My Girls

I noticed, looking back, that I haven't mentioned Brooke or put any pictures of her lately...that's because she's hardly been home!!! It's definitely been different this summer, being a teen and starting high school definitely comes with lots of changes and things to do :-) She's been working (at Uncle Bill's concession stand), taking driver's ed, going to cheer practices, spending time up at Grammy & Papa's, shopping with Maamaw (or anyone else that will take her :-), and hanging out with lots of friends. Even her friendships have changed this summer, sadly her best friend of 8 years decided earlier this year to start pulling away from Brooke and after holding on for several months, Brooke finally decided that she was tired of being treated badly and working single handed to keep the friendship together so she chose to move on and focus on some other friendships. Definitely a stressful time but I've been very proud of Brooke this summer, I have witnessed her growing into a very responsible, strong, thoughtful and mature young lady...someone I'm proud to call my daughter. She's still a teen girl and likes to give this mama a hard time and test her limits but even that is easier to look past when I see her on the right track!

After being gone for most of the week working and spending time with friends, Brooke came home yesterday and spent a great deal of the day playing with Lexy (who has no voice right now). Lexy loved having her big sister home to spend time with...


The "family" they were playing with had 10 kids!!! Are they trying to tell us something? :-)