Junior & Volleyball

Lucy's era of volleyball has kicked off! She did GREAT! The girls were so nervous for their first game - they didn't even realize they won! It was a game of who can serve and serve receive, but it was great to see her play and try her best. I think this season will be very cute! 

Adding to our plates - we have decided to do a neighborhood fantasy football league too. Chris was in charge of the draft order and we decided to put the vacuum to good use. It was entertaining!

Lucy and Ella had another fun play date!

We have a junior in the house! It has been great that Heidi drives herself to school! 

This weekend is the actual football draft, some more volleyball, St. Jude festival, and the final prep for our upcoming trip! Chris is traveling this week as well so we are in for a busy week.

Summer coming to an end...

We started to build, ok not "we", CHRIS started to build Lucy's new vanity. It is basically a lego set with how many pieces and directions it has! Just a little bit more and it will be complete!

This weekend was random - lots of things were accomplished and we kept busy but no real plans. Lucy was excited to find the book series she has been looking for.

Friday night we hung out with the Belciks  - If you have not had the pleasure of watching their new movie - I highly recommend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZWVs8-ExjU

It was a fun evening of just hanging out!

Lucy has grown EVEN more since July... 

Lucy was able to go to the zoo with her best friend and they had a blast!

Last few tans left of the summer

And... Heidi has to have her tonsils out - but we are waiting until Christmas break since she will miss at least a week of school! She has been dealing with tonsil stones every other week for well over 2 years and always has a slight sore throat. The ENT doc said she has large tonsils for how petite she is and they should come out. 

 Heidi starts school on Thursday! The end of summer if here for her!

Birthday Girl

 

Lucy is 12! We had a jam-packed but fun birthday weekend for Miss Lucy! It started with us shopping with her birthday money and I clocked in over 11K steps just following her around! She just loves to go shopping! She got Starbucks (thank you Aunt Val!) and tacos for lunch. 

Then after all that shopping - she was trying to determine her last bit of money what to do with it and fell in love with a bear. She had never done build-a-bear and as much she felt a little silly - she was also super excited for it. It was a fun way to end shopping for sure and now she has a new pal to sleep with. 

Saturday she had her best friend over, Ella, and they did crafts, played games, ate snacks and in general had a great time. 

Even though Lucy did NOT want any cake - Heidi and Chris out voted her and made her at least get some cupcakes - she didn't even eat it, but at least Heidi and Chris were happy!

This morning we did her year check-up; she grew from 4'7" last year to 4'11" already! The doctor thought she should grow a few more inches - will she be taller than Heidi? We will see!

Just a last few weekends before school starts and we are trying to maximize the summer left for sure!