June Highlights

My, how time flies when you have four kids!  I just realized that it has been more than two years since I have blogged  ... and I still blame Facebook for my demise.  However, I am hoping to start back up with a picture-heavy post every month to help us stay better connected with family.  To kick it off, here are highlights from June.

What is the start of summer without some water?  We went to a BBQ/swimming party with friends and Z had a couple of buddies over for a sleepover and slip-and-slide.

We were invited to explore the botanical gardens with friends.  Typically I try to avoid the gardens because of my newly-acquired StL allergies, but this year hasn't been as bad.  This was the first time we have been in their children's garden and it was really cool.  To our local friends, I highly recommend it!

Z and S love being outside, digging up worms, catching creepy crawlies, and playing with toads.  Here is their record-long catch.  Ewwww!  Oh yeah, and the really big news for the month is Z got a haircut!

Actually, there is another major happening from June.  S and P both had to get glasses. S is far-sighted.  P is near-sighted.  Thankfully, neither of them have the same eye condition as Z.  N is scheduled to see the eye doctor next week, so stay tuned for whether or not we are 4-of-4 in this department!  Here the girls are in their new glasses at Grant's Farm.  (After running through sprinklers, I tried to get a good group pic but I couldn't stop N from photo-bombing. She is a nut!)

We took the kids fishing--a first for P and N.  Everyone caught at least one, except for N, and I managed to not touch a worm the whole time.  :)  After P caught her fish, she screamed and almost threw the pole back in the water because, "The fish got slime on me!"  Surprise, surprise, she also did not touch a worm.  She is definitely our daintier one!  (Side story: She cried before we left to go fishing because she wanted to go to the store first and buy some "polka-dotted fishing shoes" to match her dress.)

In non-kid related news, we have been working on getting the house ready to potentially sell.  We met with a Realtor and are finishing up remodeling projects.  When we bought our house as a foreclosure, we said that the first thing to go would be the bright blue countertops.  Well, five years later and we finally got rid of them!  Hard to see in the main pic, but we choose a speckled design of neutral colors.  The old bar was drywalled in, so we have some repair work to do there.

Finally, I spent some devoted time this month updating CarePoint's website.  As all webbies will attest to, there is always more to do.  But this round I condensed their therapist page by putting their bios in pop-ups and integrated their online system.  Now new clients can fill out all their paperwork online and existing clients can schedule appointments. Check out the recent changes!