June

I am slowly getting caught up on everything just in time for school to start again. We still have exactly a month left, yet there are school supplies for sale at the stores already....this is not good!
June also proved to be a very busy month for us. Take a look!!





I was able to take a trip to Chicago with my parents to celebrate my sister Andrea's Graduation from her Masters Program from the University of Phoenix.

I also got the opportunity to spend my Tuesdays and Thursdays in June with this little guy. I got to babysit for some friends twice a week! Gavin is such a happy little guy. It was so much fun to spend time with him. I was able to get to know him and his mom, Shannon a little better! :)

As always Macey has been a huge help in our basement project! Here you can see she is getting ready to help paint!

2 of our walls in our basement living room are now painted this blue/grey/silvery color! We absolutely love it!

A big thank you to Mom for doing the painting for us! WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!

Our bathroom is now finished and completely usable! Woohoo! It doesnt get used much as we do not yet spend too much time down the basement, But it is ready to go.

The beginning of June brought a little bit of excitement and a whole lot of pain for Rich. He ended up having emergency wisdom tooth surgery. After about a week of pain and no longer being able to open his mouth enough to even stick his tounge out or a pinky finger in, he decided it was time to see a dentist. They took x-rays and refered him to an oral surgeon. Luckily, the next day we were able to get him into the oral surgeon and have this taken care of. He did really well through the surgery! It only took about 30 minutes. He recovered quickly with very little pain. (THANKFULLY) It took a few weeks for Rich to be able to fully open his mouth again, as he had a huge infection and an impacted wisdom tooth. The muscles tightened because of the infection and took a while to relax again. He is now completely healed and we are thanking God that it was taken care of so quickly and painlessly. We are so very thankful that the recovery was quick and everything is back to normal!

Rich also started a new job in June. After his wisdom teeth surgery, he started as the head groundskeeper for South Dakota Acheive here in Sioux Falls. It is a little change from what he has been doing Landscaping, but he is still able to be outside, taking care of lawn mowing, irrigation systems, and the landscape at 16 places around town. He was extremely excited to get this job offer as it is a year round position. Rich is getting to know everything and is starting to get it all under control! He had a lot of clean up and irrigation start ups to do at first! He is really enjoying this job!