104 Days of Summer Vacation

Winter never came. Ever. It got cold for a bit after a week of 80's in March which gave me a jump on getting the garden and yard ready for the summer. We even had three pumpkin plants come up on their own, survive and are thriving only to once again take over the entire garden. I did manage to plant some zucchini, lettuce which is all gone, and red onions. There are strawberry plants underneath the pumpkins, and as long as they stay green, they'll be good to go next year.


This year, we managed to remember our 5 year wedding anniversary (we've only forgotten once or twice so far) and for this, we returned to Carolina Beach where we were married among friends. This time, it was just us and the girls, and their favorite uncle in the world.  But our first family vacation together to start summer off right.  Needless to say, it's always been easy to travel with just one kid...two is a whole new ball game. We survived there and back and had a wonderful time.

This summer we have plans, hopefully because it is cut so short. School starts in mid-August (1st grade!) which I can't quite grasp. Why can't school run from after Labor Day til Memorial Day? Or better yet, lets go year round since most kids DON'T have to work on the family farm anymore! Hell, I even have homework and the supply list before school let out. Craziness. Phineas does not approve.

We've had no big changes in the house, or with my father's condition other than massive decline. We are loosing some of our prankster neighbors. I plan to re-paint many of the rooms in our house since it seems we will be here for a few more years.  Then I start thinking about Halloween...but that's another post that hopefully I'll get to this coming week!