This has been a CRAZY month! Work has been relentless and with an extra kid in the house (Danny) and a Rotary Officer Installation ceremony to plan, I have barely had time to breathe! However, being that busy has meant that there has been very little to write about.
Today we delivered Kennedy into the hands of the Girl Scouts at Camp Mary Atkinson in Selma, NC for "Horse Camp!" This is her very first attempt at overnight camp, and except for a meltdown last night (due mostly to exhaustion), she has not exhibited any signs of backing out of the experience! She is going with four other friends, and her best friend Savannah is her bunkmate. They've been planning this since February when the camp brochure came out, and I am so proud of her for sticking with it. This is the same girl who threw a FIT two summers ago when I signed her up for a performing arts summer day camp! :)
In other non-camp related news, Kennedy is taking tennis lessons now that soccer is off the table for the foreseeable future, and was just cast as "Tink" in a local production of "Peter Pan" told from Tinkerbell's perspective. Kennedy's role is the sarcastic, jealous side of Tinkerbell, and she's having a blast with the play and her part so far. She has developed a great working relationship with her director and even took a day off from school to work with Miss Cindy on writing the lines for her Tinkerbell character!
The other news is that our friend David Bubb (neighbor) married Stacy Vacca yesterday and we spent the evening munching on yummy food and dancing at their reception at the Crabtree Marriott! We were remarking that it's the first wedding we've been invited to in about 8 years. We're also now in the age range where the weddings are "second marriages" instead of "first." I guess that's the way it will be until our kids are the ones getting married. :)
There was another wedding in the neighborhood this weekend -- the young man who works for Mark married the daughter of a neighbor. Their wedding planning, however, was very contentious because the mother and daughter disagreed over just about everything. Both of them wanted control, and the daughter refused to include her siblings or invite any of the mother's friends. It has really been an eye-opener for me about how NOT to plan a wedding! In this day and age where most young people are paying for their own weddings, I firmly believe they should make plans that showcase what is important to them -- not to their parents! I sincerely hope my kids will want my opinion when it comes time to plan their weddings, but I can't imagine trying to "dictate" to them how it should be!
Kennedy returns home on Friday, and we'll be spending the 4th of July with our neighbors at our annual 4th of July block party. Then on Saturday night we have another pool party and fireworks downtown, so it will again be a very busy weekend! I hope everyone has a great holiday!
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This is a great way to keep up with the day-to-day things going on in your life. I think I'd be bad at keeping up with something like this. Good job Lynanne!
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