SOAR Aerial Competition

A few months ago Rainy asked if I would go with her studio to an aerial competition. First of all, I was thrilled that my nearly 19 year old daughter still wants me around and engaged in her life, passions and friends. Second, I was excited to experience the competition and watch the performers. So we loaded up the van with performers and headed to Fort Mill, SC for the weekend. The competition was real. I told my friends that I felt like I was walking around in an episode of Dance Moms. The adrenaline and the intensity were think in the air. Our girls did AMAZING, especially with it being their first competition. Rainy was beautiful as always, but at the end of her performance she told me she was not built for competition and didn't want to do it again. Although, a couple days later she was talking about what she wanted to work on for next year;)

There were 66 acts. Rainy was entry #34 and was awarded Elite platinum. Just a few points short from the next tier. She was also part of a Lyra ensemble. She started an Aerial Instagram page. Make sure you go follow her to check out her professional competition pics and you can see some videos from the performance HERE.

Kid's Camp

We had our last goodbye with elementary kid's camp. Jude as a camper and Rainy as one of the leaders. I know it was a special time for them to get to finally go to a camp together. I can't believe next year Jude will be at Caswell with the Students!

Rainy's Graduation Party

 I was terrible at getting good photos, but I was told that we had over 90 people, a gazillion cars in the driveway and we ate every bit of food I put out. It was so fun celebrating Rainy with some of our closest people who have been a part of Rainy's life. Took finish it off Joy had the brilliant idea of getting matching tattoos so she did a little research and found us a place nearby that took walk-ins and we even talked Meme into going and getting it with us. We got simple arrows representing generations, hoping that we can make a tradition out of it to pass down to our other kids and then their kids!

May Came In Hot

 May was anything but relaxing, but it sure was fun!  Josh returned from Argentina and then left for Uganda by the end of the month. We finished up the school year, finished up Cai's soccer season (they got 2nd place in the final championship!), Rainy had her first aerial performance and Josh, Zeke and our buddy Chris drove knocked out a Spartan Beast, almost all in one week(end). It was insane! We ended up the month having a massive Graduation Party for Rainy and then I also got to celebrate my friend Sarah's birthday.

We also had a 36 hour chicken massacre. We lost 9 in under 2 days. We think the first one was a hawk but the other was a fox. Needless to say we had to start the process of making calls to Tractor Supply to start over again with some chicks.

And having the fence installed FINALLY allowed for some privacy again and we have been able to enjoy our back porch again!

Rainy's Senior Prom

Rainy and Alehandro, and Bear of course, loaded up in her truck and headed for a weekend in Virginia to make their rounds seeing family and making memories with the ultimate goal of going to prom with Ella Hambrick.