Saturday September 19th

We started of the day with a trip to Shipley's Doughnuts. The kids love that! We try and do that one Saturday morning a month. Of corse, Logan manages to hit his mouth on one of the tables so we had to cut out trip short. Barnes and Nobel has story time every Saturday morning here so Aaron took the kids while I sat in the cafe and worked on my Bible study. Aaron said the kids were done playing with the train set and wanted to leave. As soon as we walk through the door, Logan starts screaming and crying. He wanted to stay and play. Well we were not about to go back inside with a screaming kid so we left. Since Aaron was out of town this past week, I had not been grocery shopping so we went to Chick-Fil-A and had lunch. Come to find out Logan was just hungry. Go figure. We hung out there and let the kids play. At this point in the week I had had Chick-Fil-A one too many days so I wanted something different. We went o Freebirds. Aaron and I both got Nacho Bowls. While we were Logan. Logan was just standing there and fell. When he fell he fell back right smack on the back of his head. I threw up my hands and we left as soon as we got our food. On the way home he fell asleep. Hope he is ok. Kendra had a birthday party to go to today so we got her dressed like Princess Belle and off we went to the party. When we got there the parents had a choice whether or not to stay. Well,....Kendra wanted to be a big girl so I left and came home. When I asked the mom what the dress attire was, she said anything dressy. Well I begged Kendra to wear a Nice Sunday dress but NOOOO she had to go as a princess. Which is fine but she was the only "princess" there when we dropped her off. I hope everyone is nice to her. She is the youngest one there by 2 years. When I left she was standing by herself but she had a smile on her face. Well,...I guess if she stops having a good time the mom will call me. My heart just sank for her. Oh well,..live and learn. The Aggie game comes on tonight at 6pm. Its Ian's 6 birthday today and we are not there. We go up next weekend. Should be fun. Hopefully everything will go smoothly.

September Update

This has been a long time coming. Updating my blog that is. My last entry was in August. It is now Sept. Where has the time gone. It seems like yesterday the days dragged on. Kendra has since started school. Kindergarten that is. Full-time. I cried like a baby for about 3 weeks. The morning of the big day, it was Kendra that didn't want to go. Once we arrived at the school and she saw all the other students, suddenly, staying at home with mom was not good enough. She walked in the building with her head held high and a big smile on her face; as if she owned the world. After walking back to the car, minus Kendra, Logan and I had heavy hearts. What was I going to do without her? What was Logan going to do without sissy there to play with him all day long? I knew the time would come when I would have to let her go and let her find her wings. I never thought that day would come so soon. I cant help but feel a little sappy talking like this considering she is only 5 and she is only going into Kindergarten, but for me this was a big deal. This marked the day that Aaron and I had spent the last 5 years preparing her for. Taking her first steps out into the big world. We pray that she is a shinning light to others. We pray that we have instilled in her the values and morals that will keep her safe. I have to be honest. We could not be more pleased with how everything is going. She is doing so well in school. Her teacher loves her and gives her little "jobs" to do in class. She has a legion of friends and owns some of the other teachers there. Even though we have about an hours worth of homework 4 nights a week, when she walks through the door, nothing else matters. She and I get to sit down together and do her "homework". How could reading to my child with her sitting in my lap or watching her spell and write out her name while singing a song, be anything less than pure joy? It has also given me a reason to take her on more Mommy and Me dates.

Logan is loving having Kendra gone. I will admit, at first he was a little confused. But after about the first hour she was gone and realized he had Mommy all to himself, Kendra was no longer a thought in his mind. We go for walks with another son and mother couple every Mon, Wed, and Friday morning. Tues and Thurs are reserved for trips to the park or the grocery store. Which means he gets a Happy Meal. I am loving my little man and watching him grow up.

I had my first MOPS meeting today. I love this group! All the women have been very inviting and caring and helpful. I volunteered to help the Hospitality Director set up the mornings we have meetings. There are so many women there that I think I only have to make something one time and bring it to the meeting. We are doing a fund raiser to help pay for things like crafts and child care. That is new to me but I like the idea.

Aaron is out of town right now. He is taking some classes that will follow with a test. Once he gets his license, he will actually get to do other stuff than spray weeds. Which is something he actually likes doing at the moment. He says it is "Man's" work. I think he is really liking it because he is losing a ton of weight just walking around in the hot sun wearing long sleeve shirts and jeans and gets to sweat the weight off. Lucky! We couldn't be more blessed with his employers. Jill and Andrew have been God sends. It is amazing working for someone that cares about their employees. Aaron is very happy.


We have a contract on the house. This could not have come at a better time. If we can get all the kinks worked out, we are looking at a closing date of Oct 20. That would truly be a miracle. We are planning on sending Andy and Sherry on a trip. They have helped us out so much and never asked for anything in return. We would like to show them we appreciate everything they have done for us. More details on that to come.

All and all,...things are going dreamily. I keep pinching myself to make sure this isn't a dream. Things don't go this well in real life. Oh wait. Yes they do! It just goes to PROVE,...when you let GOD take the wheel and lead, ANYTHING is possible.