Busy Start to the Summer

Time has been flying by lately. It seems like it was just May. Now it's July.

June was an eventful month.

• We said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa and their truck and camper. 
• We went swimming.
• We went to the farmer's market.
• We went to a museum for Nathaniel Day.
• We went to the pool.
• We went to the farmer's market in the rain.
• We celebrated Father's Day.
• We went swimming with Grandma.
• We met with the high risk doctor. 
• We went to our grief group meeting.
• We went to the library.
• We went swimming.
• We celebrated my birthday. 
• We played at the park.
• We watched a movie at the library.
• We went swimming.
• We took the train downtown. 
• We went to the art museum.
• We went swimming.
• I saw a play. 
• We went swimming.
• Abby stayed with Grandma and Grandpa for the weekend while Dave and I drove to Minnesota and back. 
• We went swimming with Grandma and Nick.
• We had a picnic at the park.
• We went swimming.

I think we are getting good use our of our pool pass this year. I just looked and we went 10 times in June.

In the midst of all that I also managed to exercise nearly every day and post on here. I'm pretty proud of myself. 

An Addition to the Garden

For Father's Day Grandma helped Abby decorate some rocks. There was one for each one of us and one that said family. I suggested we put them under Nathaniel's tree so that they wouldn't be sitting around the house. I think they look very nice there.

Firsts Are Hard

There have been quite a few firsts for us this year without Nathaniel. None of them are new to us. They are all things that we have celebrated before, but this year they are hard days. The days we have to try to get through. The days we miss him the most. The first Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, and now Father's Day.

My birthday is next week. It will be the first birthday that we have celebrated as a family since February. I am dreading it. I don't want to do anything. I really don't want to celebrate. I'm thinking it is going to be harder than any other day so far this year. I should plan something fun, but we have so many other things going on next week that I think trying to plan something will just stress me out.

The morning is already planned. There is story time at the library. We always go to that. If it's a nice day Abby and I will probably go to the pool in the afternoon. She's been actually playing in the water a lot more this year. That could be distracting and fun. If it rains I don't know what I'll do. Maybe I will pack for our trip the next day. We are only going to be gone for two days so that shouldn't take too long.

I think I'll be praying for sunshine for Thursday.