Summer Summer Time!

Life is so incredible right now. For the first time in I couldn't even tell you in how many years, I am in love. Yep, that's right, I'm saying it! Is it scary as hell to say? Yep! LOL! But, in the same sense I'm not scared one little bit. I have clarity, I have direction, and I have a future. I'm so excited about everything in my life every minute of every day. I can't believe how much has changed for me in just a few short months. It's completely surreal.

Summer is here and I am SO ready! The girls are out of school and have stayed with their dad this week. I am missing them so much right now, but at the same time so happy they get some quality time with their dad. They both did SO well the last quarter and I just can't believe how smart they are! Alyssa is holding a 2.8 GPA and she worked so hard to get there. I have found that she knows all material she learns but testing for her is stressful and she doesn't do as well, but she KNOWS it! It is one of my goals to work with her next school year on testing and ways to be more confident in her answers. Shirsten also knows all the material she learns, but she sometimes gets too busy talking or playing to finish the actual assignments. Focus will be what I work on with her next school year. I am starting a reading program with them this summer where I will buy them the book series they want and when the report back to me what they read, they will get rewards. I don't want them to get too far out of the swing of how amazing books can be for their imaginations. We have tons of plans that they want to do this summer including boating, fishing, campouts, and just plain fun times with them. I love the stages they are in and they are literally growing right before my eyes. Only one year left with Alyssa in middle school, and Shirsten in elementary...yikes!

I also am so blessed to get to be a part of the life of an adorable 3 year old angel with the most beautiful brown eyes I have ever seen. She has melted my heart and I feel like I have known her her whole life. I love the stories she tells me and she has the most adorable catch phrase of "hey guess what". I can't help but answer with an excited "what" each time she says it just waiting for the cutest story to come out of her mouth. The more time I get to spend with her, the more time I want to be around her, like I said she has melted my heart and I am truly the luckiest girl on earth to be a part of her and her daddy's life. My girls love them both so much and everything has just seemed to fall into place for all of us, as if it was always supposed to be this way.

Well that's the latest in a nutshell! Life is fabulous and I hope yours is going just as well! TTFN!