so proud....

Rachel won first place in her age group in the coloring/drawing contest that our favorite ice cream store held in July!  (it's the place that starts with a G for those of you who know the area....)

We're so proud of her, but not half as proud as she is of herself for winning the blue ribbon!  She loves it!  (I, on the other hand, love the gift card she won!  YUM!)

In case you can't tell in the picture, she had to draw herself into the circus-themed picture, and then color it, so she drew herself doing a handstand on the pedestal, with ice cream cones balancing on her feet!  She LOVES to draw and color, and really wanted to win (I don't know how many times she talked about it that first week after we turned it in, but then we both forgot about it, and we just got a phone call today telling us that she had won!).  She started over about three different times to get it just right, and was so excited to finally hand it in when she had finished it.  I'm so glad for her that she won.