I can’t believe that summer is halfway over- I feel like we are just starting to have fun. They are already starting to put the summer stuff on sale and bring out all the school supplies- what is up with that? I bet before school starts this year they will start pushing the Christmas stuff. I am at a point in my life that I want to enjoy right now and everyday because it is fun and enjoyable. I am not wanting this stage to end, I like right now. I look forward to new adventures and things that we can do with older kids, but not at the expense of shortening this time. Today Addie, Reed and I got to play a board game together- I am not sure if it was Chinese Checkers or Sorry, but they both got the hang of the game and it was fun. Ryan and Tim were swimming in the pool and the three of us were just playing the game. After Reed beat us, Ryan got up on the table and ”played” with me. He was rolling the dice and counting “1,2,2,2,2,1″ and moving the marbles around- very cute. I am a very blessed woman. Tim got some work done on the garage- painted the doors and got me a light put up in my new laundry room. It will be nice if we ever finish the garage- but at least it is usable.  We had a fun weekend at home even though poor Addie got Strep throat again, she felt really bad Saturday so we stayed home most of the day or at Ah-Ma’s swimming. She felt much better today but we still hung around at home most of the day. We did hike on the trail by the old Pepsi plant and went to the end by the Veterans Memorial, it was a nice hike- very pretty and not too many other people walking on it. It took us about an hour to walk it but I recommend it to anyone looking for a little nature time, it is mostly in the shade and not too hot.