The Benwell family summer began with the end of school. Yahoo! What a busy month for the Benwell girls. School is finally out for the summer. The twins are 4 years old and will enter into PreK next fall. Lillie will be in 2nd grade--can you believe it? She turned 7 in April. She's growing too fast.We had some very exciting end of year awards. Lillie received an award for Punctuality (which is an award that really should have gone to me or my carpool partner, Diane). Lillie was never late to class!
We are most proud of an award she received for Accelerated Reading. She won a gold level award given to the 1st and 2nd graders-- Lillie, a first grader, amongst the few 2nd graders at that level!! This is quite an accomplishment. She read lots of books over the year and passed tests on each to earn points. Way to go, Lillie! Next year should be even better --she's addicted to the Harry Potter series now!
Lillian is also keeping up with guitar lessons. Earlier in the year, she performed Beethoven's "Ode To Joy" in her school talent show and was fantastic! Bravo!
Anna Kate and Ellie Lou have finished up their first year at ballet with a recital in June.
What beautiful little ballerinas! AK is on the left and EL on the right in each ballet photo. They look totally different to us, but I'm told I need to let others know who is who in the photos.Summer League swim team has kept us busy every weekend this summer. All three girls are on the team this year. Lillie has already qualified for the All Stars Invitational in backstroke and
breaststroke. She is sooooo fast! We are so proud of her (pink goggles on head).Anna Kate and Ellie Lou are also doing great! They're the youngest on the team. So cute. They improve with every practice and swim meet. We have such fun cheering them on. Go WhiteSharks!
In June, we took a family beach vacation to Grand Cayman Island. The girls had a blast. The water was beautiful and all three girls spent their days swimming and snorkeling, catching crabs and collecting seashells.
We were lucky to have MiMi and PaPa along with us. The grandparents got to spend lots of time with the kids and we got to enjoy some umbrella drinks and sunshine.
(Mimi and Papa Poolside and Beachside)We learned to plan ahead on these types of trips by signing the girls up for the hotel "Kids Club" or "Kids Night Out" which is a fantastic babysitting program where the kids get to participate in all kinds of events while the adults go out and enjoy the island. Wish we could have stayed longer!
Chris found time to squeeze a little more relaxation into his summer...he and his fellow anglers, David Bently, Tommy Lynch, Vince Amalfi, fished the South Platte River in Colorado.
