Long Time Gone

Here are a few of our favorite summer activities (thus far):

1. Our garden is flourishing and I recently picked enough strawberries to produce 3 batches of strawberry jam. Very soon our counters will be full of buckets packed with produce from our garden. The slicing and dicing of veggies will soon fill all my spare time.

2. Annie and Abby had their first dance recital. They danced to "The Cat in the Hat". Over the moon with excitement doesn't even begin to describe how giddy my big girls were. They did a great job and proclaimed they wanted to be breakdancers when they grow up. Georgia didn't move a muscle during the entire performance - she was thoroughly amused by the music and dancing.

3. K-Day - the big kids had their Kindergarten checkup at the doctor. I was a HORRIBLE mom and didn't tell them about the 4 immunization shots they were going to receive, but DID tell them about all the treats they were going to get. Everyone survived and passed with flying colors. Carter is officially 6 inches taller than Annie.