More Summer Fun!

Some of the fun things that we did this summer!

Swim Meet

Roller Skating

Hot Dog with Papa

Dancing the night away

My Froyo

getting her ears pierced

Summer Jobs:

 








Ellie and Rylie began to understand the power of summer jobs.  It all started when Ellie began helping Grandma Grall with dishes and cleaning (of course out of the goodness of her heart), but when Grandma gave her some “coin” she started to negotiate odd jobs to get more money.  Well, Rylie not wanting to be left out followed suit and lined up odd jobs throughout the summer.  Her cousins, uncles, grandparents ended up shelling out nearly fifty dollars between the two girls for jobs from mowing the grass to dog-doo duties to washing cars.  I was very proud of Rylie; even at seven she thought about what was “worth” spending her money on and made conscious choices to get just what she wanted, even if that meant waiting for another week and in fact, she negotiated more chores to achieve her goal.  Even when mom gave her a “loan” – she paid her back straight away on her last pay….she told me; I got five dollars for picking up dog-doo from Grandpa, but I lost it”….when I asked puzzled “you lost it?” she replied, “yep…remember I owed mom five bucks!”  What a good girl!

Our big hearted little girl

Ellie is a very big hearted girl that looks for ways to bless others; on many occasions she will go without or give up what she has to make sure someone else has something.  She’s always surprising us with kind hearted acts towards us or her sister as well as her friends and even strangers around town.  Ellie’s last endeavor was growing her hair for the last year and half to give a donation to the Locks of Love Organization http://www.locksoflove.org/.  While she was on her home leave she gave the minimum ten-inches (that’s all mom and dad could handle…she’s never had hair shorter than her shoulders since she was two; Ellie of course gives without thought) along with a financial donation that she has been saving a portion of her allowances for.  We are so very proud of her and could stand to learn a lesson or two of her selfless giving.