June 10, 2018. Madison, Mississippi. Summer Activities.

Kate is working at a candy store for the summer. The place is famous in Jackson so the store is busy. They make candy in the back of the store so sometimes Kate gets to help. Last week she made chocolate covered strawberries. She brought some over to us as they do not last overnight. Of course, she has other activities too. She was required to take a course at Mississippi College last week. From 8:00 am to 9:00 pm they kept them in class so she could only work on Saturday. And she is going with the Creath family to their annual Maine vacation. But the rest of the time she will be working. Molly goes to camp tomorrow. She loves to go for one week but has no interest in any more. Christina will drop her off in the morning. The rest of the summer, she swims every day at her grandmother Creath's pool and stays busy with friends and the dog. Mary Frances has volunteered to be an assistant director for a summer play, The Miracle Worker. She would have enjoyed being in the play but they will leave for Maine on opening day. Every day she works afternoon at the school. Yesterday they spent the whole day building sets."Great fun," said MF. "I used the power tools". Sarah is now in Switzerland taking one course at Lausanne. She is excited. Classes are help from Monday to Thursday, so she will have the long weekends to travel around Europe. She has with her a rail pass. Several other students from the University of Texas are with the group so she hopes to get around safely. Abigail has taken one course at Furman University, something they call May Semester. She took a required course so was happy to get it under her belt. She is the Manager of the men's lacrosse team so must travel with the team, which is time consuming. Samantha and Allison are doing a lot of babysitting. And they go to the lake with the family for weekends. All the grandchildren are busily engaged in productive endeavors. And they are also having a great time. Hats off to all. I am proud of them. .