Not Your Average Summer!

By June, things started to open up around us and we slowly ventured out more! We have never been so happy to hang out with family and friends! We swam with friends and cousins (Aidan is finally taller than Kaelyn for the first time ever!), celebrated Father's Day, made some crab cakes on the new grill, lounged around with Griffin, ate corn dogs at the Fletcher's truck which came to our old neighborhood, had Meredith and A.J. over for dinner, met a cute pug, continued to wear masks when we were in public, and even saw the International Space Station orbitting overhead!

A Low-Key May

We have expanded our social-distancing circle to include family and friends because we were going crazy (mental health is just as important as physical health and we are all being careful!). Daniel and I went to a '20s-themed birthday party for three of our old Wylie neighbors and had such a blast!

We also went to Waco for the weekend to see Papi and Grammy's new house, and see the Brooks girls while Daniel and Aidan went hunting with the Brooks boys!

Mother's Day, Daniel's newly-completed screened-in porch, Aidan's last guitar lesson (via Zoom), a beautiful rainbow, and trips to the hair and nail salons! Very happy Mommy!

Good-bye 2019-2020 School Year and Hello Cousin Addy!

Our month of May began with the last days of 6th grade and 8th grade for Avery and Aidan...this year's "last day" looked a little different with pajamas and actual assignments that needed to be turned in, instead of class parties and field days. But, they are done and I'm so proud of how my kids handled remote learning and I'm praying everything is back to normal in the fall! Avery and Ryleigh and Sage kicked off summer by building a fort in my living room, and jumping in the pool where they have been ever since.

We also welcomed our newest cousin Addy Joy Dixon! What a time to be born! I hope she knows 2020 isn't an accurate representation of what normal years are like :)

Happy Birthday Quaranteen!

Aidan turned 14 during the quarantine and although it was a different kind of birthday, I think he had a great day! We celebrated early by going to our ranch for a day of relaxing and fishing! Grammy met us there with some cupcakes and even Griffin got to join in the fun!

Since his actual birthday was on a Monday, he decided to do all of his homework for that day on Sunday so he'd be ready to party! We picked up birthday donuts and drove through our old neighborhood in Wylie where our neighbors were waiting to surprise him with signs, balloons, and gifts! They are so sweet! After that we picked up his friend Brady (who had also finished his homework the day before!) for an afternoon of Xbox. Avery stayed to play with Brady's sister Ryleigh and it was the first time our kids had hung out with friends other than their cousins since before Spring Break! Aidan also enjoyed a personal video I bought from Brian Baumgarner, who plays Kevin on The Office, one of Aidan's favorite shows!

That evening he zoomed with the Lewis family and talked to Grandpa and Nanna, then we had the Dixons and Halls over for dinner and cake!