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It has been one HOT summer so far!  Not only is it a really hot summer for many days in a row, I am outside this summer everyday with camp.  The first couple weeks of summer it was nice in the morning time to be outside with the big trees providing shade and then mother nature decided to turn up the heat and well even the mornings are hot to be outside.  But we survived last week doing Olympic events outside and have hopes to a more comfortable next couple of weeks.  We are embarking on the halfway point of summer.  Well for me it is halfway through the summer.  6 more weeks of camp!   Woo hoo.  I miss my kids in my program.  I went to visit them yesterday, it was so fun to see them and their excitement in return to see me :) 

Work has not been the only thing we have been up too!  I know you might have thought that since I have been nonexistent in the blogging world. 

Orioles Game

4th of July annual Cookout

PA for the favorite friends engagement party

Weddings (1 so far...2 more to go)

Little projects around our house

Hanging out with some new friends :)

Dinner & Catching up with old friends

Kevin's 27th Birthday

Carnival

Fireworks

Now if you think I have pictures from all of this you are asking a little much & should know me better than that ;) 

Here are a few of the pictures I do have...

my favorite lil nephew...okay he maybe the only one for the next few months but he was first and you know about those first children born in the family...the favorites :)  I maybe just a little biased considering I am the first born in my family!

My littlest brother after bath time let me give him a fo-hawk :)  He is growing his hair out...we will see how long my mom lets this go on.

For Kevin's birthday we went out for all you can eat crabs and then 2 days later had crabs at Mom & Dad Graves house to celebrate his birthday and fathers day.  I wrapped all of his gifts in brown paper and wrote a clue on the outside... "something you need" "something to eat" "something you want" 

And finally us at the O's game

Busy Little Bees

We have been a little more productive than this bee!

It's only noon on Saturday and we have been PRODUCTIVE :)

re-arranged our family room

painted a shelf

painted our tv stand

cleaned the house

mowed the grass

had breakfast with my parents

hung some pictures on the wall

cut down flowers

kevin got a haircut

Whew!  go us and being able to get some things accomplished and still having the rest of the weekend to hang out and enjoy with these two people...

and of course I am enjoying spending time with Kevin :)

a wonderful evening...

A wonderful evening spent with my husband :)  The rain FINALLY stopped and the sun warmed up the day so what better way to spend the evening then to have dinner outside.  We don't have patio furniture set so we had to do a little improvising but hey if I say so myself I think it turned out pretty much awesome along with some Pioneer Women Chicken Spaghetti & Roasted Red Potatoes for dinner.

Productive Saturday

yes it's true we had a very productive Saturday that didn't involve a track meet!  Which means our house got some extra t.l.c.  And trust me when I say MUCH NEEDED tlc.  I have recently had a few occasions were a friend stopped by without time for me to pick up and I was embarrassed at the way my house looked!

The conversation went a little different than this one but Kevin gets all the credit for the dishes being done today!  I may or may not have pointed out the fact that my Dad did the dishes after dinner last night :)

And he can keep on dreaming that I would be this happy about cleaning our house and better yet dressed in pumps, dress or apron while doing it!

Happy Mother's Day!

p.s. Kristy i hope you enjoy your mother's day gift from me...a blog post :)  i will miss you tomorrow

Easter Weekend

Lots of blogging to catch up on...  I will add pictures eventually
I survived the plane ride both to Kentucky and then again back home.  Going I was a super champ.  On the way home I might have been a little grouchy.  I was sick and traveling was not really what I would like to be doing that day.  Regardless it was pretty much smooth flying :) 

We had a wonderful visit in Kentucky.  Kevin and I stayed with my cousin and his wife Laura.  It was alot of fun being able to all spend time together.  On Friday we hung out with a bunch of family.  That evening Chad, Laura, Kevin & I went to a Japanese Steak House to eat and celebrate for Kyle.  (He was in Florida and ran a 4:13 mile...breaking the school record:) )  

On Saturday we spent the afternoon at Kentucky lake and went fishing.  We were competing to see who would catch the most fish.  I think that we all ended up tying with 5 fish.  After leaving the lake we made our way to a Bison & Elk reservation where the Elk and Bison roamed freely and you were able to drive in your vehicle to see the animals.  We went right around sunset and it was both beautiful and a peak time to see the Bison & Elk out in abundance.  

On Sunday we went to church together and then had Easter dinner at our families house.  It was nice to just hang out and spend the afternoon with the family before we left.  We can't wait to make plans for our next visit back to Kentucky :) 

random post :)

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

Today I saw this quote and loved it.  And then while watching tv tonight I saw American Idol on tv.  Never been much of an American Idol fan although when I live in the apt my lovely roommate religiously watched it.  Both the quote and tv show have reminded me of her today.  Looking forward to seeing her and the rest of the girls in September in San Francisco...yes I am counting down the months already!

 It seems like so long ago that Kevin and I decided that we were going to spend Easter in Kentucky this year.  Okay it really was a long time ago... 3 months to be exact!  We are going to be spending Easter with wonderful family in Kentucky and then spending 2 days in Nashville, TN before we fly back home.  The last time I flew was not the greatest experience and I had some anxiety while on the plane to & from Miami.  I would like to blame it on lots of things going on last summer and was experiencing just temporary anxiety due to stress.  haha Kevin would of course exagerate the story and act like I bruised his arm from how tight I was holding it....NOT the case at all :)  I do though still have anxiety over things beyond my control and no I am not medicated (maybe i should do that...haha) but I am hoping and praying for smooth flying come Thursday evening. 

F'real shakes...straight out of sheetz.  Atleast thats where I think you can buy f'real shakes.  Regardless the whole point of this picture is that it reminds me of living with B at the apt.  Meg and her would walk to sheetz to get a f'real shake or they would all walk to Rita's (kevin included) .  I am of course always opted out of getting anything...i would just love it if Freeze King was still open.  Tonight would be the perfect evening to go to freeze king after dinner. 

Back to the picture which made me think of B, Meghan & Jenn which is the whole reason for the post because I miss them lots :)  (is it september yet...bring it on San Fran,CA)