Puttin' Up...

We love fresh veggies, especially those we "put up".  This year I had a special helper that helped with...

making Blackberry Jam, which I must add that Matthew says was ridiculously good and that my southern roots must have finally appeared.  That cracked me up.

She did so great at smashing the berries and putting the lids on the cans, we promoted her to pea scooper.

Also, White Acre Peas... my absolute, by far, hands down most favorite vegetable.  I could eat them until they ran out of my ears. 

Playing catch up...

Wow, I need to do a little blog catching up… So much has been going on, so here’s just one big post with a lot of stuff… Chiefland Cheerleaders! The High School Cheerleaders offered a day camp for the Elementary School students and gave them the opportunity to cheer at the Spring Jamboree. Of course we jumped at the chance and Gracie had a blast with the big girls. The camp lasted about five hours where they learned three cheers and a dance to Baby by Justin Bieber. I don’t have to tell you that the Diva loved shaking her thang out there on the field. She did AWESOME and I’m pretty sure we have a cheerleader on our hands. 

Gracie is right between the two older girls on the right, she's 7th from the right.  Standing perfect, I must say! 

  Beth, Katie and Doris came out to watch her cheer, which was very special to Gracie. She loves having older cousins - kinda makes her feel special when they "hang out".

 

 

Savannah also was there to watch her big sister cheer, but she mostly enjoyed swinging on the railings.

Well that and being super silly in the stands. 

The school year ended and Savannah had her year end program. This time we had no feet over our head!!

She did wonderful as did all of the children. Gracie was a big kid this year and watching in the audience with Pop, Susan, Grandma, Grandpa, Mommy and Daddy.

Next was Gracie’s end of the year awards where she received the Principals Reading Award and Citizen Award.

We are so proud of all that she’s accomplished this year. She Mastered every skill on her report card and is now officially a “Grader” as they call them, 1st grade!

Since it summertime, we’ve been doing a lot of outdoors things with the girls since we don’t really have scheduled bed times right now. The girls have their cousin Katie watching them this year which makes it nice for everyone, Mom and Dad included. Katie makes a little money, Mom and Dad don’t have to wake up tired girls and send them off, pack lunches or worry about bedtimes and the best part is that Gracie and Savannah get to play and swim and just be kids all summer. I feel very fortunate!!

Country bumpkins cooling off after picking blackberries.

Sweet Summertime...