Girls in their summer clothes

I'm still not quite up to talking about it yet. So let's just talk some more about good things. Like watching your daughters grow. I now have 2 + 1 girls. My niece, Ashley, has come to live with me. It's really true what they say, a door closes and as another one opens up. Dylan is off on his adventure of growing up while Ashley has decided to settle down with us as she finishes her high school education or start her college education near our home.

So Rainer and I are guiding three thriving young ladies, ages 5, 7, and 18 years old. Girls with sparkly green or brown eyes. Who are so different from each other but bonded together as family already.

Today was no expection for the differences and simliarities to shine. Emma was up in her room watching the movie "Spirit" over and over, loving the horse and and singing songs along with the movie. Hannah was glued to my side as we sat knitting outside in the morning shade while Rainer worked his shovel digging a new raised flower bed. Hannah was rocking back and forth, singing her little songs, as she threw her yarn around her knitting needles in the sunshine. Ashley was upstairs in her new bedroom text messaging all of her friends as she had her radio on and was humming to the pop tunes.

It was a beautiful day as my girls in their summer clothes past me by. (Yes, I'm stealing from a great writer, but at least I steal from the best). Hannah and Emma in pink or purple t-shirts, sneaking down to my neighbor's house as I had gone down earlier to help plan a end of summer party. Ashley, with her flip flops clip clopping, as she wanted to go grocery shopping with me just to make sure we had her favorite foods on hand.

In the late evening, with the sky beginning to fade from blue to pink to purple. We all worked together to cook our Sunday evening meal. Chopping avocados, mangos, and grilled red peppers then mixing them with yummy red tomatoes, spicy tabasco sauce and delicious corn to make a tasty salsa to go with our grilled salmon and mashed potatoes. Emma in charge of the hamburgers on the grill, wanting to put the cheese on the burger before the burgers were even on the grill. Soft music in the background as we sat down to eat our dinner in the warmth of the evening sky. Later, doing the dishes together, the music still softly playing, as Hannah sat on the sofa clicking her knitting needles together. My girls in their summer clothes, in the cool of the evening sky, were passing me by as they continue to grow and love as a family.