nearly a year ago - this happened 14 months after the post before it.
/I have to post something. Anything at all. I’ve sat down multiple times and tried to summarize this past year and it’s just not happening. So, we’ll start with right now, and work our way back if time allows:
Here’s a few July highlights - independence day and our back to back boy birthdays on the 12th and 13th. We had my sister’s sister-in-law and her family join us to celebrate the 4th as they just moved to the area. Josh and I knew them from years ago, but haven’t seen them in nearly a decade. We picked up right where we left off. Rob, Lyn, our 3 nieces and Cara (back from China for a bit) all joined in on the fun. It was the first time we’ve really been able to put our new deck to use, and we are excited to have many more opportunities to use that space!
For Joel’s 8th birthday he invited our sweet friends, the Padilla’s. We busted out the slip n slide again and the kids had a riot. He asked for a cake scene where ants were carrying away chunks of watermelon. It was really fun to put together and he was delighted with the finished product.
For Elijah’s birthday he requested to have our old neighbors who’d recently moved as his guests - their daughter Mia and Elijah were best buds when they lived next door and it’s been a hard swallow to have them gone.
