My goodness, it's been ages! How have you been?
It's that crazier-than-usual time of year around here, what with all of the end-of-the-school-year events taking place, my youngest girl's birthday, doctor and orthodontic appointments, graduation preparations, and Bre dragging my bum to the gym every day. Here's just a bit from the last couple of weeks…
My Joonie had a birthday! She turned eleven, and is very proud of that, thankyouverymuch.
Sabrina is teaching herself to play the guitar, with the help of Friday…
Bre has started training for a marathon (to take place in September), and has changed her Le Clic photography blog to The Rising Runner. Instead of feeling guilty that she hadn't been taking a photo each day, she decided to get inspired by documenting her journey from occasional jogger to marathon runner, keeping track of her self-training progress and sharing a runner's recipe here and there.
Missy is still making lovely patterns on my carpeting, as well as breaking the sound barrier with her screechy announcements anytime one of us is coming or going…
…and Tasha is still channeling her inner Yoda.
Sophie and some friends recently tried out for the end-of-the-year talent show, but her little dance group didn't make it. 🙁 Good try though, Sophie!
Sabrina was awarded a $500 scholarship from the Rotary Club… Congratulations, Bean!
Adam has started training for the marathon with Bre, and comes over to play with Sophie a lot, even though he pretends he's there to visit Bre. 😉 (He feels a kinship with Sophie, since they're both the youngest in a family of five, and Sophie adores him for that.)
Sophie took 2nd place in the 60-yard-dash at her school's track and field day…
…She also played her last volleyball game and had fun at the season's end pizza party…
I shot another wedding! This time for two of Bre's best high school friends, Brooke and Alex. My Canon Sister Jaime shot with me, and we had so much fun working together. It was quite a learning experience!
And finally, my sweet Sabrina has a few not-so-fun doctor appointments ahead of her. She has an angiofibroma in her neck that needs to be removed, as well as several cysts in her left sinus. We've been puzzled by how sick she always is, getting frequent colds and not being able to breathe at night. (We don't even remember what her regular voice sounds like, she's been so stuffy for over a year now.) She meets with the head-and-neck surgeon on Friday, just after her commencement practice (yes, my girl is graduating!).
Please keep her in your prayers, if you would?
And that's just about it for Chez Stewart! I hope you all have been enjoying your first days of summer (well, almost!), and hopefully I'll see you soon! 🙂
12 Comments
Libbie
Whew you have been busy, congrats all round to your girls. The wedding looked fab, bet you had fund. Adam sounds like a wonderful young man. Sabrina definitely in my prayers.
Libbie in Oz
Margaret
Love seeing all the news. (Love the inner Yoda!) Sabrina will be in my prayers. DS had to have surgery on his neck to remove a lump when he was 14, so we’ve been there. She’ll do fine. Congrats to the graduate too! And happy belated birthday to Sophie!
joann tx
Congratulations, Congratulations, Congratulations!!!!
i think that covers all? so much going on! summer’s just around the corner so you can take a breather from those end of school activities…everyone.
congrats to bean on graduating! wow!
belated BDAY to sophie!
good luck to Bre on the marathon training…..
Enjoy the Summer!
oh, and extra doggie biscuits to Friday, Missy and Tasha!!!
Julie McConnell
So glad you are back among the blogging!
Happy Birthday and Congrats to Sophie!
Congrats to Sabrina and I hope all turns out well at the Dr.
Good luck to Bre on the marathon.
Katrina
Wow, crazy busy!!! Love all the family pics and Happy Birthday to Sophie :-). Hope Sabrina’s issues get resolved quickly too. And I am so impressed Bre is doing a marathon!
CAY
We’ve missed you! Welcome back! But no wonder you’ve been away, you’ve been very busy! Go Bre, train your heart out! We’ll all be following your progress! Congrats Bean on graduating, and we’ll def. keep you in our prayers. Surgery can be scary, but the docs know what they’re doing. Happy belated B-Day, Soph! Looks like you’ve had fun with all your activities, too. The youngest of five? But Adam seems a sweetie. 🙂 Keep us updated! Have fun in the summer sun! <3
Sheryl
You ARE busy. Hope you can have some ME time sometime soon. Prayers for Sabrina. Hope all works out fine. Congrats to the graduation. The dogs are so cute. I love all your pictures
Linda Huson
Happy Birthday to Sophie! She is a beautiful young lady – both inside and out…
Prayers for Sabrina!
Good luck to Bre!
And for you – get some rest! You deserve it!!
Linda in VA
connie
Happy Birthday to Miss Sophie and congratulations as well. My prayers are going out to Sabrina for her upcoming surgery. I pray that all goes well and that she feels better very soon. Also, congratulations on her graduation. It is a very exciting time for everyone. Good luck to Bre in the marathon. Adam looks like a keeper by the way. Now I suggest some rest for Mom. We have to remember to take care of ourselves to.
Cathryn
Wow, what a great collage of family events. Thank you. I certainly will keep Sabrina in prayer. So sorry to hear about that. Cathryn
Lynn
I hope everything goes well for Sabrina with her upcoming surgery. I’ll send lots of prayers your way. Good luck to Bre with her marathon. This is race weekend here in Ottawa and several of my friends are running their first races. I’m rooting for all of you!
Happy birthday wishes to Sophie. She’s turning into a beautiful young lady.
Leah
Big congrats to Bre for training for a marathon. Running is one of my favourite things to do. Runner’s World forums provide a great source of support and education. She should check them out: http://www.runnersworld.com/community/forums/
I hope she does well, enjoys the journey, and stays injury-free. 🙂