Busy July

Our family has had a very hectic month! We've recently listed our home for sale. We decided the time was right to move on and find a real house with a full-sized backyard and four walls all our own. Our agent has put together a very slick web site, 3 Holly Hill.com, that prospective buyers can look at. So we've been forced to maintain the house in a constant near-pristine state in case visitors come, which is a special challenge with two little ones. We've already had one offer that fell through after some back-and-forth negotiation, and a few other nibbles as well. Our fingers remain crossed.

We haven't been keeping up with photos as much as we used to. With two little ones, you spend less time holding a camera and more time chasing one or holding the other. So I've uploaded a set of photos, but most of these are from July 4th. We really didn't snap that much else this month. (I do have some video that I've been meaning to sift though as well, but most of that is even older.)

Busy July

I do have one story that's too good not to share. Last night, Mandi was awakened repeatedly by Aaron, at least four times. So this morning she was naturally even more tired than usual. To help her wake up, I brewed a small pot of real (full-caffeine) coffee. We've been stashing the coffee grinder in the cabinets to keep our counters clear, so when I was done making the coffee, I put the grinder back into the cabinet. This evening, Jacob broke into the cabinet, got out the grinder, opened the top lid (where the not-yet-ground beans are stored) and began eating coffee beans. We have no idea how many he got his hands on, but he likes them--he likes anything crunchy, and he likes the taste of coffee. This evening, we had one wired little boy. I took him to the park to run off some energy, but he was still bouncing off the walls a bit. Last I checked, he was still in his bed, chattering away. Goose!