School Days, School Days, Lots of Golden Rule Days!

The summer has officially ended! I can' t believe it is over already. Faith started school on Monday. Last Friday Faith met her new kindergarten teacher, Ms. Maddox. Faith was so excited to start school. She was actually quivering with excitement on Monday morning. By 5 p.m. on Monday she had crashed on the couch! I think all day kindergarten will take some getting used to!

Hannah and DeDee started school on Monday also. DeDee couldn't wait to start middle school and Hannah was happy to not be the youngest in her school this year! I have had the wonderful luxury of working from home most of the summer, but it was back to work for me, Jeb and Bella on Monday also. Jebbie starts pre-school next Wednesday and Bella will continue to be my assistant at TABC this year. We are happy to be back in a routine, but I miss the girls so much! We were blessed with such a wonderful summer!

August 2008

Busy Month

We've had a busy month! Finally last Wednesday (July 30) Hannah and Dee came home. Our family is complete again! It just wasn't the same without them. They had such a wonderful time in Utah with the Kratz family. We are so grateful that they were willing to care for our girls for an entire month. Hannah was able to attend girls camp, a super activity where they stayed in a cabin and water skied and then she camped out in Clover with the Kratzes. She also stayed a few days with her cousin Spencer and his family. She had a great month. She loved the comic book store she encountered and spent a whopping $125 on comics and t-shirts. She still hasn't moved on from her obsession with Wolverine and X-Men though!

Dee loved spending and entire month with her cousin-friend Emma. They are like two peas in a pod and had such a great time together. She and Hannah also loved spending so much time with their other cousins Gracie, Kate and Max. They think of them now as more like sisters and a brother than cousins. Dee came home with presents for everyone, lots of earrings and her favorite - clothes and shoes from Aunt Cassie! She also discovered DI and loved shopping there. She is getting ready for the big move to middle school.

Faith, Jeba and Bella were also thrilled to have their sissies back. They missed them as much as Brad and I did and we have returned back to our usual routine. We are having a wonderful summer and it is coming to a close way too fast! We are going to post some pics. showing our experiences over the last few weeks!

Trip to Mississippi

We just got back from a wonderful trip to Mississippi to visit Maw Maw and Paw Paw. The kids had so much fun exploring the woods, playing on the slip-n-slide and shooting fireworks with Daddy. We were saved by the dvd player as we traveled by car. The kids were all so good on the trip, although Faith said she would have liked to have flown instead of driving 6 hours in the car. We missed having Hannah and DeDee with us, but hopefully they will send us some pics of their vacation in Utah and we can add them here! Our Fourth of July celebration was wonderful. Maw Maw and Paw Paw made a delicious dinner that we enjoyed all weekend. We were sad to have to leave to return home on Saturday afternoon! Hopefully we can make it back up to Mississippi in the fall and see Lance, Kim and Cousins also when we go back!

June 2008 and beach

Welcome to Our Blog

We have not been as dilligent as we should have on keeping all of you up to date with our family! Hopefully this is a good solution. We will try to update as much as possible. Things are busy this summer and we have already had a wonderful family reunion at a beach house in Galveston. Hannah and Dee are in Utah for a month and we miss them so much! Jeb and Faith are enjoying the pool and have gained a huge interest in Lincoln Logs. I will display some of their creations. Bella spends most of her time trying to destroy what they have made and then she runs for her life!!