Doo Dah, Family Day, and Friends!

Hi M ~

So, July started out with a bang with our annual Doo Dah parade and the Fourth of July fireworks. Daddy gave us a small scare during the Doo Dah parade when he became so dehydrated that he ended up in an ambulance and spending a few hours in the local ER. Ultimately, it was not a huge issue, but it appears that our little family just can't get through a summer without a health scare from our sweet Daddy. I sure hope next summer is health scare-free! Anyway, the parade had lots of fun characters...as usual.

Sean Spicer on his crazy podium

Melania, Trump, and Putin

our buddy, Erin ~ as part of a Richard Simmons

"sweatin' to the oldies" crew ~ she's so silly

ready for Westerville fireworks!

taking your job of lighting sparklers very seriously

The fireworks were great...but my favorite part of July is by far getting to celebrate Family Day with you. We are putting off a big party until September when it cools off a bit, but we had our quaint celebration with you, me, Daddy, Lao Lao, and Audrey joined us this year too! Dinner out and go-karts were the order of the night on July 6th! It was so much fun...I haven't laughed that hard in quite a while. We love you, kiddo!

Here are Daddy's and my posts on Facebook to share our gratitude for getting to share this crazy life with you.

group selfie before speeding off in our go-karts!

you looking up at Lao Lao's
face here cracks me up

right about now you're thinking,
"holy cow! here we go!"

and this is the moment that Lao Lao
ran through the cones by accident
(so hilarious!)

first time driving your own car ~
finally tall enough...yahoo!

skeeball champions!

The rest of July was full of more summer fun.

reading to our sweet Suzy

we tried out a local rolled ice cream
place and it was super neat to watch!

they even had spoons that changed
colors when it touched cold ice cream

fun date with my kiddo

making pancakes after a sleepover

ice cream with Daddy

you ever so sweetly laid out a breakfast
surprise for me before bed one night
awww...

breakfast at Tim Horton's where you
drank out of a paper bag and...

July also included a visit from our friends, the Williams family, from Virginia! It was so much fun to host all 5 of them, have some big laughs and enjoy some good quality time with a fantastic family. Love them to pieces!

while we were out with the Williams family
one night, Lao Lao went to a wedding...

look how pretty your grandma is!
vavavavoom!

and now that you've joined Messenger,
these are the texts we share during
summer break and while I'm at work

And now, since Daddy works from home for his new boss, you have the opportunity to spontaneously skip summer camp, stay home with him, and take Memaw out to breakfast. This was another fun text I got. So cute!

So my dear...July is done, August is up next. The summer is just flying by!

Love you so much!
Mama