5 fast years

This sweet boy turned 5 yesterday. Seems like he was just born yesterday. He is bright, funny, loving and extremely stubborn!

August 27, 2012

May 2017

First Day of Kindergarten 2017

I'm afraid this sweet smile belies what really happened. He didn't want to go to school and his mom had a hard time getting him to settle down and go to class. He finally did and we're hoping that he will have a good day. He is young, but he's very bright and academically is ready. We were advised both to let him go and hold him back, but decided another year in Pre-K or at home really wouldn't be any benefit. We'll see how things go. Personally, I think he'll be fine.

Keeping everyone on the Gulf Coast in our prayers. Our sister, nieces and family are stranded in their homes, but they are dry and have plenty of food and water. They also have power which will hopefully continue. The flooding is unbelievable and they still have several days to go before the storm moves on completely.

Hurricane

Keeping everyone on the Texas gulf coast in our thoughts and prayers-especially my sister-in-law and nieces in the Houston area.

Update: Everyone is safe, but conditions are going to be bad for a while. Even up here in Ft. Worth, we are starting to see showers from the outermost bands of Harvey!

Eclipse!

Well, it definitely got a little cooler and darker, but at 75% I wasn't expecting a lot from the eclipse. No special glasses or anything. But I went outside anyway and got a cool surprise. Everywhere the sun was shining through the trees, I saw this! Hundreds of tiny eclipses!

I guess I should have known this would happen, but it never occurred to me. We watched the total eclipse on television and our daughter and her family are in Missouri to watch it. She said the clouds and rain cleared out just in time.

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." -Psalm 19:1

Little Slice of Heaven

We've been keeping our two youngest grandsons this week. CH is 4 and his brother HD is 2. With all of the terrible things going on in the world and in our own country, it's been nice to just enjoy our two sweet, innocent boys. We've played at the park, eaten whatever they wanted to eat and just enjoyed the funny, precious things they've said and done. It's been a peaceful, rainy day today-a little preview of the autumn that is on the way. We will take them home to tomorrow, but I'm reluctant to let the world back in to our quiet life here in the country.

Did Anyone Get the Number of That Truck?

No, I wasn't hit by a truck-I just feel like it! We took a short trip home to Las Cruces, NM with our daughter and her 3 kiddos and were joined by our son and his 2 littles. We went to see my mother-in-law who is 90. Still living on her own and doing well, though more frail than when we were there in May. It's a 12 hour car trip, so we're very thankful that our daughter volunteered her SUV for the trip. It made things much better.  We took the 3 youngest to the train station which is now a nice museum. They have a room full of model trains and a table where they could play. They loved it!

We left here last Thursday and got back home last night. We're crashing today because we are worn out! It was a good trip, though and we were able to see lots of family. Our son-in-law flew in Friday afternoon and then came down with a stomach bug that night and spent almost the whole time in bed. Fortunately, no one else got sick. He did get to visit with Grandmom some Sunday before he flew back home. Daughter and I spent evenings poolside with the 3 oldest grands while they swam. (I would have taken pictures, but I had to promise the two girls that I wouldn't.) We were eaten alive by mosquitos which made it almost tempting to get in the pool.



Today is my husband's 63rd birthday-but I think we will postpone celebrations until we've recovered a little first!