where has the summer gone?

i had all these marvelous plans of what i was going to accomplish while the kids were in summer school. well, the last day of school was yesterday and i have gotten absolutely nothing done!
july is just about over and we have been to the river exactly zero times.

i guess it's time to get up and do something. but what? i need to box up my scrap room, clean out the back room and make something usable out of that space, weed through the kids' bedrooms, re-do the library at the school. plus, i want to get outside and start work on the yard. it's so depressing.

i just need to get through the next 10 days. we've got vbs next week, the wedding next weekend and tate's panel visit to ucdavis the following week.

i guess maybe i should start with laundry.

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happy day after

where have the last 2 weeks gone? it seems like i've been busy every single day, but nothing has really been accomplished. i hate that.

i finished and delivered my first design team project. karyn really seemed to like it.

we bought bek a new quad. it is amazing, to me, that we can just go out and pay cash for something like that. God has certainly blessed beyond what we deserve.

i took the kids to the 4th of july parade yesterday. it was so cool to see my dad teaching my children the same patriotism that i grew up with. i hope they become flag wavers, too.

i took this super cute picture of them walking home from the parade. we ended up skipping the big fireworks show because of fog. we hung out with the drowns and the kids ran wild until almost midnight.

i need to go. jeff and the kids made french toast for brunch. this is the life, i tell you.

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