Lots of activity!

It has been a circus at our house the last few days! Where do I begin...

• The kids returned from a week of camp on Saturday afternoon and had a great time. They enjoyed so many activities and made new friends. We weren't able to see Ryan Saturday due to me doing a wedding and Mark picking them up but have talked with him throughout the week. This coming Friday he and the other boys have their annual camping trip and are excited.
  

• Kelleigh's belated birthday - Sunday's we had a small celebration for her belated birthday with pizza and Chocolate Satin pie. She was dying for pizza after a week of having none at camp! Notice that her slacker mother couldn't find the #2 candle so had to quickly improvise! She was a sport and pretended to blow our the candle! Still can't believe my baby is 12...
  

• Backyard remodel - we have lots of cars...lots of workers...lots of jackhammering starting at 7:00am! We are putting lawn back in the area where the playset was for years, expanding the pool deck (which involves moving the fencing around it too), adding a built-in bbq and a fire pit. Today two very huge palm trees are being cut down as well. The dogs are beside themselves!
  

• Since we didn't have enough excitement going on, yesterday we had to take Mark's car to the shop as one of the hoses broke. There's another surprise we've been working on but you won't read about that until Thursday! He's staying busy playing with his new "Incredible" phone and with his consulting business. Will be interesting to see if he hears from LCC as the start of school gets closer.
  

• Saturday was Dana's wedding that we've been planning since last October. The day couldn't have been more perfect in every way. Everything went smoothly and was beautiful beyond our expectations. I've also been busy finalizing some advertising I'm helping a friend with plus have another event on the 14th in Irvine. In between are ortho and doctor appointments to get done before school starts. I am still in denial that school begins in 3 weeks...where did the summer go?