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.