As for the first half.....
On July 2 - Mom, Vanessa and I paid a visit to cousin Lisa and baby Zach. Mom gave Lisa a quilt that the three of us had started in 1974 when Lisa was born. Somehow we never finished it and Mom has held on to it all theses years. She dug out and finished it up and gave it Lisa for Zachary. Better 36 years late than never! :)
Hunter had stayed for an extra week so we took him back to SD on July 3rd. We all stayed at Taryn and Brady's house in Crook, SD for the 4th of July weekend. Autumn stayed too and Michael and his fiance came over for a bit too. So Brad got to see all his kiddos.
We had a good 4th of July. It was a bit calmer than our usual 4th's in the cul-de-sac. Brady's family came over for a cookout, swimming and fireworks. We went back home Monday morning.
On July 9 - my Aunt Faye turned 89 and on July 14 - Brady turned 29.
I joined a photo club this month. It is called Imagemakers and they meet once a month in Blue Springs. I think I will enjoy it. I found out about it from someone I used to work with at UMB. She is the current president.
and finally - the day before vacation - we had new carpet installed in the living room and front room. The timing was not great - but I love the plush new carpet. It was supposed to be installed a few days before but there were issues with our tile. We were going have part of the entry tile removed and covered with carpet. Turns out they couldn't do that and the original installers did a really crappy job on the tile - so now we are getting all new tile in the entry too. That is one of the projects for August. Possibly new carpet on the stairs too. That may have to wait though. I need to stop spending money and start making some!
Our household provider went back to work yesterday and he is miserable. I wish I could help him in some way. He keeps mentioning that I should get a job and I may - but I am not sure how that will make him like his job any better. He said 'misery loves company'. Gee that's sounds fun - go back to work so we can both be miserable!
