Summer is flying by! As usual, we have stayed extremely busy. We have managed to squeeze in some "us" time a couple of times. We went to Shasta with Deb & Mark and the kids, Toby celebrated his 31st b-day on the 5th of June and I celebrated my 35th on the 18th...that kind of hurts to put in writing! OUCH! We were also able to camp with my family for Jason's b-day(my nephew). It was so much fun and it has been such a long time since a big group of my family have been able to coordinate schedules and spend the weekend together. The weather was beautiful and we had a great camping site. The kids spent the entire weekend playing in the river and we were all able to relax and enjoy each other. The girls spent the day sprawled on lawn chairs soaking up some much needed sun. Sun-tanning is something that my sister's, mom, niece's, and I love to do for down time during campouts. My sister-in-law, Alex fit right in! It was so relaxing and warmed my heart to spend the time with my family. We don't do it often enough! We had many laughs reminiscing by the fire. As most of you who read this know that my parents have been divorced for many years. They put any hard feelings they have aside for their children and talked like old friends. They made it about their children and grandchildren and I commend them for that. It meant so much to us to have them both present.
Landon celebrated his 14th birthday yesterday. He is getting so big and I am so proud of the young adult he has become. He is respectful to adults, he has a great sense of humor (pretty sure he gets that from his mom), he is an awesome artist (OK, I'll give that one to his dad), and he is very intelligent. I couldn't ask for a better son. Yes...I am a proud mama but they make it easy to be!
Here are a couple of photos from our recent events...enjoy!
