Camping, surgery-ing, sleepover-ing, designing, reading & summer-ing, OH MY!!

Signs of summer:

Doors opening and closing, opening and then closing again, bringing all types of children in and out. Black hand prints on the walls (a sure sign that I need to power spray the driveway, again), popsicle remnants on the concrete, late nights, later mornings and the endless question....Who can I play with now?

I recently returned from girls camp, Shay is at basketball camp, Tanner is leaving for scout camp next week and Keaton is going to flag football camp, he was a little nervous about it and said "Who will I sleep with?" (Apparently he thought it was like Shay's where he slept over. )

On returning from girls camp, I found out that Shay needed surgery on his nose, so we spent the day with the same nurses, in the same hospital, going over the same things as a few weeks ago. I must say, it is much nicer to be on this side of the deductible.

We haven't seen much of Baylee this summer, she is our social butterfly, the older she gets, the bigger and stronger the wingspan. The girl has made an art out of play...and sleepovers, she is rarely seen without a friend.

The past few days I have been working for some friends, helping them set up and decorate a home that will be used as a company retreat. Furniture, bedding, decor, and a full working kitchen!! Last night, we purchased seven full carts at Target. It is rather fun to spend other people's money and I am finding that I do love using my degree, so much so that I am going to get a business license and dabble in it a bit more.

Sounds like a crazy summer, eh? I am amazed at how much time sending my kids to school takes and how much time I save having a son that drives, sometimes I even find myself positively bored. I have even ventured out to the library and I am currently making my way through a stack full of books.

And can I just say, Where did this weather come from? I am a bit nervous that because we are enjoying such wonderful temperatures now, summer might extend into November. Who knows, maybe it's global warming... In any case, I am loving it.

Come on now Shay...

I keep telling him that he needs to be less confrontational.

You would think that he would listen to his mom.

I don't know what to do, he's always picking fights.

No really,

he had a run in with a teammate while going for a loose ball,

can you say OUCH?

& yes, the nose is broken.