kindergarten

I can't believe that she is starting kindergarten tomorrow!

I think she's pretty excited!!!

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It feels like forever since I've blogged.  If you know me or have read this blog for long then you might have guessed that school has begun.  I have been so super duper crazy busy these last three weeks getting ready for school.  Tomorrow is my first "real" day with my class and I'm starting to see a light at the end of this back to school tunnel.  We are also getting Grace ready for kindergarten.  Ahh!  I can't even believe that she is about to start.  It is so exciting, but I'm also sad at how fast these years have gone by.

Yesterday at church was Promotion Sunday and Grace moved up to a new Sunday School class.  Now that she is in kindergarten, she gets to go to big church with us.  This will be a new adventure for us all!

Pastor Rob presented all the kindergartners with a Bible.  Then, we prayed over these "big" kids.  I love our sweet church family!

Grace has been both excited and nervous about these changes going on in her little life right now.

We are praying that she will adapt to these changes easily and confidently.

We are also praying that she will grow to love God's Word and will always keep it hidden in her heart.

We love our sweet kindergartner!!!

another day at the beach

The next morning, we headed straight to the beach.  Grace seriously loved all things beachy!

Carter, usually so cool, brought the nerd to the beach.

John and Grace built a pretty cool sandcastle.

Then we buried Grace in the sand.

We took a break from the sun and went out to dinner.

We learned a little about jellyfish.

We ate some yummy fish.

We kissed a fish and made a wish.

We had a fun time at Tacky Jack's and plan on going back.

That's a fact.

InstaFriday

Here are my Instagram pics from the week...

After Carter climbed up on the barstool, I asked him what he was doing.  He replied, "Oh, I just talking to Daddy."

Grace had her first "for real" tea party with Aubrey.  So fun!!!

Summer makes her even more beautiful!

I hid from the kids and ate Oreos.  John stood guard for me.  Surviving this whole parenting thing takes a lot of teamwork.  Ha!

We went to the zoo with Jenna and Jett (and Mimi too)!

That snake!

We had a super fun and hot day!  Some of us were hotter than others.  (Sometimes, I wish it wasn't weird for grown-ups to run through sprinkler parks/geysers/fountains.)

Someone has been watching too much tv!

we took a trip to the beach!!!

Last Monday, we drove to the beach...just the four of us.  We got checked in to our hotel, unpacked, changed our clothes, and headed to dinner at Lambert's.  It was super yummy and we left completely stuffed!!!

With our tummies full of fried okra and sweet tea, we headed to the beach.

Grace went straight to work...digging in the sand and running through the waves.

Carter just did whatever Grace was doing.

He was very curious about his feet sinking in the wet sand.

She caught a fish and then returned it to the water.

He tried to catch a fish, but he only caught a seashell.

It was a pretty good day.