Goodness, it's been a busy couple of days... Randy's in Taiwan, heading back tomorrow and we've been busy with our summer vacation planning.
But, in the middle of all of that, we've had lots of fun. Been swimming, biking, running and hitting the local parks.
Randy bought us girls mountain bikes about a month ago and already twice this week, I've loaded the bikes in the back of the van and we've hit the biking trails around town and the nearby town. LOTS of fun. I never thought I'd enjoy bike riding so much, but I truly have.
Last weekend, my friend Cyndi and her kids Joey, Suzie and Elizabeth came for a visit! We were so excited to see them. Even though, they only live in Houston, we still don't get together but about once a year. Sad, I know.
Anyway, I've known Cyndi since her oldest was 6 months old, so not only do we go way back, but the kids go way back as well. What's nice is that their friendship (much like Cyndi's and mine) is seamless and we all pick up where we leave off every time we get together with them. That's the mark of a true friendship!
Some exciting news on our front... Elisan made the TOP soccer team in her age division. In two years, she has worked her way up from the third team to the first team. That is virtually unheard of around here... but I tell you what, she has put forth the work required to make the leap she made and we are incredibly proud of her. Her new coach is a fellow by the name of Wolfgang Sünholz a former professional soccer player. (He even played with Pelé, probably the most famous Brazilian footballer of all times, back in the 70's.)
Speaking of Elisan, for posterity sakes, I wanted to publicly commend her for a fabulous school year. This year, Elisan received the HIGHEST AVERAGE award for 5 of her classes - Math, Science, English/Language Arts, Literature and History. At one point, they just asked her and another boy to just stay on the stage as they passed out her awards! Talk about a proud mama moment!
Kyla was in the school's talent show the last day of school. She was part of a trio of girls who danced and sang on stage! She was so cute and I'm very proud of her for getting up there and performing. (She says she suffers from "stage fright".... um, okay?)
And finally, I leave you with this... we had a free weekend morning and I brought the girls out to have their (better late than never) Spring pictures.
My girls are growing up... sniff, sniff. (And, yes, they are wearing a smidgen of make up.)
Way to go girls... all 3 of you. With school awards, music performance and getting Mum to enjoy a bicycle. Living in Denmark we all bike. Even in Copenhagen where I work now (since 2011) so many people go on their bikes to work it is almost a problem. MY where did the two cherubs go??? And I am not a day older than the day I met them for the first time - amazing.
ReplyDelete