THE GRINSTEAD FAMILY

WHERE DID JULY GO?

Seriously, where did July go? It was just the 4th & now we are in the last week of the month! Here's what we've done!

• Allie is going to tutoring for math 2 days a week. She is improving a ton & loves going. We will keep it up during the school year too.
• Jake saw his ortho. He gets by another year with no braces or retainer. Yay!
• Jake's baseball team won against Gilbertville. It is the ONE team that we wanted to beat more than any other in the league. They were so happy. We celebrated with some of the team by going out for pizza after the game.
• Jake's baseball season came to an end. The end of the year tournament for the silver medal didn't go well. We lost all 3 games. We ended up 3rd in our conference, which I thought was great.
• We went to see Despicable Me as a family. It was a cute movie.
• I made a flying trip to see my family. We took in one of my nephew Ben's t-ball games, had dinner at Hall of Fame & the girls got their toes done. It was a great time.
• Scott's 20 year reunion has come and gone. We went to Fairfield on a Friday evening after dropping the kids in Cedar Rapids with my mom. We stayed in a hotel and enjoyed being without kids. We went out with Scott's classmates Friday & Saturday night. Scott took me for a tour of his hometown & showed me where he hung out, went to school, worked etc. It was a great time.
• We spent 4 days in the Ozarks with my whole family. We went boating, jet skiing, swimming, fishing, shopping, used the paddle boat, golfed, ate, drank & laughed. What a great time. We are already talking about booking the same lake house for next year. Sure hope it works out! I took about 450 pictures, I put a sampling on the page...
• I took the kids to Grand Mound for Kid's Day again this year. Allie really enjoyed herself. Jake is getting too old for the festivities.
• The kids and I went to the pool the other day. It might have been the hottest day of the year, so they had a blast.
• We bought our school supplies. School starts in less than a month. I can't believe how fast the summer has gone by!
• I had my friends Luke & Kristin over for pizza and beers. We hadn't seen each other for several weeks due to vacations. We needed to catch up & we sure did that!
• I started a new challenge (from my friend Luke). I am posting a picture a day on a website called http://365project.org/grinsteads/365 check it out, it's kinda fun. Let me know if you decide to try it out too. You can also check out Luke's project http://365project.org/lukewa/365 He is way more creative that me!
• Coming up: tutoring for Allie, pool party for Jake, my 20 year reunion, carnival meeting, football camp, registration, Allie's 9th birthday, Allie's party, doctor appointments and hair appointments.
  
  

Ben & Mike in the Ozarks
Maddie sipping a frozen drink on the beach at Coconuts.

Jake, Allie & Tesha on the boat.

My angels :)

Our family at Coconuts.

Allie at Coconuts.

Jake & Allie on the giant floating sea turtle at Coconuts.

Me, Allie & Delaney on the hammock.

My family by the lake.

My whole family in our matching Fischer shirts.

Front: Allie, Ben, Drew & Jake

Sitting: Tesha, Maddie, Mandy, Mom, Delaney, Kim & Me

Back: Will, Mike, Dad, Michael & Scott

My & my nephew Drew.

We celebrated Allie's birthday early.

Jake in the lake.

Jake & Drew

Drew pretending to drink some beer.

Me & my love!

Jake fishing

Taking a ride on the paddle boat.

My kiddos getting along!

Miss Allie

Allie bowling at Kid's Day

Jake bowling.

Jake pitching during the tournameny

Jake up to bat.