First off, today is Jesse's birthday! He's 34 today. I met him when he was 21 and I was 19. The kids gave Jesse 34 birthday spankings. It was pretty funny.
We've been doing a lot of camping lately. Last weekend was our first weekend home in July. We don't have anything scheduled for next weekend either, but I think I may go camping with the kids. We are loving our new camper!
Ashlyn turned 6 on June 11th, and she took her to PJ Hoffmaster state park for her birthday camping trip. We also went to Silver Lake sand dunes where the kids saw their fist sand dunes. Ashlyn is having a blast being 6, she's also learned how to ride her bike without training wheels and to swim in the pool in the back yard.
Kailey turned 8 on July 1st and we went to Mackinaw City for Independence Day like we do every year. But this year, my Mom joined us! She stayed in a hotel though. We went to Traverse City for the Cherry Festival and was a little disappointed. Just another fair, but it was cool to see the Blue Angels. Then we decided to take the kids to the Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes. We were very upset when we got there because they charge 10.00 a car to walk up the sand dunes. It never used to cost anything and since we had two cars, decided it wasn't worth it since Riley wouldn't be able to walk up them and Dylan may not remember it. So we'll go again when they can all go up the dunes. Climbing the Bear dunes is like a Michigan rite of passage, it's something I did as a kid and it cost nothing. Anyhow, we went back to Mackinaw City and Mom bought us dinner. The next day we crossed the Mackinac Bridge into the U.P. and went to the Mystery Spot. The kids loved it.
Last weekend we went to Maumee Bay in Ohio to meet up with other camping lovers with a Forest River camper. It was a lot of fun and the campground was very nice, not too much shade/trees, but very nice! It was nice to meet other people with the same love for camping.
Since January I've been having some womanly issues. So I had a special ultrasound in June and then decided to have a Novasure ablation. The ablation was on the 21st. I had a D&C and the ablation. I had some cramping, but nothing too horrible. Hopefully that will take care of the issues I've been having. I go in for a check up in 3 weeks.
We also got a puppy!! We got a chocolate female lab from my cousin's dog's litter. Her name is Lola and she was born on March 18th and she's so stinkin' cute! We got her on May 1st. She does really good with camping and has finally stopped chewing! She's doing really well and the kids love her.
Dylan has been going to see a cranial sacral therapist for three weeks now. I'm not sure if I'm seeing much of a difference, but I'm going to give it more time. I decided against seeing the behavior therapist because it was a three month waiting list for an appointment. We'll just play it by ear, I guess.
I think that's it for now.
