What an amazing Country I live in. Despite all of the issues we are facing currently, I still love my Country. We are planning to spend the day with friends and some family enjoying our freedom and celebrating those who died to help us earn this life. We will miss the fireworks because of the heat - we do not want to sit at Brewster Park in 100*+ weather.
This past week has been busy as Ken and I both adjusted to being home. Our weather has made things difficult, and I shudder to face our electric bill when it arrives. The temperatures have remained at 105+ for over 5 days, and we're supposed to be cooling down to only 102* today. This is insane for us, and it's completely uncomfortable. It's even worse because we have humidity for some unknown reason.
Immediately after I returned home, I learned that Amanda had been in the newspaper on June 25th. I rushed over to pick up a copy so she would have it:
Mandy was so excited to see herself in the paper. She's hoping that next year, they will be featured again as a Club. She loves Animal Science so much as a club, but her love of Science is amazing. I, personally, don't get it but I love Literature, Writing and History. She doesn't enjoy them as much.
I finally finished Jordan's Birth Sampler after so many years. It was truly emotional for me since I was "re-doing" it after her father slashed it as a way to teach me "a lesson." I've never figured out what lesson I was supposed to learn, and my heart has always ached that he would do this to her. I managed to rebuild my stitching stash and eventually found the exact pattern that I had almost completed once. It is now in the hands of the framer, and she and I are both excited to pick it up in a week.
Jordan has been enjoying a lot of time with her BFF, Alexis. They have been alternating days and nights at each other's homes. I love that her mom, Kim, shares the pictures with me:
I enjoyed taking all of the girls to see the movie - it was really cute
The weather has allowed them a LOT of time in the pool.
Mandy and Taylor's friends have just not been available to them. I'm glad that they other girls have busy lives, but I hate watching my girls stuck at home and not spending time with friends. Sadly, it doesn't help that the quality of the other kids is rather low, and the girls are (thankfully) picky about who they friend. I am very happy that the girls are recognizing our family values and they are valuing the same things and want friends who share their values. I've been so happy to hear them friend the "different" kids (there is only one child at their school who is Jewish), and the other parents are always grateful that my girls are respectful and ask really good questions. On the other hand, it's difficult because I want my children to have friends and be social, but they are limited because of the other families who have no values at all.
I am peeling horribly from my sunburn that I received from the Big Bear trip. It's horrible and itchy - not to mention I feel stupid for getting it in the first place. I've been enjoying doing some stitching and reading books. Summer Break is wonderful, and I can't believe I'll be returning to work in just a few weeks. It goes by way too fast.
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