I have fallen behind with blogging. Our busy schedule and unending to-do list and having the kids home and fun summer activities means my blogging time has taken a back seat to many other activities and obligations. So to catch up, here is a catch all post about our late May and June activities.
We cheered on Elliott at his state track meet.
We celebrated April and May birthdays with Zach's family.
We caught one of Liam's baseball games.
We attended a few high school graduation parties, including for McKinley who is one of my kids' favorite NTA friends.
The kids got invited to a private showing of the new Little Mermaid movie with some of their NTA friends.
Staley and I went with her youth group for a fun day at Six Flags near Chicago.
I got to spend the day hanging out with Staley, Kaitlyn, and Olivia.
Staley tackled a bunch of the big roller coasters and loved them all. Olivia didn't feel quite the same way.
We helped Caroline celebrate her 9th birthday with some fun family time at her house.
Staley performed with her Rising Stars, Singapella, and Mean Girls cast at the Tremont Turkey Fest and a music festival in Normal. She also got to sing her solo, "Naughty," at the Normal festival.
Staley has been very busy with all her theater activities. She is rehearsing for 3 separate summer shows, practicing with her 2 singing groups, taking 2 different NTA dance classes, and building sets with Tech Kids. It's hard to keep up. Thankfully many of her classes meet back-to-back, which at least makes the drop off/pick up portion of her schedule a little easier on us.
Briggs completed his second season of coach pitch baseball.
He got pretty consistent with hitting the ball, only needing to use the tee a few times. And he was gaining a better understanding of fielding.
He enjoyed himself, made progress, and said he wants to play again next year. I'm not sure if I can handle a full season of kid pitch (which would be the next level), but I guess we'll see what next summer brings.
Staley made the dance team at the end of the school year and has started summer dance team practices. In the midst of all her theater obligations, vacations, running, church camp, and lessons, she is also trying to attend as many of the 4 day a week, over 4 hour practices as possible. It makes me tired just watching her do it all, but she loves it!
In the midst of all the activities, there have been birthday parties, play dates, and get-togethers with friends.
All the kids have been invited to do fun things, and we have filled much of their free time with friends.
Because of our busy June schedule, we've only made it to State Farm pool once...and that was when the girls were away at church camp.
Our May was crazy with the end of school followed by our vacation. Our June was full and flew by. We've had scheduled activities and vacations, but have filled our free time with friends and fun activities. It's not the lazy summer that we used to enjoy when the kids were younger, but it's a good one nonetheless.
