CAMASLAND

A friend told me about this video. I've never watched this show, or any like it since Susan Boyle went viral on youtube. What was that - 2010? I was snuggling with Ruby and Abigail this morning after the kids had gone to school and the kitchen had been cleaned up (Check and check!). Usually Abby asks to watch Moana. So today I remembered this video and pulled it up to watch it. I was not prepared! This was a tear-jerker! Tears streaming! Sobbing! And I queued it up again because it was so good. There is something about the gratitude, humility, joy, this young tween shows. And she has beautiful talent and spirit that is amazing. It is exciting to see someone be victorious and humbled all at once. And her mom! Oh, her mom! I can only imagine. That must have been an incredible experience for this family and so special for her parents to be part of this. More videos like this, please.

On Saturday we went on a long date. We haven't been out for a while, which needs to be remedied. But as you will see, it's not easy to take off and enjoy alone time. Chris tried to plan a big weekend because there is a 10th anniversary coming up. 10th! That's a long time. It's funny because it seemed like by the time we would be married 10 years we would be "so settled." It doesn't quite feel that way yet, but we have definitely grown a lot in the last decade. Anyway, so our weekend trip changed to an over-nighter and then to a a day trip. We finally ended up leaving at 3:45 pm because of the girls' ballet performance and the master piano class that the kids have on Saturdays to get ready for the recital. Our schedule is pretty full and June has quite a few commemorative things like concerts, performances, end-of-the-year stuff. Our other obstacle is babysitters. There are many great teenagers out there. We will miss Amanda as she goes back to Braz...