Our soon to be teenage son is growing in leaps and bounds!!! I'm so proud of him and watching him become a young man is wonderful!!! Uncle John gave Matthew a job for the summer of mowing the car wash yard and emptying out the sweepers. Any change and money that people sweep up when cleaning out their vehicles, Matthew gets to keep!
When Matthew first started mowing the lawn, it was hard work for him. It was tricky to get real close to the rock edges without the mower going down into the rain run off area. Matthew complained the first few times but then he got paid!!! Ever since, he goes out there like a man and mows it no problem!!! He's loving the money he's earning!!!
And this girl is totally living out a dream with these gymnastic classes!!! She looks forward to each class and is doing great!!! I'm not just saying it because she's our girl but honestly, she never took gymnastics before but she seems like a natural!!! She works hard at each new lesson. She sweats and needs a water break every now and then. She loves the flips and is good at cart wheels already!!! This has been the best investment for her this summer by far!!!
She was super excited to swing on the bars for the first time!!! And let me just say that the man talking to her is Mr. Jeff! He is SO GOOD with the children and funny!!! He's always making hilarious comments like "put your stinky feet here" and "were your eyes open? Good, because mine were closed!" Ashlyn loves how he teaches!!! She's a bit confused though because he teases all the time with things like "you don't need my help, I'm going home". She's not convinced that Jeff is good at gymnastics. Maybe next time she will have enough of nerve to ask him do something really impressive for the kids! So far, when he shows them how to do a hand stand, he acts just like a learner and often does a real simply stand with him barely able to do it.
Bible School was last week and the kids loved every single night we were able to attend!!! We took Hunter and Adrian along for two nights and what a blast they all had!!!
Each night, the lessons were on Daniel. Skits were performed to act out some of Daniels life and Austin even got scared and cried a few times. It wasn't a problem though because Hadassah comforted him because she was his teacher!!! Win, win!!!
We also finished up our baseball season on Monday night!!! Matthew's little league team placed first place again in their division!!! They played SO WELL!!! Way to go Tigers!!!
And, of course, Austin was right in the midst!!! He begged to wear a baseball shirt just like Matt! He couldn't wait to run the bases and get dirty!
Another trophy earned!!!
Tigers 2018!!!
And here's more gymnastics pictures! She tries hard!
Each lesson they always start with some warm ups. This time they had a parachute that they waved.
Lifted it up high.
Then they all quickly got themselves in the parachute and tucked themselves inside!!! What fun!
This week is now Day Camps in Honey Brook and that means Hadassah and Matthew need to be in Honey Brook each morning by 7:15 and picked up again in the afternoon!!! It's miles and hours of driving for me and Mike but we couldn't be more proud that Hadassah chose to be a counselor and Matthew chose to attend! They are learning scripture! Doing activities to enhance character. Praying together and having fun! If there's ever a time I wished to live a bit closer, it was last week with Bible School each night and now Day Camps each day!!!
And a big shout out to my wonderful husband today!!! He turns 41 and it looks great on him!!! He's the best gift God ever gave to me!!!
I love him so much!!!
"Happy Birthday, Babe!!!!"
