Where has time gone???

Well, it seems since I got home from Chicago time has flown by!! So lets catch up. We survived Chicago, then it was on to Rachels Kindergarten Graduation, followed by Sandy's suprise 50th birthday party. Wow...what a fun month. The birthday party was a lot of fun. Nicole picked a perfect setting, Brenda made an incredible cake, and Aunt Betty and Aunt Maria did a wonderful "Devil/Angel" skit to commemorate the occasion. Oh and Brad and Carmen did a very good job on putting together pictures of her life. She was surprised with a beautiful necklace from Tiffanys! I think turning 50 deserves a little blue box with something wonderful inside, dont you?

We made it through the first week of school being out, then it was off to VBS. Both Charlie and Rachel attended along with a friend of Rachel's from school, who spent the week with us. It was a lot of fun having an extra girl around...when they weren't constantly bickering. :o). I had fun co-teaching 1st Grade with a fun school Mom. We both agree that 1st Grade is a rather challenging grade, but somehow we made it through the week. The kids all seemed to have a great time, so that is what is important.

Now we are getting back to normal, somewhat. Charlie is going to daycare 2 days a week, but I have yet to find entertainment for Rachel. We start each day with the normal questions---"What are we going to do today?" "Can we go swimming today?" "Oh, I dont want to do that,,,its boring". Stay tuned to see how this goes. We are only into our 3rd week of no school and already everyone, including me, is bored to death. We will be making lots of trips to the libraries and other entertainment venues over the next couple of months.

We are anxiously awaiting our new stamped patio to be installed. We gave the dude a down payment on May 8th and have had very little conversation with him since he cashed the check.....something doesnt seem right, but we are sort of stuck, so just praying it will be in by Fathers Day, since he originally told us it would be done in 3-4 weeks. Maybe my calendar is different than his, but I think we are well past the 3 -4 week mark. Dann did say he saw the dude wandering around the back yard earlier this morning with another guy, so maybe he is sizing up the project to see when he thinks he can possibly squeeze us in. I really do hate dealing with hired people to do jobs for you......you are so at their mercy. This guy knows nothing about customer service, as we are finding out the hard way. Hopefully I will have good news to report later in the week. If it turns out like we have planned, it will be very nice and a great place to relax. That is, if the weather gets better. Its either raining or hot and humid. Ughhh.
Well, I better sign off for now. Hopefully I can catch up again later in the week.