june 16-22

Brooke had cheer camp during the day for mon-tue-wed. it was all the way in freaking Dickinson- 8am-3pm, how on earth do they expect working parents to get their kids to dickinson at those hours (it is about 40 minute drive OPPOSITE work- so about an hour from work)... annoyance- we managed to figure out rides for the girls (brooke and treshawn) every day though- brooke won an award for 'all american' cheerleader- she got some certificate..

justin got ANOTHER tummy bug- he wasnt puking this time, thank goodness- but he did have the runs quite a bit- and missed school wed and friday- wednesday, brandon, emily, brian and patty got here from chicago- well actually- they were in mexico for a funeral and then san antonio with patty's family- and then came here- they stayed for a week and a half- and then stayed in san antonio for a week and came back for a week (but brian and patty left the final week). Justin absolutely LOVES brandon- it's like having a big brother- jacob does, too- justin and emily play great together, too- and jacob of course likes anything justin likes- so they had a great time with their cousins- brooke and emily had a ball, too- emily and brandon stayed the night at our house quite a few nights..

that friday night, we had a karaoke birthday party for my good friend (and workout buddy), eden- to go to (jeremy and i) so brooke and emily stayed with jake - justin and brandon with nana/pawpaw, and brittany was babysitting for alex- it was a fun party- i might have to do it for my birthday, too- although i didnt do much karaoking...





the 20th was also the first soccer practice for justin- he missed it bc of his tummy bug- and then the next friday he missed bc san antonio- and the next because july 4 and the next the beach- so i ended up getting a refund (only for half though bc it was after the first practice) - so no soccer this summer !

we grilled at our house sat night (june 21) while the boys played outside in the blow up pool and the other kids played on the trampoline and then played chipwreck- and there was a HUGE storm that came- even was a tornado on 288 (right by our house).. sunday (june 22) we all went to the pool- well all but jeremy and jerry- party poopers! the boys love going to the pool in silverlake bc there is a slide and a wading pool in it - it's alot of fun-