Summer....in a nutshell

Haven't felt much like posting lately.   Feeling down and unmotivated to share anything.  So today I thought...JUST DO IT!  So here I am, pulling myself up by the bootstraps.  Trying to find some semblance of happiness in the every day.  An every day that is drastically different for me without my mom around.

Here's some scenes of summer that make me smile. 

Good friend Michelle and I sporting some of the highest heels that I have ever set eyes or feet upon.  We wore them around Target and picked us up a couple of good-lookin' men  (okay, okay our husbands).

 



 Uncle Extraordinaire JE with cousin dog extraordinaire, Finn.

 Fishing with Grandpa.  You should've seen the one that got away! 

Great Wolf Lodge indoor water park in Cincinnati.  

Mini-golf with the dudes.

Arcade jackpot.....1,000 tickets.  With our earnings we picked out some lovely plastic objects and a small deck of cards.  We only needed 10,000 tickets for Momma to take home a crock pot.  That is a true statement.   One of the prizes that you could "buy" with your ticket earnings at an arcade was a crock pot.  I bet those are just flying off the shelves by your average arcade frequenting 12-13 year old.

Crazy hair boy.

 

T-P ing car innocently parked in front of our house and belonging to dear H-D friends who were visiting neighbors of ours.  Hey, that's the risk you take for coming in the 'hood!! 

 

Will pot.

Riding the coaster bike with determination.

Ben learns to ride a two wheeler overcoming his fears of going "too fast" and "not being able to stop".

Lego museum of sorts.  "Plastic Brick museum" in Bellaire, Ohio.  It was fun and the boys had a blast.  The museum was in an old school house so I felt like we were rummaging through someone's basement and attic.

Braces off lady.

 

 

Kevin and good friend Noah playing basketball with kids.  They had to play using T-Rex arms.

 



 

 

Well, there you have it.  No deep revealing insights into my current mental status (You are welcome.) but at least a small update on our lives.

 

Tally ho.