Just so there's not an entire month without a post

We've been busy. Not mega-busy in the sense that we barely have time to breathe let alone sit down and blog, but busy in the sense that we're all more wrapped up in family time and the sheer joy of not having a ton of stuff hanging over us, that to be honest, blogging never occurs to either of us.

I have stray thoughts of I should blog that when the kids do or say things, but it never seems to make it past that transient thought.

Still, the summer so far in a nutshell:

• Alex's plans for a summer semester of college fell through when the classes he had enrolled in were cancelled. He was upset and unhappy for a day or two, until he realized that the free time meant potential employment and more time to hang around the pool with Steph, and 500 of their friends.
• Alex is working for his grandfather two days a week; his job is mostly to scrub the hell out of the restrooms at the bar, move stock from one spot to another; anything away from the alcohol, and he's the scut slave. So far, he loves it; he's saving for a car.
• Rachel is living life with her cell phone glued to her hand, texting so much I think she's developing calluses. Because, OMG, not seeing anyone for five full minutes requires IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. Half of what she texts is still to SETH! who seems to spend an inordinate amount of time here.
• Kevin is entrenched in the dance school; I don't think he's stepped foot into the dojang since school let out. He's taking every dance class available to him, and survived a week of Dance Camp. He was also very disappointed that one does not go away to a sleepover dance camp, it's more of a day camp type thing.
• This house is crawling with teenagers and tweenagers every damned day. If there are fewer than 6 kids that don't live here, I'm surprised. If there are 10 or more, I'm not surprised. They all at least call before they show up, but Char has an open-house policy for the kids' friends when we're home, so they're always welcome. But frak, they eat like crazy and were feeding them all
• The sheer volume of kids was a good excuse to buy a bigger grill.
• Char turns 40 in one week. There must be a party for that ;)

Hopefully it won't be nearly another month until there's another post.