The very first night of summer break, we had a cove party. I didn't get too many pictures but here are a couple of the girls enjoying snacks before the party started.
Of course, our summer then started off with two sick girls. We missed about 2 weeks of sun and fun due to the girls running fevers and having sick tummies.
Elia eventually had to have blood drawn since she was losing weight and not getting any better. For an eight year old who had never had blood drawn, I would say she was a pretty decent patient. I treated Elia to a pedicure and manicure after we left the lab. (All of our blood tests came back negative. WHOHOO!)
The next Monday the kids in our cove got a great education on the justice system.
Our neighbor decided to hold a gun to his wife's head and threaten to kill her. She managed to call the police and get out of the house. In the meantime, the cops came to our door and had to escort us down the street to safety. We found a safe place at Gina Bryant's house where we dumped all the kids and dogs.
The adults stood outside their garage to watch an unreal scene play out before our eyes. The SWAT team was called in, and the situation resolved in peace!
This past Thursday we decided to get away from all the excitement in the cove so we took a day trip to Little Rock. We bought season passes to Wild River Country when they were on sale for $29 back in October. This is the same price as a one day pass so we have to go back since it will be "free" every visit for the rest of the summer. The kids had a blast while we were there.
We did face some pretty rough weather on the way home from Little Rock. There were bad storms and strong winds the entire 3 hour drive. Ava hates storms so she made sure to buckle up her lovey so she would be safe too.
We also found Ava in the backseat completely covered up.
Jake rode with us on the way home and he was oblivious to the bad weather. He was fast asleep from all the fun from the day.
This weekend involved getting last minute things ready for our mission trip to Guatemala. We leave this Friday, June 4. We are taking a team of 28 this time. We had our packing party tonight where we packed 28 extra suitcases filled with donations of shoes, clothes, school supplies, etc.
The last thing I want to mention is our patio which is a work in progress. I am posting the before picture of our patio right now. You can see how pitiful it looks right now. There is zero shade and it is a waste of space. Kevin hopes to change all that. He has already dug out where he is going to pour extra patio to make it bigger. Then he is going to build some kind of overhang to provide a cover. Then I get to decorate! I can't wait to add in my new patio furniture along with outside curtains and other decor to make it a livable space. Stay tuned to see the final results. Here is the before:
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