Summer Recap -- June

June was a good month. Audrey finished up kindergarten with a bang and Nathan completed his tenure at LT BAll (5th grade). Brian finished up school and graduated, and we went on a trip with Brian's parents down to Old Man's Cave area in southeastern Ohio. Brian wanted to take Nathan backpacking with his dad, but Nathan wasn't trail hardened yet, and Brian's dad wasn't sure he was physically up to anything too demanding. They settled on the Hocking County area, and I must admit that it was really nice down there. Of course, there was no cell phone service, but the view and nature was enouch to make it all better.

The rain was a bit of a bummer and sleeping in a tent really sucked, but the trip was a nice start to the summer. Nathan, Brian, and Bill went on a good 5+mile hike through some amazing areas (Ash Rock, Cedar Falls, Old Man's Cave). Nathan really like hiking and got into it in the end. He also started his first fire with only one match. I think he really liked camping.

Audrey enjoyed her first camping trip (grandpa don took nathan last year). She enjoyed playing with all the little girls camped near us. She will never be at a loss for friends. She is a like my sister who always made friends with people wherever we camped. She got swim twice, and the two of us went on a rather disappointing hike. We thought we were going to see Rose Lake, but apparantly you can't see Rose Lake from the trail we were on. We finally gave up and headed back.

June also saw the end of Brian's schooling. He found out he got a job at the OR at MVH. At first we thought he didn't get it b/c his website status changed to "declined". We sat there a little sad (I think Brian was a lot more bummed than me). About 2 minutes later the phone rang and something in the back of my head was telling me that it was MVH offering him something else. Sure enough it was MVH, but they offered him the intern position in the OR. He got just what he wanted through some divine intervention. It doesn't feel real, but he will start on Monday and start beinging in the $$$$.

June also brought a lot around the house work as we set off to comeplete all the little tasks we had neglected since school started. Here is the list of stuff we accomplished in June:

painted bathroom

painted upstairs hallway

painted outside window trim

There was still a ton of fun to come in July and August!!!!