How did so much time pass without an entry?

I guess there has just been so much going on.
JoyAnna loved DisneyLand. Clay was very sweet and stood in line with her for 30 minutes to see Tinkerbell. He said she was the only one over age 4 in the line. He was a good sport about it. She did lots of fun things there that day.

The next day they went to the beach before heading to Pheonix. The following day they headed home. We were very, very glad to have her home on Sunday night.

The last week has been a blur. We had VBS at church. Eric ended up quitting his job, so he got to work in VBS Tuesday thru Friday. Joy Anna was the puppet for all the assemblies. She had fun doing it. Friday afternoon there was a swim party for the youth that helped. She enjoyed that too. Friday night we went to the ball game. There were 26 of us from church. It was so much fun. We really enjoy this group of people.

Saturday morning we had planned a trip to Silver City. We want to pack as much fun into the time Eric has left here in Texas as possible. Lauren and Clay joined us for the day. We walked around the town before having a good lunch in a soup, salad, and sandwich place. I had a cheese and mushroom sandwich. It was wonderful. After that, we decided to go to the Gila Cliff Dwellings. It was quite a rough ride out there. The winding road went up and down. I was miserable. Usually if I am in the front seat, I am ok. There was just no place to focus. It was awful. We finally stopped at a vista and let me stand on solid ground for a bit. We finally made it to the monument. That meant a one mile hike up to the cliffs and back down. Joy Anna, my graceful child, fell down as we were making our way down.

We really had a lot of fun for the day. When we got back to town, the kids decided to go to a movie.

Today was a busy fathers day. We had church, which was really good. Then we went to our friends' for lunch. Marie and Peggy are both moving this week. It was so good to be with them. Tonight, all the guys from lunch went to the ball game. JoyAnna and I went to Target for a new hair color. It has been kind of odd that Clay's previous girlfriend was a redhead, too. After quite a few comments, Joy Anna decided to try a new color. It was such a pain because we tried to do highlights. I don't think it was what she had in mind, but she says she likes it. I hope so.

We are planning to take her Senior portraits in Shrevport next week. Dean is not going to get to go with us. I am so sad. I hate being apart from him for so long. I am finally getting sleepy. It is hot tonight which makes sleeping hard.