creativelykate

Summer is here! The past two weeks have been a total blur, but also full of excitement, new experiences and goodbyes.  Georgia and Jackson finished their spring gymnastics programs, our 3 oldest kiddies passed their swimming lessons and Georgia's year of dance came to end with 4 successful days of rehearsals and recitals.   The fun didn't stop there...Hudson's rep baseball team played in their first ever away tournament and after a grueling 3 days of non-stop games, they unfortunately lost in overtime in the semi-finals against a very challenging team.  The only good thing...we managed to make it back to our hometown, just in time for Hudson to play Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata  in his end of year piano recital.   From there we headed to my in-laws to go swimming and celebrate my sister-in-laws birthday.  The following morning our little big girl graduated from kindergarten.  That's not all...Jack and Irelynn finished another year ...

Georgia's 6th birthday was a huge success.  The weather was absolutely perfect, the guest list included all of her closest friends and to top it off our surprise guest put on an incredible show - a performance Georgia said she'll never forget. Summer finally decided to make an appearance which meant the sun was shining bright all weekend long.  Part of me was looking forward to sunny days ahead, when everything slows down and life becomes a little less hectic - but we had a party to plan, so in between sports games, piano practice, dance classes and swimming lessons my hubby and I were busy trying to get the house tidy, the backyard ready, the cake decorated and the food prepared.  We did however find time in the evenings to sit around the campfire and enjoy a few yummy treats before bedtime.  Our kiddies know that when it's the weekend, the weather gets nice and the days are longer, our neighbours will always make time to build a fire...and when they do it's...