I know it has been a long time since I have posted on this blog, between school being closed and party after party I really have not had much time to actually sit down and gather a ounce of thought. My summer has been exciting to say the least. We have had many fun days swimming in the pool, sliding on the slip and slide or just riding bikes, sitting around the campfire making smores, caught a turtle, we named him Raphael,attempted to grow a garden, Going out with friends, Yard sales and doing fun stuff inside. We have had a lot of family time this summer which is really nice. I suppose that is due to all the birthdays we have in the summer. The kids have gone crabbing with Melissa & Josh and attempted to catch some with Daddy! We went to a Ducks game for Brendan's 7th birthday. Not sure if they won or not because the lightening started getting so bad we had to leave, besides the fact 3 hours into the game and we were still in the 7th inning. Regardless we had a great time. The construction on our house has finally finished and we are pretty much done with everything that had to be done on our end...Painting, Painting, Painting. If I never see another paint brush again it will be to soon. As the summer seems to come to an end to fast, I am trying to get the boys back into a routine to get them ready for school. Lots of reading and routine! I have to admit that I will be a little happy to see those buses pull up at the corner. It will be the 1st time that I will actually get to spend some alone time with just Shawn & Emily. Something I miss doing and am looking forward to it 100%. To end this, I just am so happy to have had a great summer with all my friends and family and feel so blessed to be able to have done the things we did this summer. Cheers to a great summer.

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