BUSY!!!

Well, the Parade of Homes officially kicked off, and in the first two days we have already had around 625 people come through the house. It has been absolute chaos trying to get through these last two weeks to get ready. It's times like this that we are so grateful for all those around us who love us and help us get by. I just wanted to thank them all... Mom has been taking the kids, picking up the girls from dance, feeding us, and buying us lots of frozen food in preparation for HER departure to France. Nathalie has been here almost everyday watching the kids, sleeping over so I could help Cameron in the late night hours, picking up and dropping off kids, and working at the Parade taking tickets and popping popcorn. Anne has driven down numerous times to paint the playhouse in the playroom, landscape, and watch the kids for me (Brandon came down with her a few times to help out too!) Angela keeps in contact to offer advise and support and John and his family were lifesavers and helped get the landscaping done just in time. Caroline's portraits of the girls turned out great, and we've had a lot of comments on them. Casey and Ryan (Cam's employees) have worked a lot of overtime getting things ready. Betsy has been my chauffeur (with Cameron's car still out of commission) and babysat the kids for us. And... our poor kids, who have sacrificed time with us, stayed up way too late at night, even landscaped and cleaned the house to get things ready. We are so grateful to have so many great people around our family. Anyway, we are up and running, we hope that this parade brings Cameron lots of business and sells the houses we have available for sale.

We also officially finished the school year! The girls both had a great year, and enjoyed the new friends they made. and especially their teachers. The are also done with gymnastics, and after next week, dance is over for the summer. They have their big recital next Tuesday! I graduated all my 4th graders, who I sent on to the fifth grade teachers. My room is still a mess, but I told the school, it would have to wait until after the baby, cause things were too crazy.

And... we are planning on having our new baby sometime in the next seven days... ready or not! There is not a thing ready for her here right now, but we did manage to get the bassinet and car seat, so we'll be fine until after the parade. Oh yeah, and swim team starts tomorrow!