Looks like the Midwest got our Rain!

Well, I guess we are in a drought. We are behind in the rain and I think we are close to having water restrictions in our community. (We have well water) but I keep hearing about the flooding in the midwest....I know neither extremes are good. We have August/September grass now....very brown and crispy....It's going to be a hot summer! So we got prepared, sort of....

We bought this Gazebo...because it's so hot on our back deck. We have hardly any trees (we've planted some) but anyway, it's our cheap screened in porch. We really like it.
Caleb wanted to wear the life jacket we had bought at topsail island, so he blew it up all by himself and put it on! He is becoming very independent.

Toby turned 11 months!!!! This year has flown by!!!!!

Caleb at pre-school. His class had a summer birthday party for all the kids that had summer birthdays (there were 5 )! Wasn't that thoughtful of the teacher! Ms. Sandy had a summer birthday and probably remembered how the they don't get to celebrate with the kids....He got a cute hat and we sang to the special 5.

We had our friends children overnite. Tabitha (their mom) has had a very trying time. We do a swap with our children, but because it's been a difficult time for them we haven't really had a chance to swap our children in a few months. In fact, today she is having her thyroid removed and I want her to know (if she reads this) we are thinking and praying for her to have a fast recovery. Hopefully the 6 weeks of healing will fly by!!!!
Hope she has a great birthday too...which is tomorow.

What a great smile! Toby is doing a lot now! He is crawling all over the place. He's putting tons of junk in his mouth that he shouldn't and he is interacting with us a lot more, which is fun!

Shayne and Toby. Shayne has a way with him don't you think?

We had our friends over (Shayne and Penny and their two children Andrew and Victoria.) They were at our house when Caleb broke his leg last year, so Caleb has a special bond with Andrew. Andrew is such a sweet boy! We hadn't seen them in such a long time! Caleb kept asking if Andrew missed him.

We are going to miss them now that they are moving to South Carolina!!!