Thank-You to All!!

Thank-you everyone for all the birthday wishes!! It was such a great couple of days!! The girls and I had a party and they had tons of surprises for me! When I told Samantha that the next day was my birthday she was excited that we were going to stay up all night long, but it wasn't much after that and she came to me with the concern "When are we going to get you a present?" I told her they could make me something, but even Jayden wouldn't go for that one, "But you will be here!" So we enlisted Grandpa's help.....they had a great time shopping and I was off in the grocery store. They stopped at the truck and wrapped them and everything. They found me in the grocery store and then toured off to do their own thing for a while, I did see them wandering and knew enough to keep my distance while they paid for and boxed something I wasn't to see!
The cutest was their excitement when they were able to surprise me. They sang and everything when bringing out the cake!! It was so sweet! Then we decorated the whole place with the balloons they got - it was so much fun!
The best birthday in memory to date!!

We Miss You Great-Grandma

I lost my grandmother on July 4 and miss her terribly. It is the best thing for her - no more suffering, no more tears. But it is a loss just the same and Jayden remembers her often, "I miss Great-Grandma" We used to take her for drives, go to get ice cream or just drive by the beach. Yesterday we went to the park where we used to go together, let the kids play so we could chat. It was sad to not have her there, but we haven't been able to take her there for months. Harder than missing her has been watching her slowly deteriorate. It was a good news, bad news day when we lost her.
The pictures of the girls riding horses might not make sense except that it was the same day as the funeral. We went to the horse farm open house where my sister works to check it out that morning. The girls had a blast and got to ride all on their own. It was a good distraction for the morning. The afternoon brought many tears and many more great memories of a woman who was more than just my grandmother, she was a roommate for a time, and even moreso a friend. I miss you.

Loving the Beach!!

We have been enjoying the summer and the girls love the beach so much!! I made sure I had some books and crosswords, and was well prepared as they love to spend hours and hours in the sand. I do have a thing for sand being in the wrong places. And I am very annal about sand on the blanket....just trying to keep it off of me really. But I have loosened up some..... going to just have to let it go and get sandy I guess!!!

Making Friends

We made friends with this little guy, he was trying to hide, but we knew he still wanted to be friends!!! If the girls had their way we would have caught it, put it in a jar and kept it to check it out. I'm not sure he'd fit in with the caterpillar and the firefly though!!

Water Works Day Camp

The first week of July was the day camp at church. Sam and Jayds had so much fun. They love the games and they got to be in a group with their friends. All week there were so many fun theme days. Crazy hat day, Sam wore two different hats and her sunglasses on upside down!! Most shirts day - Jayden had 10 and Sam 15.... they could hardly move!! Crazy hair day was much gel and ponies everywhere!!
They loved dancing to the songs and learned the actions to so many and have been singing them ever since!! I was there helping out, but didn't get a chance to be there for all the songs so the girls have been trying to teach me all the actions!