I've already fallen behind!

The last time I posted was the 17th and it seems like that was already so long ago. We survived our first week without Mike pretty well. The running around slowed down quite a bit and we settled into our new life as Mom and two boys, talking to Daddy when we can. I was fortunate enough on Friday the 20th to attend a dear friend's birthday celebration without kids. It gave me the time to talk to adults without the kids around and enjoy some time to myself. I love my children dearly, but it is definitely nice when we get some of our own time. On Saturday the 21st, we went to the races out at Banks Speedway. My mom and grandpa were both racing and Mom needed someone to tow her car to the track. We had a ton of fun! It was fan appreciation night so they had all the cars out on the track and they let the fans go down and meet their favorite drivers. The boys got to ride in Mom's car onto the track and thought it was the best thing ever. It was fun to see all the fans showing appreciation to the drivers and vice versa. There was also a newspaper there that interviewed the family and ran a story. That was pretty neat. We got home late that night and everyone was more than ready for bed. It is always fun spending time with the family at the race track. Something I hope we do more of this summer. We've been attending church the last few Sundays with a friend of ours. We have gone three Sundays now and think we are settling in wonderfully. The kids absolutely LOVE church and that makes my heart so happy. I am so proud of them for asking about God and having such a passion to learn about Him and his word. I am grateful for friends that introduced us to a church where my kids feel comfortable and that is so accepting of us all. On Monday of last week, we went swimming with friends at their pool. The kids all had a BLAST and us moms got BURNED. You'd think we'd know better! BUT the kids were all good and NOT burned, so we got something right. This last week, nothing much really happened. We are gearing up for our big TEXAS trip to see Mike and most of our time has been spent getting ready for that. I am sure I won't write while there but will have a lot of updates and pictures when we get back! For some reason I can't figure out these pictures tonight. Or how to actually show the paragraphs I have written separately because I sure didn't write this to run all together. Maybe that can be for another day.....