August was a busy month for us. The first part of the month we had a lot of fun as a family going on a few day trips. The first day we went to Raleigh to The Museum of Natural History. We saw everything from real butterflies to dinosaur bones and everything in between. The kids really enjoyed it! We spent about 3 hours there and then drove home and went to Chuck E. Cheese pizza for dinner. The next day we drove to Blowing Rock, NC to visit Tweetsie Railroad, NC’s first amusement park. They have an old-fashioned steam engine that rides around the mountain, several rides, shows, and stores. It was a beautiful day to spend in the mountains riding the ferris wheel, the carousel, and the tilt-a-whirl. Parker was even able to ride some of the rides too. On the last day we went to breakfast and then we went miniature golfing. Kelsey scored the only hole-in-one! Although it was a pretty exhausting couple of days, we all had a great time being together and we were glad that we were able to pull off some “normal” family activities and still take care of Parker.
Speaking of Parker, he started crawling this month!!! He is doing great and it seems like he gets stronger every day. He also started physical therapy once a week to build up his strength and endurance. We hope that in the next few months he will become strong enough to carry his IV backpack all by himself. That will give us and him a lot more freedom. Kelsey started second grade last week She loves it already and is looking forward to a great year. She will turn eight years old this week and be baptized on September 13th. We are so proud of her. Connor started preschool this week. He will go three days a week in the mornings. He has really enjoyed it so far. We hope it will be a good change for him and prepare him to go to kindergarten next year. Jen and I are both keeping busy working and keeping the family going. It seems like a lot of work sometimes, but we are so grateful to be together and to be so blessed.
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