Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Busy Month at Newel's House





We have had a busy couple of weeks. First, Isaac and I attended an all-Indiana LDS Encampment near Indianapolis. There were lots of fun events for the boys to participate in, and we had a nice 3 days with 700 or so other scouts and scouters from all over the state.
Then last week, Isaac went to EFY and Mariana went to Girl's Camp, so Carolyn and I had an empty nest for a week. We decided to take advantage of the time together to do something romantic. . . like Tile The Kitchen! It turned out to be a big job, so I wasn't quite done when the kids got back, so Mariana helped me place a few tiles.
On the 4th of July weekend, we decided to go to the Cincinnatti zoo. They had a new giraffe exhibit that Mariana enjoyed, and Isaac got to hold a snake, which he enjoyed. The weather was cloudy and breezy, but it didn't rain, so it turned out to be a great day for walking around the zoo.
Now I have a whole week of actually having to go to work each day for the whole day. It didn't take long to get used to vacation days.
--Newel

1 comment:

anette said...

Marianna is getting so tall and beautiful. I can't believe how much she has grown.