farewell, Nimuae ~

Nimuae left early this morning on her first-ever trip without parents, fully funded by her babysitting money! She hardly slept a wink last night and woke up at 3:50a.m. to hop in the car with David, heading to Greenville, SC for her early morning flight. Gramps was waiting for her at the gate in Chicago.

I got the quick call that she was safe and sound ~ I can't wait to hear how the flight was for her, what she was feeling. I am so very proud of her, putting her mind to making this trip happen, then seeing it all the way through. I am sure is is going to make memories that last her lifetime.

4th of July goofiness

Dear NeNe,

Thank you for sending the Carmonas and Loomers these lovely glasses for the 4th of July.

Here are some photos of the kids getting their goofiness ready for the celebration...

yoga studio is in the works!

Our yoga studio dream is finally coming true! It has taken many forms in our minds as we have been dreaming about it for years. For awhile we thought it would be large enough to teach classes in ~ and then thought it may just be a room in our house ~ for awhile we considered a yurt would be the perfect structure.

We tore down the yome earlier this year to make room for the new structure, and started drawing plans for an affordable studio that we could build pretty quickly. We settled on a 12 x 16 building. Also, we decided to employee our friend and master builder, Alan, to get the building dried in. Not doing the work ourselves is a new notion for us ~ and it was the best decision! Alan does the work so quickly and it is so well-done. And now that the building is framed (with a roof!) with doors & windows installed, we can take it from here ~ electricity, ceiling, walls, floor. It may take us awhile to finish it up, but it feels so exciting to have gotten this far ~ and to be so close to seeing this dream to completion!