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Thomas had a Reading Party on the Beach for his Summer Reading Program!

Grace Twirling on the Beach!

This is the GA Sea Turtle Rehab Center.

Here are Thomas and Grace in their own little room!

Day 1 & 2 of the Beach Trip!

This was taken at the wedding on July 31st of Graham and Sarah. They had tiny bubble containers and the kids loved blowing bubbles while the Bride was having dinner. She seemed to enjoy it too. There were several other kids there also blowing bubbles. The only real problem was that she had also provided tiny cardboard boxes with red bows that she intended her guests to fill with whichever candy they liked -either mints or Hershey's kisses. The kids ate the candy and then filled the boxes with bubble solution! You can just imagine had that went..... But they never figured out that it was simply not going to work. So, between the 5 of them, they emptied all the bubble bottles on the table!

This picture was taken on Aug. 2nd! This is the first time David has seen the ocean! He loved it! Thomas and Grace enjoyed being at the ocean with their Aunt Leslie and Uncle Bob and of course Uncle Jon! They didn't quite understand the concept that their cousin was really too little to play, but that's ok, he didn't seem to mind!

Little bitty Gracie, and the Great Big Sea.

I sent these back with my blackberry, but it posts them in random order! This one is at the wedding again. Grace was wearing my hat. It was hot, but not too sunny, so all in all a great day. She is showing Grammy here how her Princess, "her name is Sleeping Beauty" is sitting in her chair getting ready to watch the wedding.

Working hard on those sand castles, it takes a lot of sand you know. Especially when Grace keeps flattening the thing over and over!

Here are 2 more wedding photos! We initially sat down on a whole row on the Bride's side. It was agreed that we should probably move, so we up and switched sides. One of her family thought it was funny, and as I passed, I said, "Well, we wouldn't want the bride to think we like her or anything..." She laughed. But poor Sam had gone to the car to get the wedding card we left there, and when he got back, just as the Grandmas were being seated, he had to look all over for us. Then I elegantly waved like crazy, and he had to walk around the back and come sit down. :-)

Now, the best part of the wedding is when the pastor said, "Graham, you may kiss your wife" and then when he did, Grace (in row 3) yelled, "Ewww Yucky!" He didn't hear, but Sarah did and looked out and giggled. I was soooo embarrassed and it was soooo funny! Sam and I both put our hands over our mouths and I mouthed "I'm sorry!" to the bride. She enjoyed it I think. Graham's Mom heard and loved it.

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I Printed My Blog

I have printed out my entire blog! It was soooo long. I didn't know I'd written a book!

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Packing for the Beach & School Supplies

I figure now that I've put a password on this dumb thing, no one will ever read it again, ever. But oh well. Still makes a great journal!

So Here is my Packing List for the Beach:

Bible, Journal, Markers, Paper, Sunday School Curriculum

Thomas's Summer Reading Paperwork

Books for both kids

Pillows and Car Blankets

Dressy Clothes for the Wedding (Wear them down there?)

Toys for Grace

Toys for Thomas

Swimsuits

Food for the Condo Kitchen

Food for the Car

To Do:

Pack for Thomas

Pack for Grace

Pack for Sam

Pack for MJ

Pack Toiletries

Renewal of AAA

Print Trip Tik from AAA

Return Library Books

Pick Up Audio CD we ordered from Library that finally came in

Get Mom's Car in Ship Shape

Done:

Sunscreen

Get Mom's Car's DVD Player and Radio in Order (Bill is doing now)

Refill Medicines

Move $ for Gas

Buy School Supplies (due as soon as we get back!)

MJ is Cleared and the Brumback Reunion!

I'm a Free Woman! Dr. Dutton released me Tuesday and said I can do "anything I want, no restrictions, but take it slow!"

So, looks like I'll be in great shape to go to the beach at the end of the month! Not so sure how much I'm looking forward to the 12+ hour drive, but you can't have everything! Might be fun... Mom, Dad and Gannie are letting us borrow their car for the trip (w/DVD for the kids) so that will be nice.

Then when we get back from the beach, it's back to school!

Here are some pictures from our recent Brumback Family Reunion!

Surgery Update

Well, tomorrow is 2 weeks since my surgery. I had a Laproscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy (LSH) on 6/28/10 at 7:30am. That's fancy talk for "Removed the Uterus Only through 3 tiny incisions." I have my follow-up appointment on Tuesday. With any luck, Dr. Dutton will release me to go back to normal in a week or so!