Brief catch-up on family events

Boy, does time fly fast!  So far it seems to have been a pretty eventful summer..and it has just started.
We took the kids to Forsyth to meet their grandparents on May 30.  All the grandkids were going down to Albany for a week for the annual "Camp Grandma." 

Monday, May 31, Memorial Day, Ron and I went with Joey and Natalie and their boys to the Renaissance Festival in Atlanta. It was fun and we got some funny pictures.  They had a lot of those cut out things where you put your face in them and take a pic.  It was amazing how clean the house stayed with them gone.  Mainly the fact that there wasn't a zillion cups all over the counter tops when I got home from work each night. 

Then on June 3, Ron's grandmother Cannon died.  She had lung cancer.  His grandmother Stewart died the first week of February.  So, as I had predicted at the beginning of the year, it has definitely become the "year of the grandparents."  We got up in the wee hours of the morning on June 4 and headed to Albany for the funeral.  She was cremated, so that was a new thing for our kids.  She is going to be missed.  She really cared about all of us and I remember her picking out very specific things that she knew we would like for Christmas. 

Came back the next day and that night went to a concert in the park sponsored by our church. 

Sunday, June 6, after church we went with Joey and Natalie to Lake Hartwell.  They have a boat and our families had a blast tubing, boating and swimming together.  We met up with another mutual couple and their boat out there so ended up with two boats and 18 people!

Sunday at church they started a new series called, "No Perfect Families Allowed."  The kids really like our church and we have been attending since October 2009 and it has definitely become our home church.  So on the way home Ron started teasing the kids.  He said, "well guys, I hate to tell you but we are going to have to find a new church."  They both started asking "Why?! Why?!" and he replied, "because we are the perfect family, so we aren't allowed."  Both started loudly arguing why we were NOT the perfect family.  It was so funny listening to all their reasons.  Then Ron laughed and told them, "I guess we get to stay there then." 

Last night Ron and I went on a date night.  We have been doing this much more frequently and loving it!  Last night we had dinner at Chili's.  I like them because they aren't very expensive and they have "guiltless grill" items that are low in fat and calories.  Then I had a free movie ticket so we went and saw Prince of Persia.  Neither of us were real impressed with the movie.  But it was fun just to go....the theater was nearly empty and we had the "love seat."  Ummmm, cozy.  And with no kids we didn't have to bother with popcorn, cokes, candy, etc.  I am so falling in love all over with him!  We have done a lot more as a family together lately too.  Nothing huge per se or wildly exciting (other than the sailing trip) but just some fun quality time together.

Looking forward to what the rest of the summer brings...