Nelson Family Blog: Wrapping up July

Well, I've been sort of MIA these last couple weeks, but this July has been incredibly insane. We have been so busy, we have hardly had a chance to catch our breath, or plan our trip to Seattle (we fly out on Saturday, ahhh!).

Rachel came to town a couple weekends ago, and she had a lot of fun with the kids. I had to work all weekend, but Rachel took Emma swimming, and had a great time hanging out with the kids.

Emma had swimming lessons last week. She loved them. She did a really good job listening to the teachers, and she passed her level and can go on to the next level next year. Anyway, Emma really enjoyed her lessons and loves swimming.

Softball wrapped up this past weekend. I had so much fun playing on two softball leagues all summer, but I am sort of glad it's over now. It has kept us really busy two nights a week. But anyway, our church league softball tournament was last Saturday. First of all, it was hot. Like really hot. Like heat index in the 100s hot. So, we were all sweaty, sweaty messes. I could only stay and play two games, because I had a bachelorette party in Minnesota to go to. We were missing a few of our regular players, and ended up going 1-3 in our games. It wasn't the best ending to our season, but it was a fun year!!

I left town around 3pm to head to Gibbon for Sam's bachelorette party. It was pretty fun. We hung out at Andrea's house for a while, and then we took a party bus around the surrounding towns and hit up some bars. It was nice to hang out with everyone, and we had a great time.

Sunday, involved driving back home, and then we watched the Air Show from our driveway. It was really fun to see all the jets and planes, especially the Blue Angels. Emma and Elliott really enjoyed it as well.

This week has been just a blur of activity. On Monday, we hosted a grill-out at our house for the called workers at our church. We had about 15 people at our house. We had a good time, with good food and company, along with beanbags, ladder golf, and a few beers. It was really fun, but people were still at our house until about 9:30 pm, so it ended up being a late night.

Tuesday, we brought Emma to Terrace Park for Princess in the Park. She had a blast meeting princesses, jumping in the bouncy houses, making a craft, and playing games. It was a great start to the evening. I also finished up my softball season with my women's leagues softball team. We had our end of the season tournament, and we ended up winning it all. We won our division, and got T-shirts and coozies for winning. It was such a fun season, and a fun night of softball. However, it was a late night of softball. We were still on the field at 11:15pm. This week has totally kicked my butt.

Last night, after work, we went to Steve and Melanie's house for a grill-out and to hang out and visit. The kids had a lot of fun playing together, and it was a beautiful evening. We had a good time, but again, we weren't home until 9:00pm. My poor house has suffered a lot of neglect over the last couple weeks.

Today, I finally have a day off. I have spent most of the day attending to my mess of a house, catching up on bills, and trying to relax at least a little bit. And packing for Seattle. And at 3:00pm, I am going to do the sip-n-cycle with John and his co-workers. This will be my second time doing the sip-n-cyle, and it's a pretty good time.

Tomorrow, my parents are coming in the evening since they are watching the kids for a while when we are gone. We fly out to Seattle on Saturday, and then we come back on Thursday. I am really excited for our trip, but I just haven't had as much time to plan and think about it as I would like. My life needs to slow down a little bit. It's been a great summer, but it is just literally flying by!