The Beginnings of Summer

The beginning of summer always means busy times.  This blog entry is just randomness that has been going on lately and in no particular order.


Mia's been acting so stinking cute lately.  She's still quite a handful, but is so darn cute misbehaving you can't help but smile.

 

One cute photo of Vada before she went to her new home.

Lesley, (Bun in the oven), and JB Starkey

Friday, June 15th was that last required day for teachers to work in Sturgis.  We also decided to throw a shower for a fellow teacher Lesley Starkey.  She is one of those adorable pregnant woman that just nasueates you to look at.  I know both her and her husband JB will be excellent parents.  It was a great time after work at the home of our counselor, Renee's home on Omena Lake.  We played some undtradtional games, and just had a swell time relaxing and catching up with all our coworkers knowing that school was over.  The Starkey's daughter will make her debut arrival sometime in mid July if all goes on schedule.

Mia had been perusing the weekly shopper's guide and let us know she wanted a pool.  Now that Vada is not in the backyard to ruin one, Andy obliged.  I came home from the shower Friday night to find a large inflatable pool in the backyard.  The girls are loving it, although on this particular day, Mia seemed to enjoy the sprinkler more.  I'm sure lots of pool photos will make the blog this summer.

Another cute one of Mia, that I couldn't pass up.

Saturday, June 16th we hit up a couple of open houses.  The last one being Andy's cousin Pam's son Daniel's.  That meant a two hour drive to Ohio, but we had a great time.  It was good to catch up with some of Andy's family we don't see often enough, and thankfully we were together for a happy occassion.  We also stopped on our way home in Genoa to visit the gravesite of Andy's grandparents.  It was so cute to watch Andy tell the girls stories of when he was little and all the places and things he would do with his grandpa.  Olivia took it all in.  Andy even washed the bird poop off their tombstone before we headed home.  I was only able to meet Andy's grandpa, but he was such a gentle and kind man.  I love hearing stories about his grandma as well.  From what I hear, she was quite the card shark.  It was so special to witness Andy sharing some of his special memories with our girls.

Andy and Olivia sharing the lane on their mile swim day.

Sunday June 10th was an exhausting day for most of our family.  The Community Pool had a fundraiser.  Participants had to get pledges, but then had to swim one mile.  Both Andy and I did it and Olivia swam 1/4 of a mile.  Not too shabby for a six year old if you ask me.  I chose to swim later in the day, primarily because there wasn't supposed to be anyone to witness my lack of swimming ability.  I recruited Andy's sister Jennifer to swim with me.  She of course beat my time, but I'm just thrilled I finished.  The pool's goal was $5000 because a local foundation is matching it up to that point, and they surpassed their goal.  We were ecstatic that we could be part of such an exciting event.