Hey! I'm not dead!

Yes, I know...I have not blogged at all this summer. I am not even sure what happened to summer. Last I recall it was the first week of June, my kids were on eachothers' nerves and I was wondering how I was even going to survive the next 12 weeks. Summer in Marshall is TOO long. The kids have no spring break, get out the end of May and don't go back until after Labor Day. EGADS!

We did quite a bit this summer. Michaela spent three weeks in North Carolina with her father and his family. They went to the Atlanta Aquarium, Biltmore Estate and spent a week in ND at Marmarth digging Dinos. Chan came to stay with us for a week, great fun! She took the first part of driver's ed, which she is not at all interested in, and upon turning 15 a couple weeks ago, is now preparing for a permit! 10th grade is off to a roaring start as well!

Rebecca and Alex went to Washington for 2 weeks to see their dad and had a GREAT time! They saw their friends, bbq'd and got spoiled by dad. We've been blessed to have several long visits from Doug this summer. He's recovering well from his heart attack this spring (#2) and work is keeping him very busy. Currently he's working on a plan to make a trip to NZ with the kids to visit all the rellies there! Becca turned 10 yesterday and is loving 4th grade! She's also started playing the viola. Alex is in 1st grade this year and is still a ball of constant energy!

Todd has made a splendid recovery from his injury. We've enjoyed several trips and tool-arounds on the motorcyle. He's enjoying life back at Pete's. He didn't get to shoot as much this summer, but hopefully there is more time for that coming up. He's being kept pretty busy by the four of us, his permit to carry classes, firearms safety training and is itching to get out and do some hunting!

I spent the summer working part-time at our local plant nursery (landscaping is a secret love of mine) and in turn did a complete planting and sprucing of our yard! LOTS of work and time, but it looks so much better! We took a trip to Montana in July to visit my dad and really didn't want to come back! The Blessing of the marriage is in 8 days, been VERY busy doing work for that and am not even done. It's going to be a great day, but I am looking forward to having it out of the way! I'm too old for all this wedding planning and stressing. I've been on a trap team this summer, but honestly haven't had enough time to really get into it. I have several rounds to finish yet. My classes started back up on August 25th. And they've had me running I tell you! (Reading back over this, I can see how I didn't get to my blog!)

So there's a quick 'catch-up' and I will be making some quick posts with photos so you can have a peeky-see of the happenings.

BIG announcements coming soon! Also, a new blog site!