All the cookie selling this spring led to a trip for the new
Brownie Troop 2283 heading for some fun at Adventure City. They had a bigger new roller coaster which
was the hit of the evening until we came back home to celebrate Corey turning
30 next door with a full on Luau. Pig,
dancers, and the works.
We somehow managed to get one more thing glued on a model
car that was last seen over a year ago, and the girls got to sew on Mommy’s
machine when they came up with the great idea of using stuff we already had to
make gifts for Grammy. We also pulled
out a couple of forgotten crafts from the
storage and did some cooking and baking!
We also got into the garden to harvest our fruit, veggies and hops.
There were gym theme days during this summer and Friday
practices were in the morning, one of which we cleaned out the entire pit which
took an hour past the end of practice and would have been longer if some of the
amazing team parents didn’t stay to help put the pit blocks back in… what a
crazy mess but the girls found treasures at the bottom including some guys
wallet who lives in Canada. There was
one night after practice (late) that the team all stayed to have pizza and
watch the movie Nadia projected on one of the gym walls. Then the big sleepover at the gym that Mommy
had to volunteer to stay with about 30ish+ gymnasts overnight so that the girls
could also take part in the fun. Awesome
part is that Cienna and Kaylee were the first ones asleep even though it was
still quite late for them. However, since
pretty much all others weren’t participating in the sleeping thing, Mommy got
to stay up and make sure all were safe…almost ALL night.
We had a couple more Birthday’s that we got to
celebrate. Kaylee met a friend at the
YMCA camp who invited us to their home for a party, and we headed over to the
Bakx for fun, food, swimming, singing, and musical instruments to celebrate
Danny who came to visit for the weekend.
The girls got a special camp week at “Act It Out” camp. They went every day of the week and loved
every second. They each got to learn a
monologue, a small group skit, and an ensemble with the whole cast of 10 great
kids from ages of 7 to 13! They got to
perform for the family and friends on Friday, the last day of camp. It was amazing to watch! They even handed out specialty awards to each
of the kids.
We finally remembered to check the off season for snowboard
equipment that we need. We got a great
find in a used board for Cienna. We made
pizookies that evening to celebrate : )
Road Trip. We left on
Thursday to spend a weekend up north with family! Auntie Bridget and Vickie flew to SR and we
had to go hang out! Trip there was great
and we started with dinner at Poppa’s.
We woke up in the morning and the girls immediately wanted to jump in
the pool. The Marty’s came soon after to
join. After we helped Poppa move his
office to a new room, Grammy, Bridget, and Vickie came to enjoy the pool and
company as well. That evening we all
headed to Lucas Wharf to meet up with the Natal’s during their camping trip in
Bodega and be treated to dinner by Grandpa.
It was delicious. The following
morning we all got treated to a great brunch at Grammy and Grandpa’s. We were joined by Auntie Carrie and other
friends. We had a great time catching
up, watching the kids, celebrating Uncle RJ, Betty’s birthday, and Grammy and
Grandpa’s Anniversary. The girls even
got a Ukulele lesson from Grammy, and we got to enjoy the performance. Then we crashed Cousin Jacob’s birthday party
at Sean and Jamie’s. We played crazy
outdoor games and enjoyed jumpy time with good people. We headed back to Poppa’s before leaving for
some fruit tree picking and packing up for the LONG trip back home.
The following week the girls had gym camp. Seriously can’t believe how much gymnastics
they did in that one week. It was only
Monday through Wednesday, but 6 hours of camp then 3 more of practice is a BIG
day. They were troupers and enjoyed all
of it. They played plenty of games and
even set up a slip and slide on mats in the gym. At the end of the week, Sam (one of the
gymnasts) held a pool party after Friday practice at her house to celebrate the
end of this month.
Cienna can’t wait till next month just to do acting camp
again! She has learned again that
playing with her retainer WILL break it.
Luckily this time it could just be soldered, but it made a point and
she’s doing better. However she has
another tooth coming in which is great, but there is a baby tooth in the way. The orthodontist told her it may have to be
pulled so she’s been working on it.
During the trip up north her tooth fell out… however it was the wrong
one. Still waiting for the right
one. She has much improved in her
swimming skills this summer and continues to read pretty much anytime she is
not busy doing something else.
Kaylee for the first month since November got not only one
but two front teeth peeking in. After
being skeptical she also wanted to go every day the rest of the summer to
acting camp. She has been choosing to
read on her own anticipating school coming soon. She’s learned some songs on the Clavinova,
been self-motivated to help out around the house, and been the lead in starting
family game time.
We look forward to the crazy fall with introducing soccer
into our crazy schedule!
