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Huh. Here we are again. If you're reading this, please keep it to yourself :)

What a difference a year makes.

Warms my heart...

On the Eve of the Fourth of July...

I am wondering if this is what the founding fathers had in mind? State governments shutting down over an inability to balance the budget. States being sued for demanding that people on welfare pass a drug test before receiving their benefits. Bankruptcy. Violence. A recession that just won't quit. I kind of feel like there is no joy left in being an American and that makes me sad. That there is no recovering from where we are. Not without some major changes that will make a lot of people really angry. I'm not sad for myself. I'm sad for my children and their generation. America was once a great nation and could be again but it's them that will suffer. Kind of makes me want to move to Canada. Except I can't stand Moose. Meh.

I've been such a negative nelly these last few days and I am embarrassed to say I've been taking it out on my husband. So incredibly not fair. He works so hard for our family and only complains a... well he complains some... he complains a lot but for very good reasons. I wish I knew what was eating at me so. It's not the stuff I wrote above. That really just pops into my head around the 4th of July. It's something much deeper and I can't even give it a name. How frustrating! I guess I could blame the heat? Or the pressure of being on such a tight budget all the time? Or maybe because I feel cooped up in the house with the kids all day? (Yeah, we play in the backyard with the neighbors a lot but a change of scenery? That would rock.) I would love to be able to take a vacation without anyone to distract me from it. Selfish? Yes. Necessary? I'm starting to think so. When? No. Freaking. Clue.

Husband, if you are reading this, I'm sorry and I love you. Thank you for all you do. Truly.

Oh yeah. I have a blog.

What have we been up to... Well, it's summer and like all summers before it, I have no clue where the time is going. This month was a lovely one. We got to take a family vacation to the Outer Banks. PM got knocked around by the ocean and so did Bebe :) We got sand in places sand doesn't belong, we ate out on the balcony, we had a diaper disaster, we had a long drive with no air conditioning and some sun burns. We had a great time!

Then we had graduation. Before you get excited, we have graduation every year. It's required. However, we are inching closer to that ultimate goal and in January will be exactly half way! Which starts the countdown!!!

And finally, we had company. Dear Friends visited from Cali with their little man, he's just a couple months younger than Bebe...

There was beer, pulled pork and cuteness all around. And he grabbed her butt. The end.

Photo bomb.

It's been a while...

We've had some stuff going on around here. We had Easter. We had flooding. We had a birthday. We had a visit from Grandpa. We had another birthday. And now we are preparing for our last summer before kindergarten starts! And I can sense it's going to be a busy one.

~skating lessons
~second year of residency graduation
~a trip to NC
~a visit from some west coast peeps
~a birthday
~a joint birthday party
~a trip to MN
~a visit from Gran, Grandpa, Uncle and Cousin
~hockey lessons
~playdates
~kindergarten orientation
~first day of school

Plus whatever else I can manage to get us all into. It's going to be wild this year! Be well!