Bringing it up to speed.....

I am stopping back in to TRY to get back to my daily posting. It has been a summer of changes. My work hours have shifted some and I have been picking up extra time on the phones.  I've not gotten to spend as much time with the grandkids this year. Some of my schedule change resulted in me being off on Saturdays and since Colby has ball on Saturday's I didn't get them as much. Some weeks I worked and extra day because we are shorthanded and I didn't have much choice. I also had a part time job on Monday's a few times with someone who hired me to help her set up her office and get all her papers organized. That took more time than I thought it would and used a lot of my Monday's up. So it has been a busy summer but not in the way I hoped it would be. Sometimes life just gets in the way of having fun. Since the last time I posted, my best friend, Aaron, had a birthday. He turned the BIG 30. A bunch of us from work went out with him to celebrate. We had a great time.

One day that I had the kids we went to the new Pirate's Voyage. The food was great and the show was fantastic. I'm not a big fan of Pirate's (except the ones in the Descendents' movies). But I did like it.

I went on my first plane ride this year. And my first trip to Miami. While in Miami, we took a day trip to Key West on a tour bus. The whole trip was amazing and I will be sharing more of that soon. I took a ton of pictures so I have to go through and pick out the best. But one four day weekend with two of my girlfriends knocked 3 items off my bucket list. 

And a certain little girl had a birthday. My granddaughter Shelby turned 11 recently. She did her hair by herself in a cute bun and at the exact moment she turned 11 she took a selfie.

Hard to believe she is 11. She always has a smile for the camera. She has a very quirky personality.

As you can see, she hasn't outgrown it any. She decided to use a candle ring to see if it would make a good crown. We never know what she is going to do.

The Grands each get to spend a day with me around their birthday and do anything they want. Shelby picked going to the Stampede for dinner and the show. I gladly went even though it was one of my days off from being there to work. But we had a great time. 

Her birthday party was at her house this year. We had a great time. 

Yesterday, I had Colby and Alexis and we went to Dollywood. It was so much fun. We loved Wildwood Grove, the newest area there.

They did a man-made "creek" in that part and we were able to "wade" in the creek. 

It was so much fun. My favorite picture was of all three of us with our feet in the water. I love water over feet photos for some reason. Just the very picture of relaxation.

So that is a quick overview of the summer. School starts back this week and we are going to try to do something Monday to have some fun.