Laps of Luxury

Laps of Luxury is what we're calling our pool. Summer is in full swing around here and hanging around the pool all day leaves little time for much else. That's the reason for the gap in blogging. If I'm not up by 7:30 to get the yard work done, shopping, cleaning, errands run and food in the crock pot, my time at the pool gets short-changed. Rachel and the kids come over as much as schedules allow and that makes my days even better. Reagan likes to play on the step pouring water in the water wheel as well as jumping from the steps into our arms. Gideon loves the water too and fell asleep twice yesterday in his float. Someone said the water swishing and gentle movement made him feel like he was back in the womb!

We celebrated the 4th of July with a birthday party for my brother, Chris. Scott and Wendy helped with the decorations and helped pull the "dark shadows" party theme together. We celebrated with a few friends and family. He was quite surprised with the theme as it is one of his favorite shows to watch. We ended the night with a party with the Bassett Court House Church. We watched the fireworks around our campfire. Never in the eleven years we've lived here have we had a cold 4th of July. We watched under umbrellas and had a good time.

Mom and Chris were here for 2 weeks and Chris is spending an additional 2 weeks with us as a surprise birthday gift from Mom. He is enjoying the pool and playing ball in the pool with Tom at night.

We're now anticipating our trip to Boston to visit Michael and Maggie. Can't wait for that. It will be the first time we will be there together. We've each visited there separately.

Much more to add but need to get going. I'm thinking about getting on facebook but am hesitant about learning new things! Blogging was a big step for me!