Well, after a 3 month hiatus, I’m letting you know that I’m still here!  The last few weeks of school and the summer months fly by and we hardly have time to catch our breath!

The girls all ended their school years with flying colors!  I can’t even begin to tell you how proud we are of them all.  Julia will be in 9th grade in August.  Bailey and Madi will be in 7th and 6th grade and Avery will be in 1st.  It is absolutely mind-boggling to think that they aren’t still in preschool!  Each one is so special and unique and they have totally different personalities and interests.  Julia loves reading, acting and playing soccer.  Bailey also loves to read and act but is a dancer.  Madi is our artist.  She writes and draws and has continued to take dance but tells me that this is the last year.  Avery is a fantastic reader and dancer.  She will join Bailey on the Company team at their dance studio this year.  She also played soccer and t-ball this year.  I just love watching them excel in what they love!  I’m not giving up on having a pianist…I catch Julia pulling out the old piano books every now and then and Avery hasn’t had her mandatory 2 years of lessons yet!

I’m in the middle of our church’s version of VBS (we call it Adventure Week) right now.  We have already been on a week long mission trip to Charleston, SC, held a 2 day children’s camp called Camp G8way, taught a music camp at the dance studio and will be leaving to chaperone our students at BigStuf in Daytona Beach next week.  So, I’m really looking forward to the last week of July…and then the summer is 2/3 over.  Oh well, that’s the life of a Children’s Minister…and I love it!  Fortunately, so do Thayer and the girls!

In other news, Madi had a follow-up appointment from her ear surgery today.  Her hearing has improved from a 60% loss in her right ear to only 5%!!  We are thrilled that it was a success, but the doctor wants to follow her a little longer and he’s hoping to see that last 5% loss disappear.  She has done so well and we continually are amazed at her grace and beauty through all of life’s situations despite her disability.

I’ll try to do a little better at keeping up…and we’d love to hear from you.  What’s up in your world??!!

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