It's a Wrap Up

Although it has been a long while since my last post, so much has happened and I have so much to deal with that I just haven't had time to write.
A little update for some:

• My mom passed away on April 30th. I was there with my sister, TM & our dad. Definitely the hardest day I have ever had in my life. It has been one of those suppressing images and feelings kinda day, still don't remember much.
• We traveled to Indiana for my mom's services. Our family was blown away by the number of people who came out to see our family.
• After returning home to SC, I had to get our home ready for company. We had several visitors for a couple weeks and it was great to be surrounded by them at that time.
• We are adjusting to my husbands new schedule. He has started shift-work at his job, and although the whole concept is great, it takes A LOT of getting used to. To boil it down, he works 14 days out of 28 days, however, his days are 12 1/2 hours at a time and he rotates days and nights. During those 28 days, he gets 7 days off, which is great for us!
• School has since ended and the kids are home and already bored. It is times like this when I wish we had 4-H programs and/or lived closer to friends.
• I am now getting ready for my dad to come and visit next week. I know it is going to be very hard, but at the same time I am so excited because he hasn't seen where we live yet.
• Finally, in less than 6 weeks, we leave for vacation for 2 weeks. One week in Tennessee with my husbands family and the next week in Indiana with my family. I am looking forward to both of these very much, as is the rest of the family.

Then once we get back, school sports start and school starts, so we are basically done with our summer.

Oh well, it's a nice concept....