Long Overdue Update and BIG News

Geez, it's been almost two months since we last posted to the blog. I swear I don't know where the time goes... I will try to recap as much as I can remember and then give an update on what is currently happening in our lives.

Work has been extremely busy, hectic and stressful for Corey and I the past two months. For a while I didn't even know what it felt like to work at normal 8 hour day - I was lucky to work a 12 hour day at minimum. Working that much gets old quickly!

The quote, "Working for the Weekends" has definitely been our motto for this Summer! The weekends of July and August have been packed with fun activities with our families!

JULY -->

• Corey's younger cousins, Stephanie and Amanda, came in town from Arizona for two weeks to visit. Stephanie and Amanda had never been to DC so Jackie, Bob, Lindsay, Tony, Maddie, Stephanie, Amanda, Corey and I went site seeing on Saturday, July 21st. It was an absolute beautiful day and not that hot either!
• On Friday, July 27th, we went to see the Phantom of the Opera at the Kennedy Center with Uncle Mike, Aunt Lura, Cassie & Seth. The performance and our seats were incredible! On Saturday we went site seeing in Georgetown and DC for the day.

AUGUST -->

• Friday, August 10th, 28 of our family and friends including us (Grandma; Mom and Dad; Uncle Mike, Aunt Lura, Cassie and Seth; Uncle Chris, Aunt Stacy and Campbell; Uncle Dave, Aunt Traci, Hannah and Isaiah; Jean and Ed Clark; Jeanie, Lee, Jessie and Allie; Eddie, Tina, Ashley and Lucas; Aaron; Troy and Whitney and Allie's friend Megan) went to Kings Dominion for the day. It was extremely hot but there were minimal lines so I think the heat kept a lot of people away for the day. It was a lot of fun for everyone! The highlights were: Aaron on the Volcano; Cassie, Campbell and Allie on the Water Canyon; Grandma and her scooter; Isaiah and the Taxi Cab roller coaster; the parents having as much fun or more as the kids; skunks; and so much more! Next year I recommend we go to Busch Gardens and Water Country USA for a weekend.
• On Saturday, August 11th, we headed to the Washington DC Zoo with Grandma; Mom and Dad; Dave, Traci, Hannah and Isaiah; Cassie & Seth. The highlights of the day were the armadillo, prairie dogs, elephants, manual wheelchairs, and fruit smoothies.

• The third week in August Corey took a MANcation with Park, Jake, Bat and Damien to celebrate their "30th" Birthdays. Corey will need to blog about this... OR Maybe it's what happens on mancation stays at mancation. =)
  

• This past Saturday we helped Uncle Mike and Aunt Lura move Cassie into her dorm room at University of Maryland - College Park. It was the hottest day of the year, Cassie's room is located on the top floor of the dormitory (8th floor) and she forgot her fans! As you can imagine the heat was absolutely unbearable and miserable. It was so hot that Uncle Mike and Corey experienced B.S. Are you wondering what B.S. is? Take a look at the picture below. It was hard work getting her moved in but we had a lot of fun! Good luck Cassie!
• Yesterday, Bob and Jackie came to our house with a bottle of champagne and took us out to dinner to celebrate . Are you wondering what we were celebrating...

Finally to the BIG news...Corey and I signed a purchase agreement on August 24th to build our very first HOUSE!!! The builder is estimating the house could be finished by March/April timeframe! So the next 7 to 8 months are going to be very exciting for us! Our new street address will be Porch Light Drive - doesn't that sound like "home sweet home".

Here is a picture of us at our home site with the SOLD sign!