A Strange Happening and An Uneasy Feeling

School starts on Monday, I can't believe the bulk of summer is over. The kids and I spent 5 days in IL visiting my family and I returned to something very strange. NO BLOG UPDATES from my husband detailing my closet, my cleaning lady, my car...it felt very strange.

Every year at this time, I feel a little "uneasy". Don't get me wrong, it's about time for the house to be quiet again during the day, but I am never quite ready for the busy routine to kick back in. Tuesday starts riding lessons again, Thursday starts piano lessons, I signed Cam up for Fall baseball today, and of course to and from school, checking parent portal and angel for homework/school happenings, I'm tired already. The summer has, as usual, been a really busy one, but the start of the school year can never really be duplicated...thank goodness!

Amelia...Part III (& Final)

Ok, last set of pictures -- we had a really good week in the Amelia Island area. On Thursday, we did all of our non-beach activities. Took a boat ride around Cumberland Island, Ga, very interesting -- that's where we saw the wild horses roaming on the beach; then traveled to Jacksonville just for a bit, then on down to St. Augustine for the afternoon/evening.



Flagler College in St. Augustine.


I specifically turned this picture before posting, but it still posted wrong.

Most favorite picture of myself!

Waves got pretty big on Friday.

Swim time! It was a good trip, beach was very nice and less than 6 hours from the house!

Amelia...Part II

Amelia Island

We made it to Amelia Island on Saturday night...having fun so far...

Only the best for dinner -- Arte's Pizza was recommended by the ladies in the "Trailer Trash" store which Cameron found "intriguing". So, we went and found it -- a high class establishment you'll see...Kenny said, do you want to go in? Absolutley! So we did and they did have awesome pizza!

More to come...

July...

2 days 'til we leave for Amelia Island! Cam is going to White Water Water Park today for a friend's bday; he went Airsoft Depot and swimming for a party yesterday. Kelsie went to the driving range with her golf team last night & needs to get back to her horse lessons -- we have been kind of lazy so far this summer with that. Kenny and I have tennis practice tonight. July is in full swing. Hopefully I will have some good pictures to post next week from Amelia Island.

What a Month!

Started out 2 weeks in STL, with the kids the 1st week, then Cam went to my parent's house for an amazing week and Kelsie went to camp (more on that...) and I worked the 2nd week. Got to see friends and family and go to Rachael's wedding which was wonderful. Kelsie had a good week at camp, but came home w/o her suitcase. VERY long story short, her suitcase was loaded on a trailer of the wrong church and was FINALLY tracked down 2 days ago in Grapevine, TX. Hopefully it is either on its way home now, or will be very soon.

After getting back on June 13th, Cam started 2 weeks of basketball camp, Kelsie 1 week of golf camp. Kelsie then returned to STL on June 19th to work in VBS, will be back home tomorrow night; Cam finished bball camp last night. The 1st week the team practiced, this week they played 2 games each night in an UNAIRCONDITIONED gym - it's been 95 plus degrees all week, yuk!

Last Saturday I played in my 1st mixed doubles match of the season -- 3 hour, 3 set match in 94 degree heat, I thought I was going to be sick, but after 4 motrin, cold towels, drinks, I made it and we lost. But, it was still fun despite the heat and loss. And my partner was Matt King...see post below where Matt had a brain tumor removed and can you believe he is back on the tennis court playing amazingly? What a miracle!!!

This last week was a very sad week as a friend from work passed away after a long, courageous battle with cancer over the past year and Kenny's aunt Robbie also passed away after her long, courageous battle with cancer. I was so sad that I couldn't be in STL for Wanda's funeral. Ken and Cam left last night for Aunt Robbie's funeral, wish I could be with them too, but Kelsie comes home tomorrow night.

I will be heading back out on the courts in the morning for another match with a different partner. I do not like it when Kenny isn't there watching. Oh, I forgot, he had a singles match this week, he did not prevail, which is very surprising, he almost always wins. I coached him after the loss and I do not think he will ever lose again!

I think that's about it for June, at least I hope we don't have anything else going on. 2 weeks from today we leave on vacation -- Amelia Island FL. We haven't ever been to that part of FL before, I think we are all looking forward to it!

Happy Father's Day

To my husband, my dad and my father-in-law, I hope you all have a great day!!!

Coal Mountain Raiders...Part II

What a difference a night makes! Cam's team played for the tournament championship last night and it was a rough night, they ended up losing 7-6; but they got another shot at it tonight and they won big, 15-2! Cam had 3 rbi's and played 2nd base well. So, the spring season is over and we wait for the fall.

Coal Mountain Raiders

Here are some pics from Cam's baseball team. Crazy enough, they played their last regular season game Thursday night. Playoffs start next weekend, then the season is over. I still find it crazy that baseball is over in May here...until Fall ball.

My Little Entreprenuer & Happy Mother's Day

Cam & Logan opened their new business today, "Superior Lawncare"! They thought this up all on their own, created the flyer and got their first customer. I'm very proud of them!

And a very Happy Mother's Day to my mom and my mother-in-law. I hope you both have a wonderful day!