July 2020

I started July off with a haircut, which was thrilling! Somehow I managed to time it just right to the week that salons were open here in California, before the govenor shut them down again due to coronavirus. 

We spent the 4th of July weekend having fun in the neighborhood and even ventured out from our little circle to hav a bike ride with Mila's friends; however, I was much more anxious there, around all those people, much more than I expected to be.  We ended up leaving right after the ride and retreated back to the safety of our block.  The girls had fun, though, and I am glad we went to make 4th of July look somewhat normal.

Pre-Covid our neighborhood goes OFF for 4th of July and we knew this year would be no different. One of our neighbors had a blow up water slide, another neighbor's band perform and a group of neighbors had their usual giant (illegal) fireworks display.

Mila went to real big girl summer camp, a beach volleyball camp, with her friends, Kira and Taytum. She loves volleyball and hopes to continue playing in the fall.  

We have been spending many of our quarantine days at the beach; the girls are turning into little fish and getting braver as they get older!  One of the days we were at the beach the fire boat showed up and gave us a show, everyone loved it and gave a standing ovation when they were done!

We went and watched Alyssa at her dance competition in South County, where we had to watch from outside due to COVID, but she did amazing and was so happy that we were all there to support her!

Robert got together with his two best friends from high school, Russ and Dusty, and we even planned an adults trip to Vegas at the end of September. Fingers crossed we actually get to go!

Nana and Papa arrived mid-month and we were so excited to see them!!  They drove out to California from Kansas and even brought out desks from Ikea for me that were sold out in California and lugged them all the way out here. Nana and Papa always save the day <3

They weren't here for much more than a day or two when we dropped the kids off and headed to our first date night since February!  We met up with Aimee and Matt in Laguna Beach and had a great time.  Wearing masks and having to order food every where we went couldn't stop us from having a good time!

We ended the month celebrating Roscoe's 10th birthday!!! He's such an old many now and we love him so much. I can't imagine life without him and all of this extra time at home has really spoiled us all.

What we're looking forward to next month: Jr. Guards program for the girls and camping trips to Paso Robles and San Mateo.