June Recap

 Well, here it is the last few days of June and I'm just now getting a blog post done.  June turned out to be a very busy month.  It started with my computer deciding to die.  Thankfully it was a relatively inexpensive fix but took a few weeks to get to the store to have the issue diagnosed and then another couple weeks for it to be repaired and returned.  But...now it's all nice and fixed with some shiny new parts.  

We also planted our garden. This year we decided to try weed block and so far are pleased with how it is working.  

Maisie helping Ethan get around at the garden center.

All the kids helped put in the garden.

June also brought graduations.  Ethan graduated from High School and Keira from 8th grade.  We had several friends and a niece graduate as well, so there were a lot of graduation festivities.  

Later in June we made a last minute, whirlwind trip to South Carolina. We spent a weekend seeing some friends that we hadn't seen in over 20 years.  We took the older girls with us and it was fun to have some time with just two kiddos.  While in South Carolina we made a day trip to Helen, GA.  

Helen, GA started as an old logging town.  In the 1960's, the town was dying so the counsel decided to reinvent the town as an "Alpine Bavarian Village".  It's a bit touristy but was a fun side trip to see and spend the day walking around the town. You can read more about the history here.

It was a busy, but great month.  We're looking forward to having some time to relax a bit this summer with the kids home from school.  This past weekend the town lake opened and we enjoyed the beautiful weather there.  

The blues and greens were much more vibrant than this picture shows.

I hope you all are enjoying some sunshine and find time to relax and breathe.