breakfast

The quietest meal in our house.

the assistant

With the arrival of summer, my cleaning routine flew out the window. Thus, my house has been in a bit of a disarray. So, to get things back in order I decided when Luke went back to school it was time to CLEAN!
I have been through and cleaned every closet, every cabinet and every drawer.

Through all of this time I have had an assistant. Cole. He has made these jobs a bit more fun, a little bit slower and a lot more interesting than if I had just been by myself. He is a "mommy's boy,"hence the reason he wants to be with me all of the time. But, he truly has been a worker. We have had many great conversations and he has taught me to take my time!

Not only has he helped me clean, but he LOVES to help me in the kitchen. YES, he has a knife in this picture, but it's just a butter knife! Plus he is a pro at cutting up strawberries and cracking eggs.

I am privileged to have him at my side!

Girl Trip

Ahhh, time with friends. . .girlfriends. Besides talking on the phone, I guess I would say I don't get a whole lot of time with just girls. I am not complaining that there are 4 boys in our house (for the most part, I love it [minus some of the bodily functions!]), but it is nice to have some girl time.

Today I got back from a long weekend trip to Orlando with the girls from our small group at church. We enjoyed a day of outlet mall shopping, a few mornings of sitting at the pool and some concerts. We headed to the Magic Kingdom on Friday afternoon to the Night of Joy to hear some great artists: David Crowder Band, Chris Tomlin & Third Day. Saturday we saw Jeremy Camp over at Universal Studios.

The trip reminded me how it is to travel without kids: simple & easy. How wonderful it was to be in no hurry, relax and to talk, talk & talk. As much as I enjoyed being away, there is nothing better than coming home to a house full of hugs.

It's Pre-K for Grant

Today is Grant's first day of Pre-K. He will tell us that he is excited, but if anyone else asks, he will tell them he's not excited and it's [school] dumb!

I did get a good "first day of school" picture, but not without a fuss (life would be WAY to easy for mommy if Grant didn't like to fuss)!

our BABY is off to pre-school!

Cole had his first day of pre-school yesterday. He was up early and couldn't wait to meet his "new friends!"

After school was over he went out to lunch with Terry. He picked Fazoli's.

When he came home and walked in the door, he was BEAMING!!

last day of summer

It was the last day for the pool! Cole has been swimming in the deep end most of the summer, so I had to "mark" the occasion with a bit of video. He definitely did the doggy paddle instead of using his strokes here, but at least it shows that he can do it!

Taylor Football

We headed up to Taylor for the first football game of the season. They played Anderson and suffered a loss; but, we enjoyed watching Trennen play quarterback. We also enjoyed some lunch at Ivanhoe's and dinner at TOPPIT. . . ahh, nothing better than a fall day at TU!