Time is flying by and July 4th was already almost a week ago, but it was a great one, so I don't want to let it pass by without at least filling you in on it. As busy as life is, it is hard to keep up with little things that seem unimportant now, but will be cherished later. Who knows what the future holds technologically and if this blog will be around to check out 20 years from now so I can remember all of the fun things we have done (and the hard things we have gone through), but for now, it is a fun way to document our lives and share at least a small piece of them with our friends and family who care about us. With another surgery on the calendar (I filled you in in the last post...), I'm considering making a separate blog for random thoughts and daily life, and keeping one for surgery updates and prayer needs. Who knows if I could actually keep up two, though...I'm not very good at one! I'll let you know if it happens (and would anyone want to read it?).
Anyway, back to the 4th! We had a great week. It actually started last week with a phone call at 11:30 Friday night from my brother Tim, who was in Nebraska with my family. Turns out he had some friends who would be road-tripping out to VA the next morning and he could tag along with them and hang out with us. We had nothing better to do, so said come on out! He got in last Sunday, then it got even better when I drove down to the airport to pick up Mike's new girlfriend from Tennessee. None of our family had met her yet besides Tim, so it was good to finally put a face to the girl that has captivated my little brother.
Mike was driving from NC as fast as he could to get to her (and I'm sure he couldn't wait to see us, either...) He got in as we were finishing dinner Thursday evening, and then we all packed up to leave for our town's big fireworks show at the high school. A fun time was had by all...It wasn't too hot out, there were lots of friends to catch up with, and the Homestead Creamery ice cream truck was out. Gabe really didn't care for the fireworks, but he still enjoyed seeing his buds, especially London, Mosely and Bergen.
Friday morning was very special, too. The Keigley's, who moved to SC a few months ago, came over for breakfast. Gabe had a blast with his buddies and all the kids enjoyed our new toy room. After Gabe's nap Friday afternoon, we all trekked out to the lake to see everyone there. Noah and his girlfriend Rachel came down and some family friend's of the Lester's were also there. Tim and I had jumped off of the infamous cliffs on the lake earlier in the week, so everyone else wanted to head out there, too. The lake was packed and the cliffs were full of jumping kids, so we jumped right in for a nice adrenaline rush! Tim, Mike, Abby, Jon and I jumped a few times, and if it wasn't so crowded out there, we might have kept going.
Saturday was filled with some tubing down the Pigg River, lots of fireworks, lots of food, and lots of friends. A major event was Mike giving Abby a promise ring!
We had such a great time with everyone. Ryan wasn't feeling great all weekend, so that put a damper on things, but just to be with people we love is a great thing. We are sure blessed with some wonderful family and friends.
So...I finally finished this! And now it is so far in the past...no one probably cares to read it. Oh well. I can check it off of my own personal list and that makes me happy.
Gabe and I are heading out in the morning for SC to hang out with the Keigley's this week. Ryan will come and meet us later this week. I need to get packed up now...
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