My Life. One Click (and a few words) at a Time.: 49/52

Happy Summer!!

Emma has a big week this week! Last weekend was the first horse show of the series and she and Savannah did great!

Emma and Savannah schooling for the derby. Photo credit: Koch R Lee

Emma and Savannah warming up first thing in the morning on Sunday.

She also graduated from eighth grade on Wednesday evening, making me the mom of two high school girls. Oh my.

Look at how big her smile is!

To kick off summer, we went camping. I should tell you, though, it isn't really camping. My mom and Papa invite us up to their place - with air conditioning, a shower, real beds and a full kitchen. So I'm calling it camping, but the only thing campy about it is the campfire and the s'mores.

We approve of the new square shaped marshmallows!

The forecast at the end of last week for the weekend was bleak. It was calling for rain, storms, wind - not very fun weather for camping - even for my altered version of camping. So we were really expecting to be cooped up inside the trailer all weekend with movies and games. And we've had plenty of those kinds of Memorial weekends before - and we've made the best of them. But other than a short downpour on Saturday evening, the weather this weekend was fantastic!

Abbey (yes, we have changed the spelling. Again.) and Zoey (who has never changed the spelling of her name).

We woke up Sunday morning so excited because Alexis was joining us for the day. So we painted birdhouses, went to the beach, played four square, and jammed in as many campy activities as we could while she was there!