An Exciting Month

July sure has been an excting month for us! We attended the Crane Family Reunion in Idaho to start out the month. It was a blast! The kids loved hanging out with their cousins. We played a lot of great games and visited Crater of the Moon. We even got to do a service project there! It's great that the Crane family has incorporated service into their family reunions.

Next we celebrated Raymond's birthday. We made three different cakes for the event all at his request. They were German Chocolate, Tres Leches with strawberries, and Better than almost anything cake. We also got tickets to see the Paul McCartney concert. It was so fun!

The next weekend we had a family reunion with Raymond's extended Crane family. We and Raymond's mom were the only ones in his family able to attend, so it's good we went! They had a dinner at a park, which pleased the little ones. Each family presented a talent for entertainment. Since we were the only ones there, we sang a song Raymond wrote called "Dreaming of You." It's one of my favorites!

My sister came to visit from Texas with her family at the end of the month. They spent the night at the parade route for the 24th of July. S went with them. We met them there in the morning and had fun watching the parade.