The second half of July

The Tooth Fairy had special plans for Audra again...

 

Last November Audra had 6 teeth removed due to terrible overcrowding in her mouth.  At that point none of her baby teeth were even loose yet.  So the dentist helped her out and the tooth fairy rewarded her.

 

Now she has more teeth coming in behind some of her other baby teeth that also are not loose yet.

So it meant a trip to the OR for sweet Audra to get her pearly whites all tuned up.

She was not a happy camper,

once I get all dressed up she knows what the next step is,

she's done this way too many times.

So many that I have lost count. 

At least they were able to get all her dental work for the year done at one time:

xrays, cleaning, fillings, crowns, extractions, you name it.

 

Sweet girl slept very soundly in the recovery room.  She didn't swell up as much this time.

But her heart rate stayed very low at 42 for about 45 minutes.  It was a bit scary to watch that number on the monitor but her blood pressure was fine so I knew she would be ok.  It was just a side effect of all the anesthesia on top of the blood pressure medicine she takes daily.



Maura went to the Vacation Bible School our church hosts.

This one is much smaller and more traditional than the huge KidFest she went to earlier this month.

 

Singing, dancing, games, snacks and Bible verses...

The last weekend in July is the annual 24 hour long fundraiser soccer tournament at the kids soccer club.  Thankfully this year was not as HOT as last year.  But there was rain in the forecast.

 

Their #1 Fan, happy with her bag of chips!

Audra and I headed home just in time to miss the rain.

The games were delayed for a little bit because of the rain but then it was back to playing...

all night long!

Maura had about a 7 hour break overnight so she actually went to sleep at one of her teammates house who lives right near the fields.

Sean slept in the car with the air conditioning running.

And Aidan was supposed to sleep between games in the tent he set up.

But I'm thinking there wasn't a lot of sleep happening...

because he couldn't stay awake before his last game the next morning.

My brother and his family came up to visit from NC at the end of July.

 Aunt Brownie always has a craft idea for the kids.

This time it was "painting rocks at the park".

 

Then we went to the mall where we were met by Uncle Tony {the birthday boy} in the parking lot,

which let to an impromptu singing of Happy Birthday right there in the parking lot!

Maura loves to shop with Aunt Brownie,

those two could wander around the mall for hours,

long after the rest of us have had our fill.

 

Another summer family get together meant...

More water balloons !!

 

Big girl cousin and little girl cousin

 

Me and my niece Brianna,

we look nothing alike {wink}