So many things have happened over the summer compared to last, first the neighbourhood drama queen no longer makes her presence known around our home anymore.
Theres been a sense of peace and calmness since I made it perfectly clear to her mom that it would be best if our kids didn’t play together considering it’s like the Wild West of all friendships and the toxic environment that developed over time.
As a parent I feel bad for this girl, as much as I tried to take her under my wing and give her all the chances in the world she still chose to be disrespectful, bitter, and angry towards the kids.

Brownies and Beyond
We said goodbye to our Sparks in May with a graduation cake for those that were moving up the ladder to Brownies.
The ceremony went off without a hitch and I was happy to end it on a positive note as it was my last year as a leader although I didn’t know it at the time.

 sleepover
For Grace’s 10th birthday we caved to her desire to have a sleepover with her friends.
What can I say we’re a glutton for punishment, after surviving two sleepover  with a bunch of boys how bad could a few girls be?
Well let me tell you ….. we were totally clueless.
The difference between a boy’s sleepover and a girl’s, the boys were content to play Nerf wars with each other until they got hungry then all I had to worry about is making sure I had enough food to feed the savage beasts.
Also stick a few horror movies their way and sooner or later they will fall asleep.
Girls are completely totally different, I supplied the girls with every type of craft I could think of including making their own special pillow cases for them to bring home with them after the party.
Even the goodie bags were sleep over themed thanks to the Dollar store.
I really thought that if we kept the girls busy and occupied they would fall asleep ……
boy was I wrong.
THEY DIDN’T SLEEP AT ALL 😳
They weren’t too interested in watching movies at all even at 3 am they were wide awake and ready for action.
So at 4am they were outside jumping on the trampoline, needless I felt bad for our neighbour that had to get ready for work after Midnight.
So yes I know we’re a real glutton for punishment needless one child is more than enough for a sleepover.
The next day we ended up taking the girl’s home early and Grace slept for 8 hours after the party.

July

From July 1 to July 6th Jayson was in camp, the second to last day of camp I received a call from the camp asking permission to baptize Jayson.
I was thrilled and of course gave Jayson my full support.
Something happened to him while he was in camp that made him want to be baptized, despite the embarrassment he felt over my baptism I cried when I saw his video I was so very proud of him so much so cried tears of joy.
His whole attitude changed and he was much more calmer than he was last year not to mention he was more willing to help he without any arguments.
Throughout the months of both July and August we had a houseful of kids playing in the backyard, I felt like I was in Heaven the kids really had a great time.
Seeing all these kids in the backyard felt so good it truly brought me greatest joy there was nothing like it.

Class Reunion
I end the summer with this 
On August 17 I flew to Kelowna BC for my 30th Grad reunion.
I absolutely loved seeing all the classmates that showed up for the reunion, those that I felt intimidated in high school were absolutely sweet hearts and felt bad after I told them tat I was kinda freaked out about them 30 years ago.
Loved reconnecting with everyone and was especially excited to spend some much-needed time with my best friend in the whole wide world, she’s more like a sister to me than anything else.
The most shocking part of the evening was the amount of people who had passed away over the years, it made me  feel so sad inside especially the way they passed away I wish that there was something I could have done to help them.

Regardless I had a wonderful time, I was so happy to see everyone there having fun and catching up  with those that I haven’t seen in years.
Life has been good to them, I was happy to see that they were living  fulfilling lives and were relatively happy about their choices.
As I end this segment I am the most blessed person for all the people in my life I love each and every one of you.
Until next time I bid you farewell .