Beach Trip

We had an not-so-busy week for once (except for Austin traveling for work), and two of the three working girls were off today, so we made a day trip to the beach with Pawpaw and Manah.

Candy Shop

Ferry Ride (the wait was soooo long!)

And a nice early dinner to finish the day before driving home.

Lil' Wrangler Tryouts!

After a week of dancing hard at Boot Camp, the kids had tryouts today. I can't believe it is Gloria's last year. I love watching her dance!!! And her partner made captain this year, so she should be doing a lot of dancing. 

**Updated: Stephen and his partner made the Elite Prep Team so he will be dancing the same routine with Gloria (on the Elite team) at performances. I am so excited they can be sort of together for her last year!

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans

We made food and helped decorate/serve food/visit with the Veterans. We always love this event with our 4-H Club. Unfortunately it overlapped with Wranglers Boot Camp, so Gloria and Stephen could not attend.

VBS Week!

 It is always a crazy one with all of us helping and attending and needing to be there at 8:30am! It was a great week, and our little sickish girl even managed to make it the last 3 days. She was reunited with her sweet friend, K, from two years ago!

Mariana was the adult music leader. A mom helper shared with me that one of her kindergardners asked "What IS Mariana? Is she a kid....or a mom...or what?" So the leader had to explain what a "Young Adult" is to the child. Mariana is definitely a kid at heart, which makes her perfect for the job. Annie was one of her helpers. Stephen was the game boss again, I co-led First grade, and Gloria helped with 4th. Whew!

Happy July 4th!

I didn't get people photos because I ended up staying home from lunch at Lita's' with Cecilia, who was still feeling badly after a mild virus. Then I left her with Austin while I went to our usual swim and fireworks party with the L family, but I had to leave early since she really wanted me to be home to put her to bed! What a strange holiday. So I have Anastasia's patriotic cookies and peaches for the cobbler I made

The kids had a lot of fun, and our prayers are with all the families in the Texas Hill Country whose plans to celebrate turned into tragic loss.

Swimming with friends

The younger kids were invited to a friend's house to swim and had a great time. It was so nice for me to have a bit of time at home to catch up after a busy day of driving yesterday!

Camp Time!

Annie has wanted to go to a sleep away camp, especially since she remember the older girls going to Challenge Camp. But there isn't a group here that goes anymore. She heard Carolyn was going to a Catholic girls' camp in Rockport, and we signed her up hoping to join the carpool from FW since it is a long drive.

I met the carpool in Waco Monday to send her off.

Not many photos from actual camp since they aren't allowed to have their phones (which I love!).

There was illness in the family who was supposed to drive them back. So I ended up going to pick up the 4 girls in our carpool to bring them back here. Then I met a dad who brought the other 3 back to FW. It was a looong day (7 1/2 hours of driving) but so worth it. I loved hearing the stories, giggles and singing on the way home!

Of course we made a Bucees stop on the trip and ran into some camp friends who had the same idea!

Redheads

Summer video game time has been popular with Mariana being around more. I couldn't help getting this photo of my 3 redheads playing together!

Volleyball Swim Party

We hosted a swim party for the JH Volleyball girls (with the help of Pawpaw and Manah renting the pool). They had a lot of fun, and I enjoyed being the party hostess. What a very sweet group of girls!

Campers

These 2 had a 4-H Day camp today and learned a lot!

Happy Father's Day Roadtrip Edition

We left on Father's Day to go visit the K family for a couple of nights (after celebrating with Austin and Pawpaw the night before).

Max made some awesome BBQ for us!

Big waterpark adventure!