SUMMER VACATION IS FINALLY HERE!

Yea! Summer is finally here! The kids are finally out of school! They couldn't be happier! It's been a long year, and everyone needs a little break to just enjoy the lazy days of summer! Well, it will hardly be lazy! We'll still have violin and guitar lessons. My daughter Hannah has a music recital this weekend. She'll be playing violin with a group, and performing a duet with her sweet cousin Belle. They're both SO excited! She'll begin her 2nd year of cheerleading camp in 2 wks. Time to break out the water bottles and sunscreen! It's gonna be HOT outside practicing all of those routines!

Jeremy will be going away to summer camp at the end of the month! It will be his first year away! It's only a week long....but he's going to have a blast! I'll just have to DEAL with it! :-( He's been doing little "jobs" for me, and for his extended family in order to earn money for the "camp store". He's been really enthusiastic about it too! LOL! As we all know.....life is not always full of HEAVENLY BLISS when it comes to kids doing chores!

The kids spent the night at Grandma's. Grandpa's on a business trip and she needed some company! They were more than willing to stay! My mom is truly amazing! She is an ANGEL!


She just loves all of her grandkids so much! She's very "young at heart" and ALWAYS ON THE GO" and doing something fun! We recently spent the weekend bike riding with all the kids. She's always amazed at how quickly the kids are growing up! She was shopping with my daughter yesterday, and was just in awe over how tall she was getting...that she TRIPPED and fell into a little hole in the store parking lot! She has a swollen ankle & sore shoulder! She laughed about it, but the girls were SO concerned. My daughter and my niece decided they wanted to stay the night and have a girl's night in with her...offer their assistance...etc. So sweet of them!

If you haven't seen my Flick'r pics.....here are a few homemade goodies that I made for Mother's Day! I took empty cans, wrapped them in fabric, hot glued some embellishments, and filled them with flowers. My daughter added the stickers...and VOILA!! Cute little flower pots.....not bad for a 1st timer! I think our next project will be a picture frames adorned with seashells....and maybe some camp relating scrapbooking!

Well, that's it for now! It's storming terribly here! I think I'll make some coffee & get a few things organized, and make some phone calls before the kids get home! Maybe if this storm clears up we'll sneak off to the indoor pool!

Have a fabulous day!

xoxoxo

Gina ;-