First Day of Preschool!

Josh started preschool in September, and he LOVES it. He goes to Triumphant Lutheran Preschool, which is at the church where we took our Financial Peace University (Dave Ramsey) classes last year. Some friends of ours have sent there kids to this preschool, and they loved it, so we decided to have Josh go there, too. It's a little bit of a drive, about 20 minutes away, but it is awesome. His teacher is Ms. Jalene, and there are 5 kids in his class. They have lots of fun together. It has been fun to hang up his art projects on the fridge! It's great having a preschooler!

Reading Stories

Sometimes on Sunday mornings after the kids have had their bath and they are waiting for Mama and Daddy to finish getting ready, they grab some books and sit on the bean bag chair and read to each other. It's very cute. I love that my kids are interested in books!

First Day of Nursery

Lucy turned 18 months old in July, which means she started going to nursery! YAY! The first day was rough for her with lots of crying. She has an awesome nursery leader, though, and after a couple weeks, Lucy was having a blast in her class. I'm so glad she loves her class now and enjoys going every Sunday.



Chillin' out on the way to church.








Ready to go to class!

Swimming Lessons

Josh took swimming lessons for the very first time this summer. I heard from some friends about a lady who teaches in her backyard pool, and I signed up Josh to be in the same class as his little friend Annabelle. Josh LOVES the water, and he did OK with the lessons. He would either get his legs kicking, or his arms moving, but never both at the same time. Maybe next year :)


















































I LOVE her pool. It is both a fun play pool and a lap pool all in one. I want one just like it when I grow up.

Arizona Trip

OK, it's time to try and update the blog. Again. These catch-up posts probably won't be as detailed as I would like, but at least there will be pictures of what we've been up to this past summer and fall.The last week of June and into the Fourth of July weekend, we took at trip to Arizona for a family reunion for my mom's side of the family. We left after Adam got home from work and drove through the night, hoping the kids would sleep most of the way there. Remind me to never to that again. The kids did OK, but it's hard on the parents, too. The reunion was at a small horse ranch just outside of Flagstaff. It was great to see my parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and other extended family.

Adam and I left the kids with grandma and grandpa one afternoon and headed up to the Grand Canyon. It was pretty amazing!

After the reunion, we drove down to Chandler to visit my dad's brother and family. I love visiting with family! Josh and Lucy had fun playing with cousins and electronics.

We stayed the night there, then headed home the next day, which happened to be the Fourth of July. We stopped in El Paso for the night, then drove the rest of the way home the next day. That stretch of I-10 between El Paso and San Antonio is a long, lonely stretch of road. Sometimes you just really have to go to the bathroom.

I'm so glad we were able to go on vacation and spend time with family!