More Rain!!!

Who knew? We have now had several days of rain in a row in July. The news here said that we got 4 inches today. All I can say is Wow...July is NEVER like this in Texas. We are grateful for the nice green lush lawns and for the water that we so desperately need. The storms did take out our computer, phone, and internet for about 24 hours yesterday and today. We've had some pretty impressive thunder and lightening.

Jessica says Nana!

It is true! Yesterday I was out with my daughter and her three kids. Jessica, now 7 months, when Jessica said "Hi Nana". It surprised me so much that I said, "Did she say what I thought she said" and sure enough she repeated it several times. How fun! Jessie now knows Hi, Mom, and Nana! How awesome to be in the Top Three. She is the most adorable little Touch Me Not. Yep, it is true that she is a Mommy's girl but she will break away just long enough  to give you a big hug and kiss then it is back to mom. What an adorable grandbaby!

Rain in July?

Yep. it's true. We have had a couple of whopper rain, thunder, and lightening storms the past two days. So unusual for Texas. July and August are always our hottest months without the tender mercy of water. We are grateful for the water and grateful the the storm wasn't too violent! The grass will be unusally green for this time of year. : )

Michael lands a job!

It has been quite a summer for Michael. He really worked hard at getting a job, filling out applications, calling, and showing up about everywhere that we could think of. He finally resorted to going to a place called Labor Finders at 5:30 each morning at hopes of landing a job for the day.  It was a coin toss on the sucess rate but since there weren't other options...it was a blessing. Thursday he was called by another Temp Agency that he had an application in at and they told him that he had a 40 hour a week job for the next 40 days.  The job is Stocking Shelves at a Georgetown Walmart. We are grateful for any job and grateful that he will be able to earn money for next year's college.

Thank you Christopher!!!

Christopher came over tonight and got both Craig and my computers computing properly.  I haven't had sound for months...ahhhhhh and no repair bill! You're the greatest Christopher!

PAPA

The kids and grandkids were all over to the house for dinner this evening.  The grandkids haven't been here much since Craig's shoulder surgery and the grandkids were talking about Papa's arm being in a sling. My favorite comment of the evening was when Maddie told Dallin.."Since Papa fell off  the ladder he won't be able to fix the world." Out of the mouth of babes!  Love you Maddie.

William's 30th Birthday!!!
It is hard to believe that our second child turned 30 today.  We had a great day. The kids all came over to celebrate with Will. Things were a little different this year as Craig had shoulder surgery that was much more extensive than expected last Monday and is still having a hard time getting around. I hurt my back a couple of weeks ago and have had complications with that injury and have had a difficult time as well. Today, for the first time in a couple of weeks...I actually had a few hours that I wasn't in pain. Craig is usually the one to barbeque but today that was done by William and Christopher.   We had a lot of help in the kitchen helping to make this celebration a reality. Michael and I had decorated before the kids got there and Michael wrapped the presents and helped me hang decorations. I had set the table and made the cake and the baked beans and corn....the rest was put together by the men in our family. It was so great to be around family after not really being around them for a couple of weeks.  I sure missed everyone.Thanks guys for helping make sure that we could have a great celebration.  Happy 30th Birthday, Will!!!! Also, thanks Valerie for sweeping and mopping my floors.  I don't remember the last time when I just couldn't do this for myself.   Also, thanks to great friends for watching over us and for sending in a couple of meals to help us make it over the hump...we are so grateful!!!