July seemed to come and go so fast I blinked and it was already August. We were a busy bunch this past month, running all over the place, as usual.
We started July in
Washington DC with my brother and his wife, my parents (who were in for Morgan's birthday), and my Aunt Pattie and cousin Matthew. July 1st I got to go to The Kennedy Center to see the musical
Wicked!. It was an AMAZING show, in an amazing theater. Saturday we spent the entire day in the city, seeing all of the monuments, spending some time in Arlington Cemetary, and walking, walking, walking! I think we walked 20 miles that day is seemed. We ended our evening at the Capitol City Brewery for some good food after a long but very fun day.
Sunday some of our family went back into the city to spend some time at the museums. I was too tired and sore from walking the day before, so Mom, Dad, and I went to pick 15 pounds of blueberries at our favorite orchard, and spent the rest of the day lounging around. The 4th of July we drove home and spent the evening in the house. No fireworks for us this year.
The next week Morgan had a
play date with my mother's cousin's daughter's son (whew!) and her family in Pittsburgh. Before the play date we took Morgan to get her new school uniforms. Morgan had such a great time being fawned over by all the women who were fitting her and helping us find the proper uniform attire for Kindergarten. Yes, folks, my baby starts school in TWO WEEKS! This Mama is having a very hard time with the fact that she will be starting school.
Mid-July saw Patrick on the road A LOT for work. He spent some time in Baltimore helping some friends pack up their place to move, then back to Baltimore for work. Morgan was busy with
swim lessons, which she loved, and I was busy trying to keep track of who needed to be where when. There are some days I don't know how single parents do it!
On July 19th Patrick and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary. Although we actually didn't get to spend it together, it was still a great day. I am so blessed to be married to a wonderful man. Here's looking at 80 more honey!
We celebrated Patrick's Grandpa Ralph's 82nd birthday on July 23rd. What a fun weekend that was with a very special man. It was HOT, but we beat the heat with good company and fun with the kids.
Last weekend we traveled to
Charlotte, NC to visit our dear friends the Strains. Their son, Morgan's godbrother, Ethan turned one on the 26th of July and we went down to celebrate with him and his family. It was a wonderful weekend with our dear friends, whom we don't get to see nearly enough of.
As August starts, things are slowing down a little bit for us. However, with the start of school (boo hoo!) and the start of football season just around the corner, we are relishing in the lull. Morgan is spending as much time as possible at her Nannie and Big Pop's before school keeps her in Morgantown, and we are preparing for life to be turned upside down when she starts school on the 18th.
So that's the update from Small Town USA. As you can see by the links throughout this post, I keep Morgan's website much more up to date, so you can always stop there if you haven't heard from us in a while. We're still around, just busy, as always!
