Shame on me!!

I have had some great things to post about, but haven't done it!! The kids all had a good time at camp. John and Ethan wanted to come home in the middle of the week, but ended up glad that they stayed. Emily had ball! and was mad that we picked her up! Still talks about how much fun she had a whole month later.

Right after I finished my pediatric practicum we all went to Florida..........I CANNOT believe what I just did......had a whole paragraph written about our Florida vacation and accidentally deleted the whole thing!!! How did I do that??? I don't even know how I did that. Dang it!!! Alright...back to Florida. It really was a fun vacation. West Palm Beach. The water is that beautiful blue you want to see when you go o be the beach. We took one of Emily's friends with us. Our flight left Richmond at 5:35am. Wow! Herding 4 kids through the airport at 4am! It wasn't too bad, really. I guess they were too excited to be grumpy. Only one hiccup in the airport and that was on the way home. Emily got new bubble bath from Bath and Body Works while we were in Florida and accidentally put in her carry on. I was more worried about the security agent's safety than anything else. Emily was H.O.T!!! Did not want to leave her new bubble bath behind. And you know, that's hard to explain to a 10 year old.....potential for explosive devices and whatnot. Poor thing! I coulda stayed on that beach forever. I am definitely going back! Way too many pictures to post them all. They are in a slide show to your right. We did kayaking, snorkeling, duck boat riding, shopping, and beach sitting. It was great!

And when we got home, did we sit back on our laurels and enjoy the summer???? Noooooo......we decided we needed to put in our dock. The lake is so far down this summer we didn't even have to hire anybody to pound the posts in. John just drove his tractor right across the lake bed and used his auger to drill holes for all of them. And we didn't even have any help. I am so proud of us! Just me and John and 3 kids. And they all helped. Even Emily. She hammered nails and helped carry boards. It's not quite finished yet. We got all the foundation in. Now we just have to finish the decking.

And now I am back in school. Focusing on adults this semester. Hallelujah!!! I am doing my practicum in an ER this fall. I am so excited! I have already learned how to drain abscesses. Exciting stuff!! The kids go back to school next Tuesday. Went to meet the teacher last night for John and Ethan. Happy with their schedules and teachers so far. Ethan, once again, got separated from all his friends. But he was able to branch out and make new friends last year, so I'm sure he will be just fine. John's classes change more so he never has a class with the same kids. We will meet Emily's teacher tonight. We already know who she has, and we are very pleased. So, we are off to a good start.

And the best news of all......John is home full time!! Again....Hallelujah!! He started back to his regular job this week. It was a normal week. And normal is f.a.b.u.l.o.u.s!!

I'm experimenting with putting a bunch of pictures in one blog...we'll see if it works.....and you can tell by lookin at us that none of us were feelin very fashion conscious!!