Friday night we went to the bay Rama festival in New Baltimore. We ran into Tracy and Jill and their kids. It was a nice evening!
Saturday we had a graduation party to attend and Sunday we went to Suzy and Jim's house to play their Wii. First time we have played, even Karli did great at Golf and Bowling!
Another round of nasty storms came through yesterday. This time the kids and I were home and had to go in the basement. I thought the wind was going to blow my front door open. The swing set is in the neighbors yard again! Good thing Chris hasn't fixed it yet. He would have been pretty mad. It looks like we are going to have to cement it in the ground. The wind knocked the neighbors grill over and their patio furniture was gone.
These are pictures of Chris' dad's house. The tree in his front yard fell on his roof. Chris said it was hit by lightning and is black charred where the tree split. His poor neighbor across the street had a tree through his roof. A few weeks ago their house was the one that the wire fell on and they lost their A/C, microwave, stove, pretty much anything that was plugged in, and something happened to there pipes as well. This is just what they needed!
We are watching Shelby this week for our friends Julie and Rich. They are vacationing in Mexico and we are excited to have him here. Karli really enjoys playing fetch with him and he likes to follow her when she rides her bike. Cameron is at the perfect height for puppy kisses.
Sunday we worked on the landscaping a bit. We went to Jay and Julie's house to see their updated house and to take some bushes that they were getting rid of. These are beautiful blooms from our hydrangea bushes. Chris spread mulch most of the day as I planted the bushes and hostas. Grandma Kathy and Papa Gus stopped by for a visit as well.
In honor of the fist day of summer, I changed the background of the blog. Near 80 today is much better. 70 as the high for the past few days has felt more like spring or fall.
Karli was sooooo excited this week when daddy bought her a new bike! It was a surprise (to mommy and Karli)! She was suppose to earn this bike. But like me, Chris is a sucker to. According to him, she earned it for sleeping in her room all night. Unfortunately it hasn't happened again since that night.
Happy Father's day to all of the Father's out there. I know, I know, I have to take more pics of Chris with the kids. This is the best I could find, it's from last summer, as you can see Jager is still in the pic :(
How can I resist this face? Well, Karli is back in her own room and going to sleep in her own bed....but around 2:00am she sneaks into our bed. I just don't have the fight in me at that time of night. My sleep is too precious. I'm selfishly taking the easy way out. At least I admit it, that counts for something right? We have removed all "scary" stuffed animals and her tent out of her room to help eliminate some fears. Pretty soon she will have nothing left but a bed in there.
Cameron 's new thing is...... if you say "What do you have?" he opens his mouth and shows you. He also uses "dip dip" for fries and chicken, etc. (he has to do everything just like sissy)
Now, tell me how wind could lift this up, if it takes Chris' truck to stand it back up. Very powerful! The funny thing is......our neighbors patio set that is directly behind the swing set stood absolutely still. It will need a few things replaced, at least it's not a total goner. Karli surprisingly took it very well.
We had a nice time swimming at grandma's house today. It took Karli a few minutes to get used to the swimming again and then she was off by herself and jumping off the ladder.
Then we came home to this. Our VERY HEAVY swing set was lifted by the wind and thrown into our neighbors yard. Our neighbor across the street said he saw it happen and couldn't believe it. Two streets over there was a graduation tent that flew across the streets denting cars, breaking their windows. It looked like a pretzel laying in the field with broken metal posts. I'm glad i wasn't home when all this was going on, I would have been terrified. We were at my mom's and it wasn't bad at all. Chris was over his dad's house working on the car when the sirens started going off. Lots of snapped trees there. Chris was stuck for a while because a wire was down on the house across the street and his car was blocked by fire trucks and caution tape.
Congratulations Warren and Jill! We went to their wedding last night in Birmingham at the community house. They had an outdoor ceremony under a tent, which was very nice. Then we moved inside to the main ballroom for dinner and dancing. We got home just before the storms hit! What a lightning show! To see more pics, click Here. There are some pics of the kids playing in the pool, the wedding, and one of the wicked weather that came through.
Karli has been sleeping in her own bed. However her mattress is in our room. Remember, baby steps.....we will eventually move it back into her room. She did wake up screaming in horror on the 3rd night because she had a nightmare about Xena (my mom's cat), that almost ruined all of our progress!
This past Sunday we celebrated life at the Troy Beaumont cancer survivor picnic. Carmen is a survivor now for over 2o years! Uncle Pete, Aunt Linda, Pete, Katie, and their children also came to celebrate as well as Uncle Rich and Morgan. The kids had fun playing games and winning prizes. Every year there is a tree planting ceremony as well.
