Mid-July

Our new favorite summer treat is a trip to Menchies (a make your own frozen yogurt place).  Grant got a free yogurt certificate in school for reading 10 books.  Much to our surprise, when Grant cashed in that certificate they gave him another to complete.  He is quite a good reader these days and so 10 books for free yogurt is no problem!

Gracie and I made a stop by our old van to pick out a few more belongings since it was totaled.  We were a bit sad to see it go but...

so happy when we got our new Chevy Traverse.

Then, in the middle of July the Hetrick kids came for a sleepover. We had a full 2 days of cousin fun.  However the second night they were here Jenny called late at night (on July 20th) to tell us that Dad had a heart attack.  Since Jeff had just left earlier in the day for Ohio (to help Jase and Heather move) I could't do anything till Amy came up to get the kids.  She ended up being here around 1 in the morning.  We woke up all the kids and headed towards Erie.  At that point, Jeff was on his way home so we met him on an exit off of 90 and we gave him Grant and Gracie.  We dropped of the Hetrick's at their house, took a 2 hour nap and then headed for Pittsburgh.  LONG story short, Dad is OK and only stayed 2 nights.  He had a catherization and a stent placed.  The nurse told us he had the best kind of heart attack to have.  Grateful he is still with us!!!

This is Dad the day we got home from the hospital.  I say "we" because I stayed with Mom and Dad at the hospital after his procedure.  Jenny had us over for a healthy dinner and Mom and Dad watched a good game of wiffleball.  Love you so much DAD!!!!