Hi all! We are deep
in the heart of summer and loving every bit of it! No homework.
No cheer practices, soccer practices or swim practices. Our evenings are open to do whatever we
please which is a rare treat!
Although the girls are enrolled in the Sonshine Adventure
program at our church, they really haven’t had a chance to go much. Which stinks because they really enjoy
going. Sonshine takes them on day trips
to nearby attractions, transports them to the library for the summer reading
program, and plans special activities for the days they stay on location. Over the past few years I’ve watched this
program really grow into something awesome and I feel the need to do something
at the end of summer to show my appreciation to the director and all the young
people they have working there. Fingers
crossed I can actually pull something off!
J
After the first day of Sonshine and headed to swimming lessons.
The girls have attended two summer camps. One was a day camp at Camp Lone Star. Our church provides transportation two weeks
out of the summer (which is awesome!) and allowed me to drop them off at the
church versus making the 30 minute trip 2x a day. You have to be five or older to attend, so
there was one unhappy little girl left behind on the first day. Kelby definitely had some jitters the night
before their first day (not surprisingly) but by day 2 she acted like it was
all no big deal. When I picked them up
on that Monday and asked them how it was, they almost couldn’t contain their
excitement when they told me that Kevyn ordered a diet coke and candy bar from
the snack bar and Kelby ordered a RED gatorade and candy bar. I don’t allow them to drink soda and we try
to avoid red food coloring. Clearly they
were enjoying their independence. Oh
well, I guess it could be worse.
The very next week the girls went to family camp with my mom
(aka Granny), Aunt Joyce and Uncle Dave at Camp Lutherhill. The week ended with them coming straight to
the July 4th parade in Round Top.
You can see all that action here.
Lutherhill posts pics from the week online so I stole a few of the
girls.
Between camps and a week of VBS, we’ve snuck off to some
nearby lakes and the beach for long weekend trips. Seriously y’all… my girls have tans like nobody’s business. It’s ridiculous. They’ve also gotten over their fear of the
tube. Memorial Day weekend 2009, when
Kelby was 2 ½, I thought it would be a good idea to ride with her on a tube
while the boat went really slow. Let’s
just say it didn’t end well and was a total mom fail. We’ve dealt with the repercussions
since. But, that phase is now over and we
love the tube!
my picture. kelby's edit.
Another fail on my part…
I decided the best way to get in the water one day would be just to jump
in since the water was slightly cold. So
I took off my hat and quickly jumped.
When I came back up my sister-in-law reminded me that I had also been
wearing sunglasses. Had. They were now gone. I’ll be finishing out the remainder of the
summer in some old Ray-ban’s that have seen better days.
We’ve also been able to spend some time in Port
Aransas. Jeff’s family has made it into
an annual trip and the girls really look forward to it. I commented to Jeff on 3.5 hr ride there how
the girls have come so far from the days where we had to stop what seemed like
every 10 miles. I remember the first
trip with Kevyn being a nightmare! This
year we only made one stop at Chucky Cheese for lunch. (Which in my opinion is kinda nightmarish. Bad food and lots of germs. It definitely was not my pick.)
Sorry for the bad iPhone pics. I really thought I was taking pictures with my "real camera" only to find out nothing was saving because I didn't have my SD card inserted... duh!
Our first evening in Port A.
Grandma took Kelby, Kevyn and cousin Lyla shopping one
morning and Kevyn and Lyla both came back with new flip flops. Kelby however came back with a hermit crab
that she named Brittany. Her name has
since been changed to Krabby. Did you
know if a hermit crab gets stressed they could lose appendages? Not joking.
I read it in the handy pamphlet they send with the crabs. I’ve used this to my advantage by reminding
Kelby when she starts to get loud (which is like non-stop) that she needs to
quite down so she doesn’t stress out Krabby.
I like Krabby. I really do. So much that that very same day I went back
to the souvenir shop and bought Krabby a bigger cage and a friend. Her name is Patty. Krabby Patty.
Get it?
Funny story, on the way home Kelby was reminiscing about her
time in Port A and said, “I thought I was going to go to the beach and just
come home with some flip-flops…. Instead
I got crabs!” HERMIT crabs Kelby! HERMIT crabs!
Well it’s time to wrap this up. We are headed to the lake again this weekend
and I’ve got laundry to do and packing to get done. I hope you all have had a great summer so
far!
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