1st Communion was held on Mother's Day. I'd say we had the most beautiful girls there, if I do say so myself!!! Thank you to all of the family who shared such a special day with us.
School is now out for the summer!! We haven't enjoyed too much yet because of our early summer ritual of picking rock, but we hope to do lots of fun things. We have craft projects we're going to do, sit by the pool, take a couple day trips, Mom's going to do some golfing, taking a long weekend to the Lakes with some friends of ours, take a long weekend for our family getaway, trip to Arkansas for my Grandma's 90th birthday, etc. The summer always seems to go so quickly, so we're going to try to take full advantage of every moment we have!
Kale's last day of preschool consisted of an outing to Dairy Queen!! It was so fun to be able to go with him and his class!! The girls' last day of school (a week later) consisted of their Irish Relays. A few days earlier the 2nd grade class did a poetry parade - the girls' poems were on Martin Luther King, Jr., and Veterans Day.
The soccer season ended as well! The girls are now gearing up to try out for the travelling soccer team since they are now old enough. Kale took a liking to soccer as well during his 1st season. His first game was a tough one - he was either crying or wouldn't go out on the field - but after a pep talk, I found out that he was upset with himself because he wasn't playing PERFECTLY!! Such big expectations for such a little boy!! He really enjoyed the rest of the season from then on out.
Since then, we've been busy planting 2000+ aronia berry bushes!!! This is a change for us as it is organic farming, but hopefully it will all be worth it in the end. We are always looking for cool new things we could be doing!! SO, we'll enjoy watering all 2000+ of these plants all summer too! (sarcastically!!!)
We just had the girls' dance recital and it was wonderful. I think this was the first time I didn't think about how long it was!! They did great and I'd say it was another great dance year.
Thank you to everyone who (called/sent cards/sent a message on facebook) sent birthday wishes for my birthday! It was a good day! The kids and I picked some rock in the morning then came home and hung out. The kids made me TONS of cards - each filled with so much love and pride, it was absolutely wonderful. I think each of them said "happy birthday" 5 times!! Chad cooked for supper (Pizza Hut!!) and Dad and Ruth brought me a cake a little later in the evening - Nick and Kathy stopped by a little later as well. Thank you again!!
I think that's it - Lord knows you've read enough!!! Have a wonderful summer!
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