Did ya' miss me?

Hey there everyone!
I know it's been a TERRIBLY long time. 
Summer seemed to fly right on by.

Here we are again... the start of a new school year for my kids and a time for me to get back into a routine of some sort. It will be good again to have some time to myself. Don't get me wrong, I'm NOT one of those moms that "can't wait for them to get back to school". I think that it's horrible to wish your children out of your house. They'll be gone all too soon. Nevertheless, I should have some alone time... time to talk to God, get into His Word, do my chores without interruption and maybe DEFINITELY do some fun stuff, too!

So, this summer I spent some time driving back and forth to French Creek Bible Conference where all three of my children spent their respective weeks at camp. In addition to their own weeks, Wyatt spent an extra week working in the kitchen and another week as counselor at Cass' conference. Our family spent Labor Day weekend there, as well.

We actually began the summer with a trip to Seeley's Bay, Ontario with a stopover in upstate NY on the way home. It was nice to get away together. And the dog, too,  is now an international traveler!

Another big highlight was the Farmer's Fair where my daughter was in the Princess competition once again this year. She came in 2nd Runner-up last year with her performance of 'God Bless the USA'. A little stiff on stage, wasn't quite her best. This year she gave it her all with a rousing performance of 'BoogieWoogie Bugle Boy' in the style of the Andrews sisters. With her stuffy head and runny nose she still pulled in 1st Runner-up!

Here she is in her homemade 'military' uniform complete with hand-crafted garrison cap. I found the pattern on Ehow.com. The skirt used to be a pair of hunting pants. I had taken in and old blouse and shortened a store-bought tie. I love how easy it was to pull off her authentic hairdo - hairnet and bobby-pins! 

she actually started facing backwards then turned around like this while marching

the music picked up and so did Cass and her 'jazz hands'

now, if you manage to flip through these fast enough, it's almost like being there!

tu, tu, tu, toot, diddle-ee-ada

'he's the boogie woogie bugle boy  of Company B

'they made 'im  blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam'

'it really brought 'im down because he couldn't jam'

instrumental 

'he puts the boys to sleep with boogie every night'

dah, dahh, da-da, da-dahh

Look at that smile - she had a GREAT time!

Okay, sorry for all the pics, but I'm a proud mama, what can I say?!

Well, now that my two September babies have both celebrated their birthdays and we have a couple weeks of school under our belts, I'll get at that routine like I mentioned earlier. Back to some sewing and baking and cards with the girls! AND of course finding some time to share with you all    ;) [wink]

no pic of Sawyer's cake but here's  Cass' cake