Where to Begin?

It's been a long time again...and just plain busy. Not sure where to start, though I know I am late on both Bea's and O's letters this month. For Bea, I am doing a big letter for next month as she will be 2 1/2, so I am bypassing this month. No excuses for O's, though.

My parents are in town, and have been since early in the month. They are now full time RVers and are currently staying about 20 minutes from our home. It's been nice having them around, and the girls have certainly loved getting to know them more. They'll be here until after the 4th of July, so it will probably remain busy for us until around that time.

In other news, is it true that everything happens in three's? Within a period of one week, I have heard of three deaths. One family member and two people I have met only briefly. The first two came as a shock, as those happened just two days apart. The third only came to me yesterday, but the death happened a few days prior. I have to be honest that when I heard about the first two, I was holding my breath for a third and hoped that nothing would happen and prayed for everyone to be safe. Then I heard about the third. It's saddening yes, but also relieving. Death isn't something I like to talk about and I am scared of it, but I was relieved there was a third (and somehow knew it was coming). Scary.

So what have we been doing over the last month besides the girls keeping us busy?
**We've been spending a lot of time with my parents
**Josh went wheeling on the Rubicon
**Josh and I went to Maine for a wedding (we ate a lot of lobster!)
**The usual daily weekday routine
**Working too much

Oh, and I think Josh had a good father's day this year. At least, I hope. I surprised him with his first ever professional massage. He was a bit apprehensive and said it was ok, but he said this was the first time in a long time that his back no longer hurts, and it's now been a week...Hmmmm.

I don't have a lot of time today as everyone is napping right now, but I did want to post a few recent shots that my parents have taken of the girls. Can you believe how big they are getting?