A busy and HOT week!

Somehow we went straight from a cool and wet spring into full summer blast furnace. It has been mid/upper 90's for a week, and that is more like August weather around here. Looking forward to a cool down!

In the heat, TJ has been out playing baseball. Between his rec league team and a travel team he was asked to sub on due to some of their kids on vacation ... he has played 10 games in about 10 hot days/evenings.

Abby is having a great summer enjoying time at home, friends at daycare, swimming at Tremont pool and going to a tumbling class. The kids are so beat at night with the summertime activities. They need school to start back up so they can get some rest! HA

Drew is headed off to a fraternity leadership retreat this weekend in Hancock, MA at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort. Looks like a beautiful mountain area and much cooler than IL with daytime highs in the 70's! Got him off to the airport this morning, he's in the air now ... and he returns Sunday night late.

Hard to believe the first month of summer vacation is nearly over!

The Aliens Have Invaded VBS!

Abby is enjoying VBS this week, and tonight to go along with their alien theme they were to find some creative ways to wear aluminum foil for a contest. So she has a foil headband, earrings, necklace, bracelets, ankle bracelet, belt, ring, flip flops, purse and even her dog has a foil jacket! Click the picture to see a full size view and better look at all of the details!

Updated Pics!

We had new pics taken of the kids after Drew came home and before Beverly left, and I think they turned out great! Jenny at Simply Charming Photography in Tremont does wonderful work if you are in this area! Click on the pics for a full size view.

We headed to the airport on Tuesday to get Beverly on her way to China ... but after a couple of schedule changes and delays, it was determined she could not make the connection for her flight to China and would have to overnight by herself in Minneapolis or Detroit. That did not seem like a good option, so we brought her back home and tried it again Wednesday morning. Those flights went off without a hitch and she arrived in China on Thursday night. We were happy to receive a call this morning that she is home safe and sound!

We're looking forward to seeing her again in mid-August when she returns here for a few days prior to starting at her boarding school in the Chicago area! I'm going to put a few other pics from the photo shoot on her blog, HERE