Wow

Has it really been a month since I posted anything? I thought Summer would mean more time... looks like it was just the opposite! Here's a run-down of what's gone on over the last month. Terry and his mom took the girls Blueberry picking. They thought the kids wouldn't want to pick them once they got there and that they would most likely just buy them. They figured it would be too much work for the girls, but I guess they thought wrong! Take a look: I had another photo session on this particular day, so I couldn't join them. From the looks of it, they didn't need my help. Between the 5 of them, they came home with 24 pounds of blueberries!

My brother Tommy, sister-in-law Della, and my neices Savanna and Gracie came up from West Virginia for a visit. It was so nice to get to see them. Here is a picture that I took of our whole family:

And here is my brother... well... being a big brother! Look at how he sneaks up to pour water down my back while I am taking a nap outside! And my dear, dear, sweet husband is recording this... the WHOLE time and never even warned me.

And a couple of really cool pictures I took of my nephew Jacob...

After my brother had to go back home, we had to prepare for Kaitlynn's Birthday Party. It was a nice day and we had a lot of fun. Kaitlynn got wrapped up like a Mummy! The kids all had a blast doing this. My friend Tammy was a good sport and volunteered to be on the other team. Which team do you think won?

A couple of my friends from childhood came to the party! It was so great to get to visit with them. This is my friend Kristi:

And this is my friend Jessica: I hadn't seen her for about 15 years!

And we hadn't changed much:

We had an awesome storm roll through our town and I was crazy enough to go outside and take pictures of it while the tornado sirens were going off. Usually Terry is the one I'm yelling at to get in the house, but since he was at work. I was the crazy person outside with the camera... but you have to admit - these are some pretty cool pictures!

That pretty much sums up the last month. It's time to start preparing for the girls to go back to school. School starts here for the kids on August 18. It seems as though Summer has just begun and now here were are preparing for the new school year!