Well another week out here in good old Jefferson and we are adjusting pretty well. We went and visited a church last weekend. It was nice a little old fashioned and really big. 2000 people attended, whish is basically the whole population of the town. It was not the kind of place for us but i think Ammy will be attending AWANA there. We were planning on having lots of pictures for you all and giving you a tour of our little city but there has just been way to much to do. Hopefully i will get a chance later in the week for all of that. For today we are hanging out at the Kroc center. This is our new favorite place to be. Ammy loves the child watch center which gives me a chance to work out or as in today a moment of peace while i work on the computer, we then finish the day off by a cool dip in the fun pool. Today I will be getting the gym schedule and experiencing my first class!

wrapping things up

This weekend began on thursday when Ammy had a going away party with her neighborhood friends. They gave her a photo album with pictures of the fun times they had together. Next Was her bridging ceremony on Saturday morning. She is officially no longer a daisy girl scout, but has graduated into a brownie. We left from there to take a nap and prepare for our next event.

Ammy's dance recital! This was a bittersweet affair. It is always fun to see the girls hard work come together for this fun event. Sad because this will be Ammy's last recital with the Sherwood Dance Academy. I love this studio because they really care about their students. The owner was willing to do anything to get ammy back into dancing after her hospital stay. When starting back there Ammy was not at the level of her peers and with her teachers gentle coaching she has come so far, and gets to do it in a typical setting not in a clinical therapy! We are looking for good studios in salem but they are hard to find!There are no pictures because she would only let her auntie take them!!

After Ammy's dance recital we drove on out to Jefferson which is now our place of residence. We kept ourselves very busy the next day while steve was still around. To the left is a picture of Ammy helping us to fortify our dog kennel. She is quite the little escape artist and we have tried many things. We have an electric fence around the yard which she wears a collar for but it doesnt phase our dog!! We built this kennel in the garage so she couldn't dig out but she just untwisted the metal ties and pushed her way through the chain link fence. We are now trying burying chicken wire around the perimeter of the fence to deter her from digging and tying it about a foot up the fence. we'll see if this works!

Our other big project for the weekend was to get a garden put in. We all enjoy eating fresh vegtables so we started a vegtable garden. Steve does this every year, but since he is on the road it is my job to try and make this happen!! Those of you who know me understand that what this means is i will kill the plants in about a week and spend the rest of the summer trying to revive the stupid things!! Maybe with Ammy's help they will last a few extra weeks.

summer fun

My summer officially began at 10 o'clock on Thursday. I spent thursday getting myself packed up for the big move in a week and just enjoying being done! Friday was a very bitter sweet day. I had a very sad day as i remembered my Daddy's birthday. I miss him so much especially as i plan my wedding. I was very excited to see my neice graduate that evening. I am so proud of her and all she has accomplished. This girl has had a tough life, with many obstacles. It truly has taken someone with exceptional character to get where she is now.

Saturday Mel and I headed downtown with Ammy for the rose festival parade. She chose to work on a girl scout patch that included going to this event which was fine for me i love to go. We got to talking and realized that Ammy has only missed two rose festival parades during her little life, which was while she was physically not really able to go! After that we rushed off to Alyssa's grad party for some more fun with family. Got home late and met up the next day to celebrate cousin G's birthday!

Felt like we were running around all weekend long but i got to enjoy some fun time with the sisters today as we did a little wedding planning.. i have a bunch of projects lined up for my summer vacation. Can't wait to share them with you! For all my crafting friends we are going to be planning crafting parties if you wanna help.. wink, wink!!