July 2009

July has been such a crazy month! We had 8, yes 8 different doctor visits (nothing too serious thank goodness). We also went on tons of fun outings. First we spent the 4th of July at Jim Creek (a military recreation area). It's so pretty there! We rented a rowboat and went fishing, although we didn't have much luck ;) We wanted to shoot some fireworks, but they were not allowed on the property unfortunately, so we got to hear the big "booms" reverberating in the mountains so loudly that our cabin shook! The next weekend we hiked to the waterfalls at boulder river. It's a nice little 1-mile hike that is easy enough even Madison could hike it! Again, so very pretty here. Then we went to the Loganberry festival in Greenbank. There was a live band, tons of carny food (kettle korn - yum!!!), horses, vendors and even a bouncy house and kid zone with games. Madison's favorite by far was the bouncy house. It's funny, she used to be scared to death of those a year ago and now she loves them - go figure! Lastly, we celebrated Madison's 3rd birthday with a beach-themed party at our house. We had a blowup pool, sandbox, beachball sprinkler, waterguns, just about anything you could think of that involved water! I made the cake myself - it looked like half sand and half water with palm trees and fish and a dolphin. I had a great time making all the food too - pb&j sandwiches shaped like fish, cookies that looked like oysters with pearls in their mouths, and sailboat hotdogs - yum! What a month!