Summer is Here!

Hello!

Whew--the kids' last day of school was Monday (??!? whoever thought of THAT...). Can't say it really feels like summer yet: we are still scrambling to get as much of the basement/garage level done before ... our Aspen Grove reunion this Saturday!

But. Some impressive mile markers:
Yesterday, we actually EMPTIED the POD. What significance does this hold, you ask? It means they came to pick it up from our driveway today, where it has resided for the past THREE MONTHS! UGH! So we bid it adieu, and no longer have the credit card automatically charged each month on the 25th. Here is Kara (on crutches) and our neighbor friends.

It also means that the french drains in the garage are finished enough to put all that stuff back INTO the garage. Yessss!

So. The garage is certainly not organized yet, but the pod left today.

Another mile marker:
Kara got a BELOW the KNEE CAST today! Yes! As we board a plane Saturday, the use of her knee and a lighter-weight cast will help immensely. Plus, it is "waterproof." Now the shower is not such a monster ordeal, and she can even be in the swimming pool for as long as she wants! She can put on her swimsuit withOUT also donning a large black trash bag for her cast.

Here she is, with the July shorter cast (nice stars and stripes for the 4th, doncha think!). Oh--she also got her hair cut shorter yesterday. A "modified bob," I think it's called?



































And I'll close with a photo of Kara and her doll Mia--Grammie D outdid herself by making a wedding gown for Mia, including a veil and cape...thank you, Grammie D!

Kari