Ready, Set, Summer!

SLOW DOWN!

We don’t need to rush it.

Savor the milestone moments!

Jane completed a full year of weekly lessons and participated in the school’s violin club, culminating in her first public recitals. She sounded great and seemed completely at ease during her performance. We were gushing watching her take that big, brave step.

The girls drove off with dad for the last time as DGF students. In September, Jane, Rose and Cate, are transitioning to a local ALL GIRLS (!) school where they will have opportunities to strengthen and grow their faith, while integrating into the broader community. Read: Spanish immersion. Grit your teeth ladies, but don’t forget to roll your tongues… gird your flamenco dresses, and say a prayer…. Dios te bendiga!

Meanwhile, Lucy and I enjoyed our final quiet breakfast together for a few months (the silence broken only by the sound of her shoveling it in),

before early dismissal beckoned and the playdate floodgates burst open!

Our little pool,

the deep freezer,

and pantry saw A LOT of action during June and July. If a picture were worth a thousand unwritten words, this would just about capture June and July at our house.

We left home and friends behind for a couple of weeks and neither words nor the images quite capture the beauty of the mountains or the grit of our girls. But that post will speak for itself… as best as it can!