Us

Well, just in case anyone still checks this blog, I thought I'd give a quick update.  We're having a very busy, but fun summer.  Noah's team won the championship this year.  That was pretty exciting.  We went to Gatlinburg for the 4th of July weekend.  We rode horses (that's where the picture was taken), stayed up for the 12:01am 4th of July parade, fished for trout, caught crawdads, drove through the mountains and visited with about 20 other family members.  It was an awesome weekend.  My mom's 50th Birthday is coming up this month.  We have some things planned for that.  But just in case she reads this, I"m not divulging the details!  We have VBS not next week, but the week after.  We have tickets for a Reds game in early August.  My nephew Riley turns 2 next month.  He now calls me "mimi"!  I love it!!  He's such a joy in our lives!!  We have about 70 days until our Disney trip.  We decided to extend it a few days and now will be there 11 days.  We're very excited and looking forward to it.  We're also planning a stop on our way down to a local beach so that within one year our kids will have been to both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans!  We're still working on our costume ideas for the Halloween party in Disney.  Who knows what we'll come up with.  I'm working hard to get the planning done for the next school year.  We've decided to go more year round than just the traditional summer off approach.  We enjoy the weather and activities much more in the fall and spring, so we decided we'd have at least a month off in each of those seasons.  We haven't finalized the calendar yet, but I'm excited about that.  I mean, who says learning can only happen between August and May??  My goal is to have all the plans done, all the activities planned and all the crafts and worksheets ready to go, and organized so that it will make my day run a lot smoother.  Hopefully I can get it all ready.  Well that's about it.  Have a great July!