It's just something to help remind us to get up, get going, and go out and do things.
We don't have it finished - we won't get it finished.
But it's been fun trying, and it's been nice marking things off as we go.
One of the first things on the list we did - was go to the zoo.
We went to the Columbus Zoo with some friends one day in early June.
We didn't see everything, but we tried.
We did feed a giraffe though. (What a long, long tongue!)
Austin turned 24, and Casey turned 23 in July.
It seems hard to believe that my baby can be 24 years old!
Soon after school was out for the year, we left for our annual 'girls trip'.
I was even more excited than normal this time.
I had made each of the 'girls' a scrapbook with pictures from all of our previous trips (this makes #7).
I could not wait to give it to them!
This year we went somewhere totally new too. None of us had ever been there. Atlantic City, NJ!
We always have so much fun, and this year was no different.
In addition to going to the beach almost every day, we went on a dolphin and whale watching tour, to an alpaca farm, to a colonial village, to see Lucy the Elephant (a national landmark), and explored the neighboring cities of Cape May and Ocean City.
We checked out the boardwalk, did LOTS of shopping and detoured into Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell on the way home.
A week after getting home from vacation, we went to TN for the weekend.
We took Mom down so she could spend a week with my brother's family.
We always have a nice time there - Darres and Juanita are wonderful hosts.
They have another new house (surprise, surprise) - and I think, this one is my favorite so far.
July was still busy, but not nearly like June - not as much travel.
Although, we did go see the outdoor drama, Tecumseh, one night in Chillicothe.
Leila and I were still working on our bucket list.
Our 'big' event for July was Leila's surgery.
She had a bone graft done. They took bone from her hip and put it into her gum line.
She did amazing!
We were expecting to be at the hospital for 3-5 days.
Nope - one night.
She was supposed to be on a 'liquid / soft food' diet for almost a week.
Nope - she was eating after a couple of days.
The worst part was keeping her activity level down.
Once she started feeling better - she wanted to go.
Of course, her hip would hurt later, but that didn't stop her at the time.
When we got home from the hospital, our church family had collected a get well / gift basket for her.
They filled it with things to keep her busy while she recuperated.
How wonderful to be loved like that!
The Craig reunion, Bible school and a trip to the Blenko glass factory rounded out July for us.
