Princess Four is 16 and FINALLY got her drivers license. Yahoo for me! She was
forced to take the test a few weeks ago so I could visit with my new
grand-daughter and now that she has it, she is NEVER home. She actually was
never home before either but now; there are days I don’t leave the house as I
don’t have to drive the girls around.
I am enjoying that. It will be short
lived as she is graduating soon and headed to college. She was elected Student
Body President of the high school this year and has done an AMAZING job leading
the students. She raised money for a student whose father passed away from a
heart attack just before Christmas, as well as setting up dates for special
needs kids all year keeping everyone involved. She went to Thailand on a
service mission this summer and enjoyed that as well as four other camps
dealing with leadership and finished up her fourth year on the drill team with
her younger sister. She maintained her straight A’s and was offered a
scholarship to several universities but has chosen to attend the college that
her sisters all attended prior to a four year university. She has applied to be
an ambassador and did well on the interview and we will find out soon if she
gets accepted. She is doing musical theater and she and her sister sang the
national anthem at a competition recently. She loves to sing and dance and is
heading off on another choir tour in April. Her dream is to be a Disney
Princess. I think she really could do anything she sets her heart on as she is
amazing. I am excited to see where she goes from here.
Princess Five is 14 and is taking the world on. She has enjoyed dancing this
year with her sister but is itching to do more so she started acting and had a dancing
lead in the play “grease” this summer and she and her sisters danced at
“Stadium of Fire” which is the show that the US sends to all their deployed
troops around the world. She has straight A’s and has gotten several parts in
the plays that are coming up at school and is also doing a duet with her sister
called “If momma was married” for musical theater to compete in at region and
state. I wonder if they are trying to tell me something by choosing that song
but life is keeping me so busy, I don’t have time to date.
She is thinking of
trying something new next year and is contemplating doing cheerleading or swim
team. She has lots of friends and is very social and is growing taller day by
day. She had her wisdom teeth out and got braces on a few months ago and I
wonder if anyone will recognize her in a year. She continues to play her guitar
and sing and I LOVE hearing her sing when she is showering, vacuuming or doing
the dishes when she doesn’t think anyone can hear her. It makes me smile each
time. I am sure you will see her on the stage at some point acting, dancing and
singing. She loves it all.
I am still dealing with my mother’s health and drove the six hours a
few months ago to take her to the ER as I just didn’t think she sounded well.
She got 2 units of blood she was so anemic. She stayed in the hospital for a
week and was diagnosed with a slow form of leukemia. She is struggling with
short term memory loss and I worry about her. I spend lots of time organizing
her things and gathering family history pictures, journals, movies, audio etc
and scan it and then share it with the entire family.
I did this through the year
and found some wonderful video of my mother winning a beauty pageant and her
grandparents and her siblings as children all in color from 1957. It was a
golden find at my uncle’s home as he got it when my grandmother died and didn’t
know he even had it. Working on these projects, as well as dealing with my mother’s
health, along with having some of my own health issues have kept me busy this
year. Driving the girls around has also taken me all over the state as well. I
worked on my camp trailer for 9 months pulling out all windows, vents, & doors
and put in new seals etc. I have learned so much and am just finishing up
polishing it. We will enjoy using it this Easter as we camp with my family
several times a year. 
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