Getting back into it

Man- sorry I haven't been around lately, I really feel out of the loop!!! I mean, you go on a vacation, but it shouldn't shut you down for two weeks!!!! Speaking of vacations my retreat was FABULOUS!! Great classes, good food, no children, and wonderful company!!! Thanks ladies for a wonderful time! (no I don't have any pictures, because I left that up to my sister-in-law, but I will get them soon! Hint Hint!) Paul did survive the weekend, and I dare say he and the girls had a fun time together!

Liv graduated yesterday from preschool, well, not technically, she has another year- but she loved wearing her cap and receiving her diploma anyway with the other kids. They are a fun little bunch and she is going to miss her friends!
Sweet Mrs. Sherrie is going in for a hip replacement on Wednesday, so the school year was cut a little short. Everyone pray for her as she launches into recovery- we just love her and hope she bounces back quickly!!
This is Liv's final ride home on her bike- an activity that she has truly enjoyed this year, we may have to continue with the morning ride three days a week anyway!!

Last week was Shakespeare week at Abby's school. Oh how she enjoyed this week!!! Everyone dresses up in Shakespearean costumes each day, they learned about the life and times of Shakespeare in History, and they attended an act from the play "Comedy of Errors" performed by the 8th grade each afternoon. While she liked going to the play, her favorite part was being assigned an escort from the 5th grade class to take her there and sit with her. She LOVED her escort!
She was lucky each day to wear costumes that my mother had made (for my niece when she attended her school) which matched her own. Seriously- how great is my mother to make matching costumes for the grandkids? They would coordinate which color to wear each day and it was fun!On Friday they were honored to have Queen Elizabeth herself request the Kindergarten to perform the song they had been learning in Music. When she came home that afternoon I asked her about it and all she could say was "She was SO beautiful". I wish I had gone to take a picture of the meeting! My mother said the actress was amazing, in full costume and spoke in correct dialect and never broke character for a single moment. You know my little Princess was overjoyed!


Between working on the yard and getting it ready for an overhaul in the back (and getting attacked by biting ants!), and ramping up my training three days a week with my sister on our bikes to get us ready for our 100 mile bike race, I have been keeping pretty busy- fine by me, I like it that way and I will try to be better at posting!!!