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We are back home and had a very good trip. The trip home was a breeze- no traffic at all. We did hit a few spots where we had rain, but they all were short-lived. The kids were well-behaved too which helped. I posted lots of pics in the posts below so check them out!

Cobe had a BLAST at camp today. I picked him up at 5:00 from the bus and he said, "I want to go back right now to camp!" He talked the whole way home about how much fun he had- with swimming and playing 4-Square being the highlights of his day. He said, "We had to sing a lot too." He didn't seemed as thrilled with that part. :-) He is in a group with 7 other boys and he knew every single one of them from church, so he was excited about that as well. He had to take a swimming test, and he passed so he can swim wherever he wants and has a green wristband to show that he can, so he is all proud to wear it. They seem to have a really great swim area. He said Thursday they are going to the beach to swim, but all of the other days, they swim in a pool. I can't wait to go to his performance on Friday to see the camp. Seems sort of weird to send your child off for the week to a place I've never even seen!! Ryan went when he was a kid, so he is familiar with it, but not me.

Lisa and I walked this morning after dropping the kids off at church, then we came home and threw on our suits and headed to Knollwood. Ryan wouldn't even get in because he thought it was too cold. Sadie, Brooks and I had fun swimming though. It was extremely overcast, but very muggy and I was sweaty from walking, so I thought it was fun to swim. We only stayed about an hour. I ran to Meijer's when we got home and dropped $192 on groceries!!!!!! I cannot tell you when I have spent that much lately. I don't really feel like I have that much to show for it either, which is sad! The food better last for awhile. Ryan subbed for a friend in a golf league this afternoon and he is on his way home now. The boys are playing with Jake outside and Sadie and Ella are playing inside with me. They have all missed each other.

Tomorrow we are walking again in the morning with Lisa and Maya, and I am going to take Brooks with me. We are meeting Lynette and her kids at the bakery and we'll either walk before or after depending on when she gets there. I am tempted to hit the pool again after that if it is hot again. Not much else to do in this heat. Brooks wanted to ride his bike and I could hardly be outside to watch him- I was miserable!!!! Tomorrow night we are going to Boatwerks for Mary Jo's birthday. Just the adults- nice! Lisa is watching the kids and will bring them home and put them to bed if we are out late. Wed. night Ryan's parents are coming here for dinner for... you guessed it... salmon! :-) Ryan is going to grill when he gets home from work. Thursday night I am supposed to go to a friend's house for a jewelry party, then Friday night Ryan and I are going to a golf party. We golf from 6-8 then there's a band from 8-11. Should be a fun night!!! The kids are once again spending the night at the Boeves. Yay for best friends who watch our kids ALL the time!!!!!! Saturday we are supposed to do something with Ryan's whole family. Hopefully we'll decide what tomorrow night when we are all together. Sunday is Ryan's work party at Craig's Cruisers. The kids will love that!!!! Whew! I am tired thinking of all we have this week. The good thing though is that the days are pretty low-key so it still won't seem like we are too busy. Wednesday Lisa and I are taking Brooks, Sadie and Maya to Deanna's Playhouse. Lisa has been before, but I haven't so I thought I'd try that out while Cobe was gone since it is geared towards younger kids. So, there is our week in a nutshell! Don't forget to look below for our trip pictures.