Homecomings

I arrived home on Saturday afternoon. It is great to be home. It is wonderful to have a home to come back to. It is glorious to feel welcomed and loved and safe when I am here. How blessed I am.

The Singer arrived home last night at 11:00 pm. She hasn't shut up since (I think I even heard her singing in her sleep). She had such a great time at Music Ministry Alive. I feel pretty foolish. My brother, Kevin, asked me how many students were going to be at the camp. I knew there were people from all over the country and thought I had read that there was a big number. So I told Kevin something like 15,000. Well...I am eating crow, as I wasn't even close. The were about 200 people there!!! Gosh, nothing like being really off. There were kids there from Hawaii, and even Canada (The Singer was taught the appropriate use of "eh"). With such a small number she was able to et to know lots of the people. David Haas (the composer of a lot of liturgical music and founder of MMA) sat ate her table for lunch. He asked where she was from. When she told him, she was amazed to discover that he went to our church years ago! I am so happy that she had such a great time. Just as I am blessed to have a home, I am so glad that the Singer is able to go to these kinds of camps. Hubby said she looks older. Experience will do that to you.

Hubby and I were discussing how much we're going to miss the Singer when she goes off to college in 2 years. She is such a fun kid.

After being gone for 5 days, I thought the Imp had grown taller. I measured her today and yup, she's 1/2 inch taller than when I measured her in late April.

We went out school supply shopping today. It is one of my girls favorite things to do. They love picking out their notebooks, new pens and markers. They love starting out with all the clean, new supplies. We hit 3 stores, to catch the best prices on various items. We got looseleaf for 38 cents a pack. That's hard to beat. They splurged on their binders, going for the "neat" ones instead of the standard ones. School starts at the end of next week. They are both excited to get back and see their friends.