Stimpson Vacation

This year the Stimpson vacation was a little different.( Everyone except us has a camper.) So this year they reserved three spots in TimberRidge campground and hauled the campers up to Traverse City. We spent a tremendous amount of time at the pool. We did a little put put golfing and go carting and just spent time as a family.

Cherry Festival Week

This year for Cherry Festival week Grandma and Grandpa Stimpson pulled their brand new camper up to TC with the three cousins. We stayed busy strawberry picking, beaching it, festival events and making smores. Each night we had a fun dinner all sitting down and eating together. We loved the time together and we are so thankful that they spent the week with us.

Earrings

Cahill has been working hard on reading books and filling up her reading charts. When she read 100 books she was to receive a big prize, ear piercing. A couple months ago she finally made it and now we have sparkling ears.

Win Some Women - (Mackinaw Island)

Okay so here it is: I have these great friends.. These friends that I know God has placed in my life.. Friends that I treasure. Friends that I prayed to come into my life. Over the past couple years they have taught me so much about God, mothering, praying, loving and running. But most of all they have taught me to just calm down and take a breath. They all have five children and they all are GREAT mothers. They homeschool all their kids and they are just beautiful.

 Aimee told us about this woman's retreat in the Grand Hotel. So of course we all headed up together for a cold raining retreat. We had some great food, great conversations and precious time. We had so much fun we decided we will try to go back up in the fall and Aimee and I would run the half marathon while we were there. 

Uncle Justin

As usual we never have enough time with Justin when he comes to visit. I was extremely lucky as I was able to sneak him out in the morning and share coffee and breakfast for him. Of course it ended up being about a three hour breakfast but I cherished every moment.The girls of course loved seeing him and eating their favorite flavors of ice cream.

Spring Dance Recital

In May, Cahill had her dance recital at Saint Francis. She had a blast and had so much fun with her friends. But one of the best parts of the night was that Uncle Justin was in town and we all went for ice cream after the recital.

First Piano Recital 2015

Cahill's very first piano recital ever. She did so good and worked so hard on her song. She has been taking lessons for 9 months twice a month. The song she played was called "Firefly". So far she has finished two books and is working on two books as we speak. Sometimes practice is hard and some times it is so much fun. I asked her if she wanted to take a break from piano lessons for the summer and she gave me the saddest look. So apparently we will play through the summer..