The end of school brought a whirlwind of activity to our house. We started off with a really quick trip to Arkansas to see my granddad. My mom and stepdad were visiting him from Cincinnati, so we met them there for a couple of days. The girls had a blast and came home sufficiently spoiled!
Mimi and Ella
Papap getting some of that good sugar from Ella
Ice cream at Papap's house tastes good.....
Tastes really, really, really good!
John and Ryan were auditioning for the local community theatre summer show just before we left for Arkansas. We actually got the call while we were there that they had both been called back for "round two". They BOTH got great parts in the show. Just as exciting as that, Sophie also got cast in the children's chorus, so the three of them are getting to do the show together. I think they are having a blast!
Ryan went to Gulf Shores with the Sr. High at church and had a wonderful time. She came home telling me that it was the best church trip she has ever been on. We were glad she had fun, but it was so good to have her home again.
Both of the little girls did swimming lessons last week and really enjoyed that. I can tell a huge difference in Sophie compared to her willingness to swim last year. She really did so much better this year and I was so proud to see her out there truly swimming!
We had a visit from John's sister and her family last week as well. Our niece, Caraline, got the "all clear" scans from St. Jude. This summer makes TEN YEARS that she has been cancer free. Praise the Lord!
A nasty storm rolled through this past Friday and left us without power for about 24 hours. It was a storm that reminded us all of "Hurricane Elvis", the inland hurricane that rolled through here the day Sophie was born. There was lots of damage and there are people in Memphis who still have no power. We were lucky to have no damage to our house - just loss of power until Saturday night and phones/internet out until last night.
This week both little girls have "Fairy Ballet Princess" camp at a local theatre. Today was their first day and they just loved it. We are used to seeing Sophie decked out in ballet garb, but it was so cute to see our little Ella Bella dressed up in it as well.
I am hopeful that I can use some of the camp time this week to get some more pictures up on the blog. During all of this commotion that we call summer, we also had to take our laptop in for a minor repair. Not having it here for a few days really threw me off!
I would like to close my eyes and freeze time. I feel like I am going to blink and summer will be long gone!
