Summertime and the Living is Easy!!!!...and Busy!

Wow! Just finished Frisco Show Choir Camp for a week. Did a great little 30-minute show called "Destination: Rock n' Roll". Love those kids who love to sing and perform. We zoomed to Houston for a fun Messersmith wedding and danced the night away at the reception! Watching Ben, Ashley, Leslie and Rob dance was worth the trip! They can put on quite a show. John Travolta has nothing on them!!!!

I am looking forward to doing absolutely nothing and only selfish stuff!!! hahaha That would be shopping probably for fabric for something in the house, grandkids, and just getting my flowers going in the yard. We love our new house and it is fun giving it some WOW factor--inside and out! Rodney's next big project is blowing more insulation in the attic---sounds ugh to me, but I will appreciate it come time to pay those lower electric bills!!

Ben is off to work this summer for JPMorgan and as I write this, he is spending his first night there. I imagine they will keep him so busy that he will not have much time for enjoying the "sights!" I hope I am wrong because we are going to see them on July 6 for a few days.
More later about all the kids. I have to go work in the yard before the sun goes down!

Karla's after graduation party!

After Karla graduated we all went to the lake house on Lake Travis....but ended up at the country club pool after the boat broke down. Here are all those crazy kids of mine!

Karla made it!

Empty Nesters and Life is Good!

WOW! School is out !!! I just finished my 5th year of teaching in Frisco and I can't believe it. I never thought I would leave Lubbock and my comfort zone, but life throws us curves and from those curves come positive changes! Grandkids are starting to fill our lives all around us from West Texas to Dallas and that is great. Great does not even describe that part of your life as a grandparent. I will ponder on this from time to time to find a better word.

Karla, my 4th child to graduate from college, is in Austin floating around on some cloud!!! Not sure what she will do, she is just loving not having to think about finished school. My mom, who I call Granny Hill, would be quite proud of this fact because she was raised in the Great Depression and overcame a miserable childhood to get 2 degrees the hard way. Her Masters degree took her 15 summers to complete and so, as I think about Karla taking a few more years in school, I revert back to how proud Granny would have been of her even if it took her 15 years!!!! So, my cup runneth over with pride in all of them for their accomplishments and the young ladies and gents that they have become. What a gift from above!!!