Summer Vacation Comes to an End

Today is the last full day of summer vacation for Seth and Jenna. We've had a great summer. We did lots of swimming at the neighborhood pool. In June Seth went to Fargo, ND on a mission trip with a team from our church. He also had band practice twice a week throughout the summer. At the end of July he had rookie band camp for three days followed by a full week of band camp the last week in July. He's excited about marching band and I can't wait to see him in uniform and on the field in a couple of weeks for the first home football game.

In July we went to Nashville Shores - a local water park. We've made it a tradition to go once during the summer. We always have a great time. In July we also went to Lexington, KY for a long weekend. We had never been there so we went to explore. One rule was we had to eat at local restaurants - no chain restaurants - so that was a lot of fun finding new places to eat. We went to the Keeneland race track to watch early morning workouts. It was fun being able to see the horses close up and talk to people who work at the track and with the horses. We drove through beautiful bluegrass country to get to the KY Horse Park and spent a day there. Before leaving Lexington we walked around the University of KY and Rupp Arena and spent several hours walking around the Lexington Cemetery - one of the oldest cemeteries in KY. We stopped at the Shaker Village on our way home.

The kids and I have taken advantage of free bowling and $1.25 games on Friday mornings at a local bowling alley. I recently scored my all-time high of 152!

Steve and Jenna have helped with the buildout for our church. We're in the process of renovating a building for our church to move into - hopefully in September. Jenna is very proud of the fact that she now knows how to do some framing! I'm just thankful that they both come home with all ten digits still in place!

So....tomorrow is the first day of high school for Seth and the start of Jenna's last year at the elementary school. Stay tuned for a busy fall.