The update

A few months ago, Lauren exited the master bathroom and came to the kitchen to find me. I knew Gracie was still in the bathroom, and Lauren indicated for me to follow her back to the room. How I knew to follow her was instinctual... she was mumbling "it's not right" over and over again to herself. I walked into the room and Gracie was holding onto the shower door to prevent it from crashing to the floor. Somehow they had ripped the shower door from the hinge. Ironically, a week later, I managed to allow the door to fall, and it sliced across the louvred doors we have in there. Gracie, though, put her entire strength into holding that door up.

Long story short, we spent our Labor Day trip budget 1) installing a new faucet in the kitchen, 2) installing a new shower door and 3) having various painting projects completed (including, but certainly not limited to, the damaged louvred doors). The upside is that we got to do some things locally, catch up with everyone and have order restored within our home. Oh, and the girls got "fresh canvases" in the form of newly painted walls. Everyone wins.

Skip took a couple of days off -- something he never does. So last Friday we went to a park in the morning, had a nice barbecue lunch and then tried out a park in a new neighborhood. New parks are always a huge deal for the girls. It must be analogous to me getting new shoes. Or purses. Or nail polish.






Later, my aunt was in town, and we visited with her. The girls showered her with hugs and kisses.



They also got to see Lexy, their cousin, and Uncle James and Auntie Melinda. They have been bonding this summer with Uncle James who has introduced them to the tractor. Gracie, especially, is obsessed with all things related to Uncle James and constantly talks about him, his tractor and cutting the grass. It was only natural that they get to enjoy their latest yard/farm vehicle:




Monday, we caught up with Skip's family to have more delicious barbecue. Oddly, I didn't take a single picture that day, but here is one from the archives.



Unfortunately, we did not get to visit with Riley and Will, but hopefully will catch up with them soon.

Throughout the weekend, Skip kept commenting that he was tired. How about you? Were you tired? It seemed as if all of the relaxation and fresh air wiped us out completely.