June highlights!
Justin started off this month with 4x/week football day camp. Now that he's a freshman, he's been taking football even more seriously. The boy is growing (tied for height with me) and becoming more and more muscular with all the weightlifting they are doing. He even goes to the gym on his days off sometimes. Take a look at those biceps!
I went on a business trip to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I'd never been, and have to say that I really like what little I saw of the area. Actually, I wasn't in Ft. L, but really in Hollywood which is between Ft. L and Miami. It's a quaint little town, a little old and run down as far as the buildings and restaurants go, but the "Broadwalk" as they call it has souvenir shops and a few casual restaurants. One night we ate dinner on the patio of the Marriott and it was quite good. The photo below was the view from my room - I never got to go swimming but I certainly appreciated the aqua blue waters - reminded me of the Bahamas.
We've been tolerating the hot desert days with pool time - be it ours or various friends'. Our pool gets more shade than most peoples' out here, so it's usually a few degrees cooler, but once summer is at mid-point it's usually caught up. It's not unusual for pools to be in the mid 90's.
We celebrated Father's Day with a family movie - Super 8. Great flick, I highly recommend it. Terry wanted to keep things low-key so we pretty much just enjoyed an otherwise quiet day, ending with a fabulous steak dinner.
Eric has been working towards what he needs to get into the Navy. Right now his paperwork is processing so hopefully he'll be able to take his test soon and then they can find a job for him, and figure out when his training will start. At the end of June he was hired for a job at another local tire shop, this one very close to our house. He should be starting within the next few days!
I also discovered canning! Well, preserving I guess. I made three batches of jam (triple berry, peach mango and strawberry banana) and they turned out great. I had only made freezer jam before, but decided I wanted to give 'real' canning a try. Now that I know how easy it is, I will probably make more jams, as well as can some of my other creations like spicy pickled okra, homemade barbecue sauce and balsamic steak sauce.
So to recap, even though we were pretty busy throughout the month, we didn't seem to do anything too mindblowing. That's just fine with us!
Coming up for July:
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| Justin with Duke |
We've been tolerating the hot desert days with pool time - be it ours or various friends'. Our pool gets more shade than most peoples' out here, so it's usually a few degrees cooler, but once summer is at mid-point it's usually caught up. It's not unusual for pools to be in the mid 90's.
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| Suzy after a swim |
Eric has been working towards what he needs to get into the Navy. Right now his paperwork is processing so hopefully he'll be able to take his test soon and then they can find a job for him, and figure out when his training will start. At the end of June he was hired for a job at another local tire shop, this one very close to our house. He should be starting within the next few days!
I also discovered canning! Well, preserving I guess. I made three batches of jam (triple berry, peach mango and strawberry banana) and they turned out great. I had only made freezer jam before, but decided I wanted to give 'real' canning a try. Now that I know how easy it is, I will probably make more jams, as well as can some of my other creations like spicy pickled okra, homemade barbecue sauce and balsamic steak sauce.
So to recap, even though we were pretty busy throughout the month, we didn't seem to do anything too mindblowing. That's just fine with us!
Coming up for July:
- Independence Day
- Overnight football camp for Justin
- Justin's 14th birthday
- More hot summer weather and a crazy dust storm!
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