Summer in Full Swing

Summer is off to a busy start, especially for Clara and especially this past week in particular.

Mondays and Wednesdays she has tennis and Tuesdays and Thursdays she has golf. The sessions only go through the month of June.

She and Jenine have already been having a blast together.

Jenine has a instant camera with which she's been taking some pics for Clara. The bottom photo is her tennis instructor, Finn.

Brynn's friend who lives nearby celebrated her birthday this week and Brynn biked over to spend the night at her house and get their nails done the following day.

Soccer will finish up for Clara in the next couple of weeks as well. And she started track and field this week too. You're probably wondering what we're doing to this poor child with all these activities. Honestly, when I was putting all this in our calendar, I was a bit stricken myself at how busy June was shaping up to be for her. So far she has really been enjoying everything, and then after June, it will quiet down quite a bit, with no scheduled activities really.

These first couple of pictures were from practice earlier this week.

Brynn always is setting goals for herself and she would like to save up enough money to redecorate her bedroom by the end of the summer. She was showing me how she organized all her money and gift cards one night.

Clara and Jenine made one of those soda can robot kits this week. Clara couldn't wait to show Dad as she knew he would be totally into something like that. I should have opened the screen door before taking these pics, but it was just so cute to see how excited Dana was when Clara was showing him.

Clara had a practice track meet tonight. It was super fun to watch her as she had a big smile on her face the whole time.

Clara's friend from school is in track as well. She was pretty excited to see him.

Of course as if all the sports weren't enough, VBX was this week. Brynn so kindly volunteered as a group leader this year (she was more of a general floater helper last year), so she had a group to herself.

I was happy to have made it in time for the confetti bomb again this year. I actually arrived early enough for the last two songs. I just love all the kids' energy.

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Anonymous said…

So cool, so fun! Mad cash money organizational skillz Brynn. Those teeny hurdles for a teeny girl!

-Amanda N. : )

June 13, 2022 at 6:46 PM

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