Random Updates

Yes, I know that again, it's been awhile.

Here are some random updates about what's been happening in the Philpott Household. First I have to say that I couldn't sleep at all last night, so I'm typing this on 3 hours of sleep...definitely not even close to enough for me. I am on my 3rd cup of coffee this morning, so I hope I make some sense, if not, I apologize in advance.

This summer has flown by. It's been a fabulous one though. Let's see, my good friends Karen and Scott were married and I was the matron-of-honor. The wedding was beautiful, the bride was gorgeous and a good time was had! The only thing was that I fell down the porch about 2 weeks before the wedding and bruised up my leg pretty bad. Then the next day I fell over a toy in the driveway and hurt the same leg even worse. I walked down the aisle the best I could without the crutches.

About the whole leg thing...the day I fell over the toy in the driveway was also our 8 year wedding anniversary. My leg and ankle were swolled pretty bad so I called Jeromy and he came and took me to the emergency room. It wasn't broken (though to this day I feel like I chipped a bone because it's still swollen) but I felt bad that we spent our anniversary at Aultman Hospital. I guess that is definitely one anniversary we will never forget!

We went to North Myrtle Beach on vacation this summer. Can I just say this? I love the beach. To me, this is no better vacation then sitting on the beach, listening to the waves, playing in the ocean, collecting sea shells, and boogie boarding. Yes, you read that right, I got my fat butt on a boogie board. So much fun! I was obsessed with it. I want to get my own board for next year. We went with my sister-in-law and my nephews and niece, my nephews girlfriend Amy and Melissa (my sister-in-laws) niece from her side of the family Hayley. Then my brother-in-law Joe, the one that is in Iraq as I type this, was still in Wisconsin when we were in Myrtle. I don't know how he did it, but he managed to get 4 days off and spend some of our vacation with us. It was really nice to see him. Now he's officially in Iraq and it will be awhile before we can meet up again, but Myrtle was fun! Back to boogie boarding, my nephews are extremely athletic. Cole, (he's 12) and I went out to the ocean together. I used Cody's (my other nephew, he's soon to be 16) board and Cole taught me how to boogie board. I seriously didn't think I'd be able to do it. But it didn't take long til I was riding the waves right along with him. I LOVED IT! Cole was laughing at his old auntie, probably cause I looked like a fool, but we had a great time together. Thanks Cole, for showing this old dog new tricks! Dylan and Ethan absolutely loved the ocean too. Oh and so did Jeromy. I grew up going to Myrtle every summer, but Jeromy and the boys have never been to the ocean. We couldn't get the boys out of it....they loved it so much! Jeromy loved it too. Cole taught him how to boogie board also. Jeromy was doing really well with it. We bought the boys there own boards and they were doing it too! Our condo had a pool, so we spent some time there also. Both the boys were swimming in 8 feet deep water. This is a huge accomplishment seeing as how I have signed them both up for swim lessons and they both cried the whole time cause they were so "scared." They weren't scared at the beach! I'm signing them up again...it's important for them to know how to swim. All in all it was a fabulous vacation and I can't wait to go back next year!

This Saturday is the HOF Parade. I don't know who is looking forward to that more, me or the kids. Unfortunately we won't have pics to post here because due to some miscommunication at the Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle, our camera has been lost/stolen. We will get a new one, eventually, but it makes me mad that we have no pics from our first beach vacation.

Well, I need to go and wake up Jeromy for work. Hope this finds everyone well! Have a good weekend!

Emily