Mid August

 

We have had five "warm weather" birthdays so far this year and those kids are shown above.

Kevin is peeking behind them which is funny :-).

We had two birthdays this month already. Angela is now 18 and Joseph is 21.

It seems like a lot is going on. Angela is taking her driving test and is looking for a job. Isaac graduated with a materials science and engineering degree and is looking for a job.

We started school back up for the younger three. 

I took Rose to the doctor for a well child checkup today.  She is about 45th percentile in height and 25th percentile weight. She got a shot and was not happy but did pretty well.

Hmmm, what else?

Detroit Tigers are doing moderately well. They had a long losing streak after the All Star break but have bounced back.

The Milwaukee Brewers are on a total tear! They have the best record in MLB I think!

I am busy but that is good.

Early August

 It is still very hot which is nice for the pool. I love water temperatures in the mid 80s. So so so nice.

About a week ago, Angela took a big, ugly, Security Plus test and PASSED. This is the same test three of her siblings took, and passed, so now she has Security Plus certification.

She turns 18 this month and will be able to get a job in IT. So she is going to be job hunting. She also will be getting her driver's license, we hope. So lots of grown up stuff for our girl!

That Cyber Truck is not hers. They just found it in a random parking lot! Ha ha!

Tree frogs keep climbing up our umbrella near our pool. This dude fell off the umbrella when I opened it. He is handsome. Or she is handsome.

This week school started but it was super mellow. Younger three kids did fine.

I also worked really hard on my latest book. It is very long, like 110,000 words. I am almost done with editing it.

I will be glad when it is done. I am always glad when I am done. So glad. So so so so glad.

It won't be published until next month.