InstaFriday

My phone pics from the last couple of weeks...

We went to Jerry's!  Yummo!!!

They've been playing school a lot...Carter loves his backpack because "it's cute!"

Grace wants to know who taught me to eat jell (aka: jello), Mimi or Poppa?

I got a sweet note from a sweet girl!

An apple for the teacher...it's hard to believe that Grace is in kindergarten!

the first day of school

Water game night to kick off Awana...fun times!!!

We went to the river and had a boatload of kids!  That's not even all of them!

Girls just wanna have fun!

Carter's turn!!!

These three!  They were sad when their ride was over because they were having so much fun talking.

It's that time again!!!

Team night at Awana!

Have you noticed that I use a LOT of exclamation marks?

I do!

I hope you have a fun weekend!!!

The First Day of School

Grace had her first day of kindergarten.  Kindergarten, people!  That's like the real thing!  Big school.  For real going to school with grades and attendance and stuff.  I'm really not sure where the time went!

We celebrated with our annual "Back to School" breakfast.

After breakfast, Grace got herself dressed.  She was very excited to wear her new shoes!

They are going to miss each other so much!!!

Grace was a little nervous, but was excited to see some of her friends from preschool.

She met her teacher.

Then, went right to work at her desk.  She was very worried about her crayons...she had a 24 pack and everyone else had a 12 pack.  She did not like being different, but after some reassurance she was ok.

She said she had a fun day!  She also kept telling me that there are 20 kids in her class...way more than last year!

We are praying for a fun, happy year and that she develops a love for reading and makes a good friend! 

kindergarten

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

I think she's pretty excited!!!

Hello?

{tap, tap, tap}

Is this thing on?

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.