The School Year

The school year is almost over. Taylor's last day is May 29, Emilee's last day is June 5th. It's hard to believe Emilee will be a junior next year! I had to post the picture of Emilee and her friends at their sophomore school dinner - this year has gone by so fast - I'm hoping these next two years will be Emilee's best ever. Taylor is just getting started, but she's learned a lot this year - a whole new language! Taylor's preschool had a photograher take pictures and they were selling packages that would require a bank loan in order to buy them. I just had to purchase one picture so she can look back and check out her red cast - Tom says she can compare this picture to the next cast she gets - haha not funny. But anyone who will get up on their bed and jump as high as they can and try to bounce off it like a trampoline (even after Mommy told her not too) and ends up hitting her head on the wall and having to have ice applied and stay up extra late because Daddy is worried she has a concussion probably hasn't seen her last cast lol.

Sara is due in town this weekend - it's an all girls weekend, we're going to see Emilee's high school put on "High School Muscial" and then off to dinner for the four of us. The guys (Tom and Chuck) are off for camping and fishing. Sara is bringing my grandkitten home - we can't wait to see the kitten and Slinky together!

Sandbridge - home sweet home

One of my favorite songs talks about how one day in the courts of the Lord is better than a thousand elsewhere. A day at the beach is my idea of getting as close to Heaven as I can while still on earth. Taylor didn't let a little thing like a broken arm keep her from enjoying our walk along the sand. We need to get more work along the coast!

My grandkitten

So Sara said I had to post a picture of her precious child, our grandkitten :) Her name is Daisy...Robyn, Sara says when you live in a place called Goochland, VA you spell it Daisy, not Daisie LOL. We get to meet this amazing cat Memorial Day weekend - I'm sure our dogs can't wait!

The reluctant Zebra

Well, everyone knows by now that Taylor broke her arm last week. What a busy time this has been, she had to have surgery to set her dislocated elbow back in place and that was harder on her mom than Taylor, I think! The staff at the orthopedic center made sure she got a red cast (her favorite color) rather than the boring white the hospital usually puts on so that helped a little. Taylor was very self conscious about it at first but Emilee convinced her it was cool to get everyone to sign it so she's starting to realize the cast has given her some privileges and she's starting to work the system for all its worth!

Today she had to be her favorite zoo animal at preschool - she decided she wanted to be a zebra (probably because Emilee just won an art award for painting a zebra and has been talking about them). This morning I wanted to take her picture but she's not exactly in a photogenic state of mind these days so she was pretty reluctant and pouty about having a picture taken with the cast - I got a little smile out of her when I told her not to smile though - she's so obstinate she had go grin since I told her not to :)