The last couple of weeks have been very busy at the Goodman household!

I decided at the last minute to have a rummage sale a couple of weeks ago. We spent about a week going through the boxes in the garage. The garage sale was a great success and we are thinking about another one in the coming weeks.

We decided to use some of the money to purchase Allison her first bicycle. Her birthday is in November so we thought she wouldn't get much use out of it during the winter. She really has gotten the hang of it and she is so darn cute on it.

Last Thursday, we registered both girls for school. Blake will be a 7th grader at Lewis and Clark Middle School and she is on team Challengers. Allison will start Little Cats Preschool next week. She is very excited. She got a new Tinkerbell backpack for school. Both girls are looking forward to starting school.

After registration Blake left with her Grandma Bo to go see relatives in Mississippi. They went swimming, fishing, shopping, and 4 wheeling. She and her grandma did some school shopping so Blake was excited about that too. They met Allison and I in Branson on Sunday night. We went down with my mom, dad, sister-in-law, and 3 nephews. Chris had a big meeting at work on Monday so he was not able to go. We went to Silver Dollar City. The kids rode several rides. I lucked out because Mandee enjoys the thrilling rides more than I do so she rode some rides with Blake. I rode the little kid rides with the smaller ones. However I did ride the Wildfire with Blake and we were standing in line for the powderkeg when lightening struck. I can't say that I was all that disappointed to not get to ride it more disappointed for Blake.

We got home and have enjoyed our last week before school starts. We have been playing outside, riding bikes, and just hanging out. Allison has been taking gymnastics and her teacher moved her to an older group. Last week she did a backwards roll on her own and started learning how to do a cartwheel. We had gymnastics on tv tonight and Allison showed us what the girls on tv were doing. We caught it on video and Chris is going to try to post it on the blog.

Blake has grown up so much! She has been a great help at home this summer. She has had the chance to babysit Allison for short periods of time the last few months. Yesterday she got to babysit Allison all day. She was so great with Allison. They played, read books, and watched movies. Everytime I called they were busy doing things. At lunch time Blake made mac and cheese and hot dogs. She even thought to open a can of pears so Allison could have some fruit. We are so proud of the young lady she is becoming.

We hope you enjoy the pictures and the video. Have a great weekend!

Jenny