There are pictures on Facebook with a recap of what we've been doing for the past week. Click HERE to see them. It's been busy with Memorial Day activities and working on the kitchen and working on the yard and playing with the Grandkids while parents attended Les Miz and attending Roundtable and Maddy's dance recital and going to Les Miserables at the Capitol Theater in Salt Lake City ourselves and did I mention working on the yard and working on the kitchen every spare minute I can find?
But life is good. The sun has started to shine again ... HUGE smiley face for that!
And I am so grateful to have as many children close as we have. We miss Sean and Linzy and their children and Dan so much. I'm not sure what I'd do if the rest lived far away, too. It's been a bonus year to have Mike's family back in Utah and sometimes I still pinch myself to see if I'm dreaming. Having Tonya, Brian, and Eric in Lehi has been fantastic, too. They only had to move from the University housing in Salt Lake City, but to us that was still huge, although we're still struggling with finding times when our schedules match enough to get together - that's why Sunday's surprise visit was such a bonus.
I am looking so forward to things coming up this summer and fall - it's hard to focus on today. Brent and I have a fun vacation planned to celebrate our 40th Wedding Anniversary. We've got a Family Reunion for my immediate family (brothers, sisters, parents and all the kids, grandkids, great grandkids, and even friends who are family). There's a strong possibility we'll be going to Nova Scotia in September and I may be in Chicago for RSNA again this year after Thanksgiving. We are planning a trip to D.C. when the baby is blessed and are looking forward to that in a huge way! All that plus the community celebrations and fun that comes with summer holidays are going to keep us running real fast over the next several months, and I'm wondering when I'm going to find time to get the kitchen finished - so I'm sacrificing blogging a little in favor of sanding and mudding, taping and mudding and sanding some more and working, working, working....
I love being busy. Just wish I could get my get along to speed up a little faster so I'd get more done during each minute of the day.
5 comments:
You have a lot of fun stuff planned. Do be sure to pop in and share a taste here and there with us Facebook holdouts. We feel terribly out of the loop sometimes. Oh, and I see my kids every day and still can't figure out when or how they got SO big!
We owe you lots of thanks and appreciation. We pinch ourselves all the time remembering we are close to family and can ask for babysitting favors. Thanks again for being to the dance recitals, the family dinners and sanding in between.
Traveling and kitchen remodeling don't mix. I know it's just my opinion but maybe someone could pop in while you are out traveling and then you could come home and it would be done or at least one step closer!
Mike (or was that Makinzee disguised with Mike's voice?), My goal is to have it done BEFORE we leave - or at least to a point where I feel like it's not going to be a project to come home to. Thanks for being so awesome!
Julie, I promise to keep some things going on the blog. And to keep reading and enjoying everyone else's summer. You know I'd never give it up totally.
Yeah--it's miserable to be far away from grandkids! My heart breaks just to see them! So--what's the big 40 trip? Hope it's something really fun. And DC is fabulous! You will love it there.
Ann, nothing fabulous, just all special. Going back to where we spent our Honeymoon, with some additional activities along the way.
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