Trying again...

Ok, here we go! I am trying the blog AGAIN! This latest attempt is motivated by a couple of different people; a local teacher whose husband was in a serious accident recently and she created a blog to keep everyone updated on his condition and their prayer needs and secondly, a good friend at church mentioned that he had stumbled upon my blog & enjoyed it (thanks JK).

Summer is nearing an end but it has been quite wonderful for our family. June was pretty much a blur. Taylor played softball (see team pic above) and we stayed busy w/ that including a weekend tournament in Arkansas that was a fabulous trip for the two of us. Then the following weekend we met Aunt Sue in Tulsa to watch a WNBA game and that was great fun as well. In the middle of those two trips, my mom had some surgery done and it went well and she is doing great.

On a sad note, Mike lost his Uncle John Griffith and his Grandma Lorene Clayton within 2 weeks of each other at the beginning of June. Cancer is an ugly enemy and though we are thankful they are neither one suffering any longer, we miss them bunches.

Derek worked w/ Mike for a few weeks at the beginning of summer and learned about stucco. But I have enjoyed having him home w/ me in recent weeks too. Taylor did one week of volleyball camp, 2 weeks of VBS and celebrated her 8th birthday on July 10th.

We feel very blessed that Mike's work has picked up and is nearly all in Bolivar....yay! Last winter seemed to last forever around here.

The kids start back to school on Aug 19th with Taylor in 3rd grade & Derek in 5th. It will be nice to have them both in the same building again (for 1 yr)!