You're gonna miss this...you're gonna want this back!

The kids are back home and busy as bees! They started 2 weeks of swim lessons (5 days a week) and will be going to the School House for craft classes on Tuesday and Thursdays. I am so grateful to have this quality time with the grandchildren and know the memories they are creating on the river and the island will stay with them forever.

Rachael started out in the same swim class as Emma, but since she is more advanced, they moved her up to another class. Yesterday she was bored, today she was TIRED.....but she loves it!

I caught Em going off the board, but Rachael went so fast, I only caught her splash!


After swim class we took them to the Riverside Cafe for lunch....Rachael needed time to review the menu. Emma however, will probably start growing feathers soon as once again she ordered
"chicken fingers".


This is one of our favorite summer time restaurants....sitting on the deck you can watch all the big ships travel the shipping channel.....

Here are the girls this morning at the school house. This is the one room school house where Mike went to 5th grade when we first moved to the island. Emma's Aunt Urch teaches the classes and is a gift to the island children. She has the patience of Job, is so talented and gives so much love to these children. The classes are growing larger every year. She now has two different age groups and the one Rachael and Emma are in had over 20 kids in it today.

Here is Rachael with her finished face plate. She is SO proud of it.....I tried to get her to leave it for our house but she is taking it for her bedroom. Actually I think that's pretty cool....now every night when she turns off her light she can think of Grandma and Pop!!!

It's much prettier without the plate but it was still not completely dry so she didn't want to move it!

It is extremely hot here today....we're headed down to the river to cool off!!!