June

 

Diary of June 2016, the month that came and went like cookies in the pantry : 

 

Days 1-5:  Diligently finishing 9th grade English papers, 4H projects, and packing!

 

smiling because he's done with 2 projects

Days 6-12:  Family trip to the Smoky Mountains with my parents and sister plus fam.  We hiked!  We shopped!  We had a girls' night out!  We rode horses, played golf, and slid down a ridiculous number of scary (by my standards) water slides!  Serious family bonding all around.  It was great. 

Boys full of pancakes

Three generations of bargain shoppers

 

Days 13-17: Ballet Intensive for kids 1, 3, and 4, track practice, more 4H projects, more English papers, a trip to the spina bifida clinic in Indianapolis, and a baseball game. 

 

Days 18-21:  More 4H projects, packing and preparing to send Joy to NYC.



 

Manicures for the girls on the day before Joy's departure

Day 23-27:  Joy and I flew with Grandma and Pada to the Big Apple.  Daddy and the other 4 are at home. 

First time in a cab!

Dinner at an Irish Pub for the tired travelers.

Grandma had the spontaneous idea to take in a show while I was still in town.  Incredible! 

Day 27-30:  Joy began her ballet training, Grandma and Pada stayed in the City while I flew back to reality. 

Celebrating 16 happy years of marriage with this handsome dude - one week late. 

 

 

All the while, our garden grew, we snuck in a whiffle ball game or two (pants optional), Yoyo and I euthanized lots of beetles in the garden, and Bosco the dog behaved badly, as usual. 

Say goodbye, you horrible creatures.

Happy 4th of July!  Here's to another wonderful summer month!