Farmer's Market, end of softball, adventure camp, and Lucy's triathlon.

Softball is officially over! It was a great summer with lots of time at the ball field. The girls each improved and did really well! I'm thankful for the opportunities our girls get to be involved in many different activities here. While the many summer activities were great, it's also nice to be done! It will be nice to have the days we are home to be slower before school starts again, and we also have a few trips planned too. 

Norah's group had a swimming party on the last day and didn't do any special ending because they are older. Lucy and Ellory's age group hands out medals and watermelon on the last night, and it's a hit by all, as in they both looked forward to getting their medal at the end for weeks and talked about it. So cute. 

Go Cardinals! We love watching you girls! Ellory asked me if her medal was made of real gold- love their young little minds! :)

Another summer highlight for Lucy was participating in her first mighty kids triathlon! She did some mild training (per her own request- she was thrilled about this and begged to "train") and she did so good! Norah and Ellory weren't interested in joining, but came along to cheer. Her age group was 7-9 and it was both boys and girls, so Lucy was about the smallest and youngest one there, but her bravery was high and she gave it her all!  She had to swim a full pool lap, run half a mile, and bike a mile. They didn't keep track of times or places, but she got 5th place, go Lucy! Lucy was actually in 2nd place after the running portion, but a few kids passed her on the bike, but she also had a smaller bike than the older kids and was the youngest! She was really excited and we are proud of her determination and courage to try something new! (She told me I could share this info.)

Once a month, our farmer's market here does a kids day where kids can sell items. The girls worked really hard preparing bracelets, perler beads. and cupcakes to sell, and were very brave in talking to many customers! A few weeks ago, there was some really bad flooding in our area and many are still recovering from that. A few towns close to us got hit really hard, and several families we know had to leave their homes. So sad! The girls donated all the proceeds towards flood victims and we divided it up and mailed it to our friends who lost their homes. Norah, Lucy, and Ellory, we are so proud of you for shining His light and working hard to help others. What a beautiful way to be the hands and feet of Jesus. :)

We tried something new this summer and the girls went to adventure camp! It was two days and they went with a couple friends from church/school, and they got to do lots of fun stuff outside! They learned about animals and their tracks, whittled soap, learned how to start a fire, canoed and kayaked, and lots of nature walks. They all said they wanted to go back next year!