busy, busy, busy

We've been really busy as you can tell by the lack of posts!! I have been working with the Fulbright program at Ohio University, a 3 week orientation program for students who travel from around the world, have 3 weeks of orientation to the US and university systems, the go out all over the coutnry to study master's and PhD programs. It's a very unique group of students which I very much enjoy working with but it's been almost 24-7 for a week and a half. Now I'm in Cleveland for a few days then back to Athens.

The kids have been really enjoying time with grandma and grandpa. They've been playing in their sunflower garden which is awesome. The other day we had potatoes, green beans, beets, and salad fixings all from the garden. I think there were 7 things that the kids had helped pick for dinner! (we had chicken as well...). They've also been with grandma to the lake, park, and all over Athens. It's been great for all of them.

Last week we went to feed the hummingbirds at a state park. Basically you hold out a tube with a red pipe cleaner on it and the hummingbirds come to eat. There were about 100 people and one flew right up to Heather. For about 15 seconds (which seems like an eternity when a hummingbird is in front of you) a hummingbird hoverd in front of heather. Their wings flap so fast and their noses are so long that they are actually a bit scary when they are so close. Heather did great but got scared and cried and scared the little guy away. It was really neat though.

Kelly and Christopher were up for a weekend and the kids always love to spend time with them. Since I was working so much they got to spend A LOT of time with them! We had a birthday extravaganza for my dad which involved a weekend of tennis, baseball, bike riding, and attempting to hike in the rain (similar to how we went camping growing up).

It's been great to be with family so much and although it will be nice to get into the routine of home in a few weeks I will miss the business that we've had this summer.