In the Blink of an Eye...

My kids are growing and changing SO fast...
Izz started 2nd grade this week. She was so excited, and now she is back to waking up before me and begging me to get her there early!! Oh, and for the last 2 days a boy from her class has been calling (it was just about playing on a computer site together, but still...) :) She is also ready for soccer to start in a few weeks!!

Here she is on her first day. It is so hard to believe that my baby will be 8 in less than a month!!


p is getting to be such a big boy!! He is now potty trained!! YEAH!! Well, he still has an accident every once in awhile, but I will take those!! He LOVES being a big brother and momma's helper!! He is also getting to be quite the storyteller and has a vivid imagination!!

Meanwhile, S has changed SO much these last 2 weeks! He is now sitting by himself (in fact, he is trying to sit himself up now too), he can roll and scoot anywhere (quite quickly)& yesterday he was up on his hands and knees rocking- so I guess we will be totally mobile soon, he can hold his sippy cup/bottle by himself now (which frees up my hands some!), and is eating almost every kind of baby food now!! Oh, and has his first tooth too!

I know you all are busy, but if you have time- I would love to see or hear what you have been up to too!

Middle School Retreat

K was the morning speaker at the middle school retreat this summer at Bonclarken. He did such a good job!!
I am posting these pictures of the week though because of their humor value...
Near the end of the week, K and Sam challenged 2 of our friends (the MCs for the week) to a dance off. The middle schoolers LOVED it! And yes, I have the video to prove that Kyle did dance.


This last picture came right after we got home. Another friend told P, at the retreat, that he would look "stylish" with his hair spiked. I didn't realize he understood Patti until we got home. He said that he "fixed" his hair like Ms. Patti said. When I questioned how...he preceded to take me in the bathroom and show me the Lysol!! Evidently it makes great hair gel! ha!

Going, going...soon to be gone

It is so hard to believe that summer is almost over. By this time next week, Izz will know who her teacher is and will be starting school in less than a week! WOW! I have a second grader!!
Izz and I were talking yesterday at Carowinds about what a fun (and busy) summer we have had. I thought it would be good (esp since I went so long without posting anything), if for the next few posts, to put up some of the shots from this summer.
So- here starts my trip down memory lane from the last 3-4 months...
(These are not in order of how/when they happened...just random events and snapshots)

The Wises are some of our dearest friends! And even though we live many hours away now, I like knowing that we get to see them at least once a year! This past May (while our husbands were at a Minister's Conference) we met a the zoo and then went to lunch.



Izz and F were such good buddies when they were younger, it is funny to see P & K.R. now!

Colorado

My sister and I (and S) just got back from CO- visiting our brother and his family, which we haven't seen in alittle over a year! We had such a GREAT time (thank you Bry and E for your WONDERFUL hospitality)!! It was good to be able to catch up, laugh, see the sights- I just wish we had longer! Here are a few of the pictures, and hopefully we can get some more up later...



This is a picture at The Garden of the gods. It is incredible to see these "sheets" of rocks rising out of the ground!!




Here we are at Salida (that is the Arkansas river behind them). E- too bad I didn't get the famous "S" behind you! :)