How does time fly by so quickly? I find myself having to look back on pictures from the past month and a half to actually see what we have been doing. We started July off by going to Montrose for our 10 year high school reunion. Aside from seeing a few of my close girl friends, it was totally lame. There were about 25 classmates that showed up out of the 250 or so that we graduated with. Here's to hoping that the 20 year one will be better...if we go.
In other news, this past weekend found us celebrating my sweet hubby's birthday and enjoying the company of his dad who came here to be with us for a long weekend. He and El really enjoyed getting re-acquainted and had some very fun times together. We ate out a lot (which is quite interesting with a wiggly 2 year old), went swimming, the boys got their golf on, and we celebrated Graham on Sunday (although El got a new kitchen or "chichen", as she calls it, from Diddy and Nana for a belated bday present- with which she likes to make "nummy cake"). Having Dale here reminds us how much we wish all of our family could be closer together so that time with everyone could be more frequent and extended. However, we do cherish those times when we get to be together and we did exactly that!
In the midst of all the July happenings, I was very busy with my Arbonne business. June and July found me doing 8 presentations each month, starting a new business builder, and earning the company trip this October to Mexico- we are excited! I can honestly say that this business challenges me in ways that I have never been challenged before, gives me an amazing opportunity to meet tons of new people and build relationships with them, and the Lord is using it to refine me in so many ways. I am so excited to see what He has in store! As a little, shameless advertisement: (seeing as how I now have an international readership on this blog; who is reading in Japan, the UK and Africa?!?!?) if you'd like the opportunity to try some of Arbonne's amazing pure, safe and beneficial products, I am your girl (and I have free samples- just let me know)! Or if you are looking for an incredible business where you are your own boss and set your own hours, I am also your girl!
This past Sunday found us at Bananas Fun Park. It seems ironic looking back on it that it was actually my idea to pack up the family for an afternoon at the inflatable playground, bumper boats, and mini bowling- in 98 degree heat. We started off with the bumper boats and unfortunately weren't able to get any pictures of that...why, you ask? Well, that would be because the aforementioned husband decided to squirt all of the 11 year old boys, which was of course met with large amounts of water being sprayed towards the three of us crowded into a small bumper boat. Can't you just picture it? Our next stop was the inflatable playground. The only problem with this was the shaggy Astroturf which was MUCH hotter than the 98 degree heat. Picture this: the three of us running from shade spot to shade spot (looking like drowned rats from the boats) while deciding which bump and jump equipment wasn't going to totally freak El out. We finally found the giant gorilla which had an entry hole into him the size of a....um...11 year old boy. Graham stuck El into the gorilla, then proceeded to squeeze himself through the belly of the ape. Mind you, the entire innards of the ape were created for the 11 year old boy size as well. So just imagine a lanky, 6 foot+ man crawling up the mini ladder, through the mini hole to go down the mini slide with his mini daughter. It was F.U.N.N.Y.!!!! Being the supportive wife that I am, I was outside the gorilla shooting a couple of pictures.
We finished up our time at Bananas with some skeet ball, 31 tickets, two monkey tattoos, a super ball and a game of mini bowling...to El there was no such thing as underhand throws so you can imagine how hard a mini bowling ball falls from 3 feet with force being put into it from an overhand throw...that's my girl! Oh, and how could we forget the menacing alien caterpillar?!?! 
Until next time, fellow bloggers and blog stalkers...:)
