July

This month has been a [fun] blur for us.  A few highlights (mostly for myself):

• spent 4th of July with niece and nephews and had a cookout at their house -- complete with sliders on hawaiian rolls...we didn't see any fireworks (we did hear some from our house), but had a great time visiting and even had patriotic dessert thanks to sis-in-law

• visited my brother in Austin and packed a LOT into one day:   I finally got to go off-roading (even drove a little), we found a great natural spring pool to go swimming in, AND we even added a couple of other items onto the day (the first two were what we hoped to accomplish) - found a winery to enjoy, and even brought a bottle to a BYO BBQ nearby.   great trip, and so fun to see my brother and not have to work on our parents' house 

• went to the beach with brother-in-law, his wife, their 3 older kids (baby stayed with grandparents) and 2 dogs.....that many people and creatures made for a chaotic, but fun, weekend.   you know its gonna be a busy weekend when you have to bathe the dog within 2 hours of arriving -- he found something awful to roll in; we also broke in our new pop-up tent at the beach and had it FLIP on us, not major damage and we were able to get it righted, but it was quite a sight - our nephew's reaction, write SOS in the sand!   On our last day we celebrated 2 birthdays with a tye dyed cake.....

• went to our first ever Escape the Room, and actually escaped!!!

• helped my sister unpack her kitchen in her NEW HOUSE!