The Bunch Visit Family

 

We had fun playing some board games...and it wasn't even a fun jar idea! We just did it because it sounded like fun! The fun jar has been a little slow being implemented this year. T made sure to let me know! We're making up for it next week by drawing several things. 

We have had a wonderfully busy week visiting family and getting things done around the house. We went over to my parents house to celebrate Father's Day and while the boys played games with Grandpa, the girls went with Grandma to show her what all the fuss about Trader Joe's is about. She enjoyed looking at all the different things and even found a few gems of her own. It was a nice day and fun to get out together for a little bit.

We had a great day!🥰

We picked up Whataburger for my Dad as a treat and my mom made some tots and a side salad up to go with it.💗

We also had a nice long visit with our Aunt P. She's been under the weather and we hadn't had a visit in a couple weeks so it was nice to see she was feeling well enough to visit with us for a bit. T dropped us off on his way to his class and picked us up after he was finished. It was a full circle moment. I didn't think we were at the age where our kids had to drive us around.😂

We also went to go visit my in laws, who we hadn't seen in months. We helped them get a few things done and then enjoyed a delicious lunch and had an enjoyable visit. D has more training again. He has had a lot of training this summer and it seems to always fall in the middle of his days off so it's not only hard for us to get things done at our house, but also hard to plan some fun family things and to go visit our families . T has been my helper in getting some things done so we can take it off D's plate. In fact, he helped me get the back porch painted this weekend. We only have 2 more areas to paint and then the whole house will have been painted....only 3 years after we started! I have a few touch ups to do where the tape pulled up the paint a little bit (and yes we did use painters tape), but I like it so much better. We repainted it a gray color and I like that so much better than white. The two things I have have hated since moving in is 1.) the carpet and 2.) the white paint. White just gets dirty and gross so easily, especially living in the country. I also hated the dining room chandelier, but we already  replaced that. It was too low and we hit our heads, plus it was crazy hard to clean. Now, just getting rid of the carpet is left. Hopefully, within the next year or so we can get that done.

Pop pop got some good news about his health. He is now down to taking just one pill a day, plus his diabetes medicine. Way to go!!

Gigi is doing well too. She didn't cough once while we were there. She cut up fresh veggies from the garden for lunch and Pop pop made some grilled chicken. With the baked beans and macaroni and cheese we brought, lunch really hit the spot!

🥰 My family ❤️

Axl has to have surgery this week to get his anal gland removed. Don't ask it's gross! This stray dog is starting to get expensive. At least A gets 60% off vet services or he would NOT be our dog. We're hoping July 4th goes ok. We have an entire closet of fireworks we need to shoot off. I think the plan is to load him up on meds, put his cone on him, and lock him in the kennel. He should not be able to get out with the cone on. It's only for 30 minutes and we'll turn the surround sound way up to hopefully drown out some of the noise. We will keep an eye on him with the camera while we are out shooting off the fireworks. If he looks distressed someone will come inside.

T helping paint the back porch.

T had a birthday party to go to at the lake. We had already been in line for 20 minutes when I took this picture. It took 40 minutes of waiting in line to drop him off AND when I went back to pick him up. Never go to the lake on a Saturday!!