Summer catch up.

So now that school is looming over us, I am finally sitting down to catch up.  I don't know how long before I take the time again once school starts.

On the last day of school at the end of  June, Eric & family joined us for a week of visiting and site seeing.   We had such a great time!  The kids miss their uncle and cousins so much.  Cora especially took advantage of Eric's soft spot for little girls by having him at her beck and call the entire time.

When Eric was here we were able to have Jeremy's cousins over for a visit with Eric.  During that time, Hannah played for the district championship.  Everyone came and watched her play.  It was fun to have so many family members out to support her.  Her team took Districts.  

The next week, Hannah and team went off to State in Charlottesville, VA.  Hannah was excited for her first State tournament.  They played for three days before being eliminated.  It was a fun, but HOT three days.

On the Fourth of July we lined up across the street from our house for the 4th of July parade.  There were a few old cars, a antique fire engine, several pick up trucks and a bunch of people in the original parade.  Everyone lined the parade route dressed in red, white, and blue.  When the parade passed everyone collected the candy and then joined the parade into town where their was a little festival in town.  They had a local band playing in the park, a few craft tables for the kids, and ice cream sundaes.  The whole town gathered in the little park.  After the parade we went to a family in the ward's house for a big party.  They had a band, two jumpy castles, cotton candy machine, zip line, and tons of food.

After the 4th, Jeremy ruptured a disk in his neck, and has been out of commission.  He's going through therapy to try and avoid neck surgery.

The week after  meeting with J's surgeon Cora came down to show us a sore on her foot.  We thought that it was a splinter.  It turned out to be so much more than that!  By the next morning the infection had grown and so we were off to the doctor's early in the a.m.  They examined it, drew a line around the infection and started her on anti-biotics.   By noon the infection had spread dramatically exceeding the line.   She was also running a fever of 104 degrees, and vomiting.  We went back to the doctor, and they sent us to the ER.  She spent the next couple of days in the hospital fighting a really serious staff infection and a secondary bacterial infection.  The staff was wonderful, so much so that Cora didn't want to leave the hospital.  She even requested that she have her Birthday there.  It took quite a while for the wound to heal, but now she is completely healed.  She loves to show her patch of new pink skin to everyone that she can get to look.

Near the end of July we were able to arrange a last minute visit from my dad.  The kids were so excited to see Grandpa even for a short visit.  He was at conference in South Carolina and was able to fly up for the weekend afterward.  We picked him up at the airport and then headed up of an Oriels game.  We met Jeremy's cousins and families up there.  We had so many people there that they announced us on the giant screen.  It was a great game.  

The rest of the summer is flying past.  We hope to get a weekend trip in before it ends.  Hannah starts travel ball this week and Trenton starts football tomorrow.    Things will really start cooking now.  I need to figure out how to squeeze some more time out of summer so that I can get everything done that I planned on doing this summer!!!!!