away, to just hang out at the house. So far so good...if by "good" you mean getting little sleep because they have decided to stage a protest against sleeping in their own beds while Daddy is gone. LOL. Right now we are dancing to my Janet Jackson station on Pandora and playing "rocketship". Not sure what we will do with ourselves today...should be interesting!




...so basically that was our July! If you made it to the end of this blog you get a gold star! Hopefully I won't go a month without blogging anymore! Have a nice weekend!