Summer. Well we have a big summer planned! This Wednesday I have auditions for the LDS musical Savior of the World, so if I get a part I will be going to rehearsals up until December (it’s going to be really nice to get back on the stage again). This Thursday to Saturday is Young Women camp, which will be a chaotic blast. This Sunday is Kimberly’s big 4th of July celebration (which I am REALLY looking forward to). She is making BBQ, corn dogs, root beer, devilled eggs, and all things American. She even got some sparklers and small fireworks! I’m making some potato salad, peanut butter pie, and I’m singing the Star - Spangled Banner. It’s really going to be great! Then on July 10th is our big girl’s night out to see Eclipse and eat out at the new Captain America’s restaurant in Blanchardstown. Hugh’s Aunt Paula is visiting from Australia so I think we will be having a short trip to Sligo sometime in the next few weeks . . . and I always love an excuse to go to Sligo. Every Monday I have organized different activities for play groups with other moms in our church, today was a teddy bear picnic, next week is McDonalds play place and so on and so forth (the last day is going to be a great big bouncy castle party). At the end of July and beginning of August Jade is going to Brenda Redmond’s stage school summer camp which will be from 10-2 every day for 2 weeks (she’s going to be dancing and singing the whole time). Sometime in July or August Jenn and Rex are coming to Ireland to visit so we will be going to do all sorts of fun things then. And believe it or not Lily is going to be 1 year old on August 24th! So we are we’ll have a little party for her. Then of course we will have beach trips, zoo trips, BBQ’s, and all other sort of fun summer activities thrown in here and there. When I get my gym membership at the National Aquatic Centre, Jade and I will have a blast doing all the fun water activities there (she gets to go free until she’s 4!). Last summer we didn’t have a car and were stuck inside all the time so this year I am really excited to see a bit more of Ireland and have fun doing summer activities. It helps that we have been having gorgeous weather! I can’t believe that Jade just finished her first year of Montessori . . . next year she will be full time! It’s going to be her last year too, and then she will start “big girl” school! Where has the time gone? Hugh got his results back for Kings Inns and he got second class honours so he did really well his first year. I’m still finding it hard to believe that we have already lived here for a year! I wish so much I could go to Florida and see my family, but we are saving for it for next year. As for now we are going to see a bit more of Ireland and possible even the UK (I would really like to go over to England for a day or so). Slán!
