Beginning of Summer
I usually divide the summer into parts - end of school up to my birthday - from my birthday to John's birthday and the 4th of July - until vacation - and until school starts again. By that reckoning we are halfway through the summer - the 4th of July has passed - and we are leaving on vacation in three days. School ended late this year - on the 10th of June - had three days of vacation and then we started Vacation Bible School at church. It was a fun week of evening chaos, learning, kids and church. Had a good time helping out. Celebrated my birthday in the middle of that week - though we had celebrated the weekend before with John and Sasha, Kristin and Scott. Sasha left for China on the 16th. Celebrated my birthday a week later with a birthday lunch with Debbie and Patty. Snuck in a trip to Rock Island, Kristin brought Scott so we did a fair amount of driving around, seeing the sights - which Marilyn enjoyed anyway. Went out to eat and took pi...