Best of Believe

The Grunch

It was another great summer camp show. Gianna had the role of "Backstage"...a theater critic.  She has such a wonderful stage presence. 

She had such a wonderful week and is already talking about next summer...



Full Cast...

Some of Gianna's friends came to watch the show...

Ahhhh brotherly sisterly love...

My babies...

Summer Theater Camp

Gianna's having so much fun at her theater camp this week.  The play is tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to it!

22 pounds GONE!!

Yay!!  It's taken me about 12 weeks and I'm sure I have many more to go to get to my goal but that's OK.  It's a journey and there really isn't an end.  This is a new way of eating for me and I will never ever go back to my old daily eating habits.  Yes, I'll treat myself to a yummy meal and dessert from time to time but I will always be consistent with balance, mindful eating and exercise.

This is my lunch today. I have to say it is much easier to start this way of eating during the summer months when the fruits are so darn good...

I feel soooo much better and it's actually fun to go clothes shopping now!  

Sometimes I think too much

Good Morning

Starting the day with a steaming cup of tea on my pretty porch on this very beautiful morning. Let's hope today is a better day...

Encouragement

I keep these on my phone so I can look at them often.  Sometimes I really need words of encouragement...

And I think this one is my favorite...

Ocean City second half

The rest of the week went well.  We ended up coming home a day early because the weather wasn't great yesterday, Friday.  We took our time though and had a yummy breakfast and then went to the beach for a few hours.  Then the storms rolled in so we went back to the condo and packed up to head home.

We had some really nice dinners.  This is a pretty picture of my pretty girl at a pretty place right on the bay...

Julia and I with my not so pretty hair as the humidity was out of control all week...

So Wednesday was a really long day from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  And yes that was the 4th of July.  Big bummer that we didn't get to celebrate this year.  I was way too tired to walk anywhere to see fireworks.  The girls had all their large groups that day...a total of 5 for Gianna and 4 for Julia.

Gianna stretching in the dressing room with her friend Sam...

Backstage with Gianna's tap team "Hairspray"...

Julia's small group "Never Walk Alone" won first place...

I love these pictures taken right before their performance.  Such a talented group of girls...

Gianna's acro "Jumpin Jack", Julia's acro "Le Pianiste" and the production "Little Havana" all won 1st place in their categories...

And out of all the large groups Gianna's jazz "All That Jazz" placed 2nd and Julia's jazz "Hit the Road Jack" placed 4th which was very good considering there were about 26 large groups.

Some of the girls from "The Pianist"...

And I think this is some of the girls from "Little Havana".  So many groups and so many pictures I get them confused...

Then the Battle Dance Off was Thursday.  Again another day long competition starting at 9:00 and not leaving the building until 5:00.  Very exhausting.

This is Gianna's jazz team "All That Jazz" warming up before the battle...

I love how they all casually sit in splits like it's nothing...

On stage ready to perform...

I love seeing my girls in the same costume for a change...

"Jumpin Jack"...

Julia with some of her friends and teammates...

and Gianna with some of her friends and teammates...

Gianna's jazz team (minus Jada)...

It was really hard to keep up with counting points this past week because who wants to keep ordering salads at all the yummy restaurants?  And my days were so hectic and long that I didn't have time to prepare my food properly.  But now that I'm home I am back on track.  Who cares that I'm up four pounds?  I will do this and I will be at my goal weight by the beginning of September.

I am so relieved that the week is over and we're back home.  It only took 10 hours to get there and 8 1/2 to get back.  Ugh!  How I dread long car rides.  Now I have a gynecologist appointment and jury duty to look forward to this coming week.  Oh what fun!  Summer will get better soon, right?