Hey all!

<font face="Calibri">     I’m ba’ack!!!!  We had fun.  You know I got my new van before we left, it was really fun to drive.  We stayed in a really nice Holiday Inn suite on the way there, the kids love hotels, so they were in Heaven of course.  We got there on Wed. evening July 1^st we said Hi to everyone.  Thursday my sister had a Court Case, so I and the kids babysat for her.   When she got home she had to run some errands and she got in a car accident and ended up in the ER, my Dad went to the Scene of the accident and took pictures and talked with the cops, he now works for the Department of Transportation and he’s a firefighter on the side.  Mom and I had to go to the Scene so mom could drive Jamie’s car.  We went to the ER and my mom and dad had to talk with the cops and try to help my sister.  I stayed with my sister and comforted her and drove her home when they were finished.  The next day we went shopping and got some clothes for the kids in an outlet store.  Then we ran some errands, it was a fun day.  On the 4^th of July we went to the beach it was my parents, Me, my 3 kids, my sister, her 2 year old Levin, and her 9 month old Orianna.  She kept sitting Orianna in the sand and she would eat fistfuls of sand, she kept saying it won’t hurt her, I don’t think it’s a real good idea, but they are her kids.  We were out there from about 4pm until Midnight.  The girls built a fort in the sand, played in the surf, and at night they all wore glow necklaces, bracelets, and anklets, they looked like aliens in the dark.  We stayed and watched the fireworks it was fun.  Sunday we went roller skating, I did the Hokie Pokie on Roller Skates, and the Chicken dance, and the Cha Cha Slide, it was fun, and no broken bones, yeah!!!!!  We went afterwards to see my Grandmother, they had moved her to a new room, she liked it better, but it was her 62^nd wedding anniversary and she was mad that she was stuck in the home by herself.  I can’t say I blame her.  When we got home my dad had made Chicken on the Grill, mmmmmm, it was really yummy!  My youngest daughter, Rachel, started complaining of a tooth ache, but it didn’t seem to bad at the time.   Monday we went fishing, we had to do something at the house because we were babysitting Jamie’s kids so she could work  I caught a bass, a catfish, 1 hermit crab, and 9 sea snails.  It was fun.  By Monday night Rachel was wailing about her tooth, I called a dentist on the new insurance plan and he said we could come in 8:30 Tuesday Morning.  Rachel and I went in first thing in the AM, turns out she had an abscess in her tooth and it had to be pulled.  Then we had to rush home to babysit for my sister again, she had another court case, and my mom had a doctor’s appointment.  There was an awesome storm that day, it was fun to watch.  Dad came home and asked what we were going to do that day, mom had gotten a coupon for a good Italian restaurant, then we decided to go to the mall.  We had fun, I spent too much in Bath and Body works, but it was fun shopping with my oldest daughter.  Rebekah my 11 year old was helping Jamie with her kids, Levin was crying she picked him up to see what was wrong while Jamie was trying on clothes, and he threw up all over her.  She was crying, I bought her a shirt, bathed her in the mall bathroom sink, it was all in her hair and it stunk really bad.  Luckily I had just bought a million smell good things at bath and body and was able to make her smell a little better.  Jamie took her son to the ER, we went home to clean up Bekah.  The next day Jamie went to the doctor with Levin and my mom.  Brittany my oldest was interested in going to College in Saint Augustine so earlier in the week we had scheduled a tour of the campus, my dad drove us up there and took the younger the girls to a Fort in Saint Augustine and Brittany and I went to college (LOL)  We had a great time, we saw the college, saw the art studios, the dorms, it was great, we laughed, we talked, we took pictures, we had a blast!  Then we went to Saint Augustine for the shops on Saint George Street.  I splurged and bought a new purse, all leather, really nice, I bought my oldest daughter a blue opal ring, we had lunch in the A1A Brewery, they have wonderful beer cheese soup, yummy!  My daughter and I also had a Portobello Mushroom sandwich, Yum!!!!!!  It was fun, then my mom, sister and the kids met up with us.  When we were done at the shops we went to the Carousel and we rode that and the kids played on the playground.  My parents, Me and my kids went to a pizza place.  They make this 3 inch thick veggie pizza that is to die for.  When we got home Rebekah was having abdominal pain, I thought it was colon spasms, I called the on call doctor, he said she needed to go to the ER.  I took her, they did blood work, urine sample and a CT scan, only to say there was nothing wrong and send us home.  I called my doctor the next day he called in some medicine for colon spasms, apparently that is what it was.  We got home at 3am.  The next day I was felling lousy, just not enough sleep and too much stress I think, so we didn’t do much of anything.  We did play Scrabble which was fun, oh and cards, we were babysitting again so we taught Levin how to throw down a card and say “Beat That” He’s only 2 and it was really cute.  The next day we went to the beach again!!!  I had a blast watching my 3 girls play in the surf and build a fort in the sand.  Then on Sunday our last day there we went and saw my Grandmother for the 3^rd time, I took her Scrabble Cheese it’s, they are new, cheese it’s with Letters on them like scrabble pieces, I also bought her 2 prisms to make rainbows on her floor, she loved them.  After we saw her we went to Jerry’s Pool (a good friend of my mother's) to swim all day, we had a blast I stayed in the deep end and played catch with my oldest daughter Brittany with a tennis ball.  We had Chinese food and we were hoping to see the Shuttle take off, but the launch was scrubbed and we left and went home and packed for the ride back to Oklahoma.  I got to bed about 1am, I got up to leave at 8am, I know not enough sleep.  LOL  We left about 10am we bought some oranges and some pecans to make some pies, we were making decent time until I somehow (I was tired) went the wrong way 40 miles in the wrong direction  AHHHHHHHHHH!  We stopped for the night in Louisiana.  We got home yesterday evening.  Tonight Brittany and Rebekah (the oldest 2 girls) went to a church function I’m going to go pick them up now.  Now you are up to date.</font>

<font face="Calibri">Michele  </font>