Hey there! How is everyone? So, this has been a great summer. Continuing on from our last post......if you remember, we had a long vacation in Florida, and once we got back home to Illinoin, Ben flew in a few days later from Korea.
We were all so happy to have him home, even if for just a very short time. We spent lots of time having fun, and of course, Ben had a huge list of "honey do's" that he worked on. I think he was just happy to come home and actually get to see where home really is. If you will remember, we moved here and then two weeks later, he left. He got to meet a lot of the neighbors when we would go on walks. We also had a BBQ promotion party for him, and a lot of neighbors and friends came to that as well. Ben was promoted to Master Sergeant on April 1st of this year, but hadn't had time to celebrate. We had a great party and we all enjoyed the day getting to know our neighbors. Thanks to all who were able to make it.
Ben spent a ton of the BBQ right where he normallly does! We had TONS of food....murphy burgers, hot dogs, and brauts! YUMMY!
It was a hot day, but everyone enjoyed themselves. Luckily we had a little bit of shade before the storm blew it away a few days later....we said bye to our second awning....thanks to Mother Nature!
Everyone made such yummy food....if anyone went home hungry, it was definitely their own fault!
Congratulations baby! I am so proud of you and all that you have accomplished!
Ben and I went for a relaxing getaway at Rend lake in Southern Illinois. We spent a few days there, all by ourselves and had a great time. We walked through antique shops, went horse back riding, did a wine tasting....and buying, and went on a very nice bike ride one afternoon.
We spent time with the kids and enjoyed a few days at Six Flags in St. Louis and visited the City Museum. We really enjoyed having him home and it was even harder to say good-bye to him the second time around. He has been back in Korea for 3 weeks now and we miss him dearly. But, every day that goes by, is one day closer to him being home and we only have 5 months left! 
I have been spending a lot of my time in the garden and have enjoyed watching everything grow. We have been able to enjoy several vegetables so far and have many more growing. We are also anxiously anticipating the sunflowers to bloom!! I will post pictures, don't worry!
This photo was taken last week, so this week the sunflowers are all as tall as the fence.
We have gotten several sqaush and zuchinni and they are yum! This is our one and only tomato so far. We have a good batch of lettuce growing and all had some in our salad the other night. We also have tiny little green beans growing. I sure hope they get bigger! We have cucumber plants that are beautiful, but so far, they haven't given us anything to eat!
This is our first pumpkin, but I think we will have quite the patch! There are vines all over the place with little pumpkins starting to pop up on them. This was taken a few weeks ago. It is much bigger now and already turning orange! Pictures to come soon!
This is our home a few weeks ago with a gorgeous backdrop of the evening sky.
This was one of our old, very worn out cushions.......
ta..da....! Nice and new and I recovered them myself!
School is also going well for me and I am almost finished with my first term. In a few weeks I get to take my first nursing class and am really looking forward to that. I also got notification today that I was awarded another scholarship...for $3000. This makes $6000 so far and I am so excited!
We are all excited because my niece Sydney comes home on Friday after spending the whole summer with her dad. We can't wait to have her home! School starts for the kiddos next week and they are very anxious to get back to their friends... I mean, learning.... =) Oh, and Britt made the soccer team at her school and Christian/Will has his team tryouts this week. We are busy, busy....but doing great. We hope you all are doing great as well and would love to hear from you anytime! All for now.....more updates and photos to come soon. Oh, and Lexi is still so cute and as crazy as ever....we have had her for one year and we just love her♥ Happy August Y'all!
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