The End of Another School Year

Bella finished second grade and Natalie graduated from preschool and next year they will both be at the same school. I can't even believe it. Next year is all-day kindergarten, so I'm a little nervous about how Nat will do and if she will be able to sit still for that long. They both loved school and their teachers, so I was happy for them. Bella found out she's in the same class as her best friend, so she is looking forward to that and Natalie is going to have Bella's old teacher who was awesome and she'll be with a couple of her friends too. I breathed a huge sigh of relief when Bella jumped off the bus and we celebrated our last day of school. We went to the park with their friends and then they came back and had pizza with us and we had a big bon fire and made smores. As Natalie would say "Bomb fire." Bella said it was the best night of her life:) We stayed up way too late and then got to sleep in today, so of course, I was thrilled. We have VBS in a week and a half and my dear friend Nikki and her family will be up to visit then too, so we get to spend some quality time with them, which I really look forward to. They developer that bought the golf course behind our house dug a lake that is 10 houses long and 15-20 feet deep complete with a beach around it, so, we will probably be spending a lot of time out on the water. It's just beauiful. We have a plan to visit Nikki and my aunt and uncle in August. Arkansas and Texas in August, I know. That was the only time we could swing it though. Aaron will be home this summer for the first time in four or five years, but he will have two weeks away in July in some in August as well. We have already been busy doing summer activities. Natalie learned to ride her bike last month and Bella moved up to a bigger bike which completely freaked her out and she acted like she was learning to ride all over again. I love my little drama queens;) I hope to get them enrolled in some more swim lessons this summer to keep them safe in the lake behind our house. I've been busy working in my garden and working on a series of stained snowflakes in clear glass patterns all spring. I don't know why I got the bug to do snow flakes in the spring, but they are so fun to make and so I have been working like a busy bee:) I'm still riding my bike everday - it gives me an excuse to get on Facebook and play games - I love multi-tasking! After last summer spent in the house with our foster babies, I look forward to a quiet summer being able to go to the beach and get out and have fun for the summer. Our first fun thing on our agenda is going to the strawberry farm to pick strawberries. I can't wait.