Where did July go?

No really, where did July go? I just realized I haven't posted since June. The kids and everyone are doing well. Caleb turns 5 at the end of the month! Where did that time go? It's funny to hear him talk about his birthday. He can't decide what he wants for a cake. It changes by the week.



We had some really severe storms a couple of weeks ago. Our street flooded pretty badly. We thought we dodged any damage because we didn't see any water in the basement. Then, we looked at the living room wall. Yup, the drywall got soaked, the picture hanging there was ruined. We can't find the leak. We've had two guys come out. We know the drywall has to be replaced, but that's almost pointless if we can't find out where the water is coming from. Today, the repair guy from the company we've used before came out to give some estimates. He's going to have the owner of the company come look. He doesn't think it's the roof, which is good because it's only 5 years old, and the company went out of business. He doesn't think it's the chimney. It may be the siding. He said if it is the siding, it's a relatively easy fix from the outside. The inside is a bit of a mess if half a wall worth of drywall needs to come down, but it could have been worse. We got 5 inches of rain in about 2 hrs. Our street was knee deep in water. I'm very thankful it didn't get in the basement!

My neighbor decided to get the raft from his swimming pool...


Yes, this is our mailbox.