We have been stuck in the work/ballgame circle... work all day - ballgames all night.
This week is the first week of Rodney's work furlough. He has three weeks off in a row and then four additional weeks before the end of the year. It is a blessing that he still has a job - but will be a struggle without his full paychecks for those weeks. So many of our friends have gotten laid off that we need to be thankful for what we have. Sometimes it is easy to start feeling sorry for ourselves and forget out blessed we are.
We take off this Friday for Gulf Shores, AL for a family reunion. We will plan to get there on Saturday the 4th. I found that we could go to a concert - Montomery/Gentry and Little Big Town for the low price of $13 per ticket and the little kids are free... needless to say we are going - it is going to be fun. The arena is an outdoor arena in Orange Beach and there will be a fireworks show after.
It will be fun to see everyone. Some folks are staying at cabins at Gulf State Park and some have beach houses... we aren't fortunate to be staying in either place. We got a hotel about 15 miles away. I was trying to be frugal, but still have enough room for our family... so the $300/night beach house wasn't going to work out.... We are staying in a Comfort Suites - which sleeps 6 for less than a third of the price....
When we get home (July 10th) we spend one night and then Rodney & Trevor are off to St Louis for a week for Trevor's national baseball tourney. Alyssa, Mac Brennah and I will be taking of to KC for the weekend for a USSSA softball tourney for Alyssa and then back home Sunday night... a full week of work and then the four of us will be back in KC for another tourney. I think I figured I would be home 14 full days in July, and all 6 of us would be home only 10 days together ... what is this crazy life we are living? At least we all get to spend 32 hours in a car together durning the drive to/from Alabama... haha!
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