Summer Solstice :)

Summer has officially started!

Summer is here! This is a photo my friend Kathy took of me in the YMCA Camp "Up, Up and Away"  hot air balloon...it was just my size :)

We had another very busy week. Dad had an AMAZING appointment on Friday at the Brigham. He had a heart Cath done and other than a series of holes he has on both sides of his neck he did great. His heart pressures looked good. His BP is 85 which is much better than the 120 it had been. Liver function is back up and his cholesterol is so low they took him off lipitor to give his liver a break from the med. The creak in the neck is getting better due to the wonders of acupuncture! He has had three visits and he already is so much better than he was before he went. So all in all a great week for him!

On Thursday I met up with my friend Shelly who graduated from Assumption in 2005. It's great that we still are able to keep in touch via technology then when she comes home to visit it's like she never left :) We went to the Starbucks on E. Central Street due to te construction/demolition of the Starbucks at Chadwick Square.

Friday I worked all day and ran into a few technology snags throughout the day. In fact by the time I got home Dad suggested we watch the program I made on the TV...I said we had to watch it on the laptop or we cant watch it! I am done with adaptors and wires and programs not working!!!

Friday night I went to help make cookies for the graduation party on Saturday. We had a lot of laughs and I got to eat some yummy cookies too :) Vickie makes awesome Amaretti cookies that are gluten free and soooo good. I had to sample a few to make sure they were ok for the party :) 

Saturday, we were lucky enough to be able to attend a fantastic graduation party for my cousins Nick and Gabby. I made them a video that made me and a few others people cry as we watched it. I just can't believe they are all grown up! Kylie loved watching the movie. She kept giving me a play by play of each picture..."That's gabby in a hat...That's Gabby in a pool...That's Gabby at the castle" I wish I filmed her commentary!

The girls thought the music selection was great and danced the night away at the end of the party!

When I was picking out what to wear I decided on the purple shirt that Lilly likes. When I got to the party I saw Lilly had picked out a purple dress to wear too. I call this photo:

"LP and LP in Purple at the Party"

On Sunday Morning I got up bright and early (5:30) to head down to the church to help out with the Camp Sunshine fundraiser Breakfast. We raised over $3,500 for Camp Sunshine. For those who don't know what Camp sunshine is...It is a camp for children with illnesses or other terrible hardships and their families in Casco Maine to be able to spend one week away from treatments, sickness and sadness. Mostly the kids have diseases they will not recover from but sometimes the camp is held to help kids with other hardships, for example kids who lost one or both parents in the September 11th tragedy. It's a great cause and I was happy to be a part of it.

Kerry brought the kids down to have breakfast with Grammy and Papa. Lilly's favorite part was pouring milk from the dispenser :) 

Kylie and Papa having a very important discussion over a cup of orange juice :)

Last night on my way home from work I stopped by Jordan Pond and snapped a picture of the moon. It was amazing!!! It is the closest the Moon will be for the next 100 years. It rained (poured!) so I didn't know if we were going to be able to see it last night. The clouds cleared just enough and it broke through.

Today I went to visit my Auntie Madaline, Mammer and Papper in North Brookfield. Auntie Madaline has this amazing flowering plant right outside her door called a Mandevilla. It is a tropical flower that grows well in the south but it is so sunny and warm by her door that it is doing well. We counted 5 more buds that will hopefully be as beautiful as this bloom is.

We took a walk to the back frog pond to see what we could see. When Auntie and I went out we saw lots of fish swimming in the pond and a big huge frog on a rock. When I went back in to get my camera Papper wanted to come out to see the pond so we walked back and saw this little guy swimming away, cooling off from the summer heat :)

That's all the news that's fit to print. Thank you to everyone who continues to support us and check up on us. Thanks also for reading the blog to stay updated on how things are going. It's nice that so many people read the blog each week. I am thankful that I am able to keep it up to date to keep all of you updated :)

Until Next Week,

Laurie