Resuming our regularly scheduled broadcast ... ;)
Day 265. We returned from our camping adventures and launched into HUGE preparations for a new ministry. We have the privilege of being involved in our church's first year of a "Good News Club" in a local public school. It's held Tuesday afternoons after school, and a friend is watching Matthew so that I can go and help with the club and Hannah and Peter can participate. My official title is "coordinator" and that boiled down to LOTS of paperwork for the first day of club. :) My hubby was incredible! Not only did he and the kids help with name tags and various other things, he also covered multiple dinners and loads of laundry and who knows what else as I spent the better part of four days trying to get my head wrapped around what needed to be done. Thanks, honey!
Day 266. Monday, 9:54 p.m. "Ready" for the first day of club! It was pretty crazy, but the Lord blessed. By His grace, the next week went much smoother logistically, and we had nearly 100 children attend for both of the first two clubs!
Day 268. We've enjoyed beautiful fall weather! It's been fun to hold classes outside. :)
Day 269. My littlest big helper! :) Matthew LOVES bringing in the cans after grocery shopping. He gleefully shouts, "THANK YOU, MOMMY, FOR BUYING CANS!!!!" when he sees a bag of them in the back of the van. (And yes, he is that loud.) ;) He carefully carries them in, 1 or 2 at a time, and lines them up neatly on the counter. He's quite protective of his responsibility and gets rather distressed if you try to lend him any assistance. ;)
Day 270. My scholars taking their spelling tests. :)
Day 271. Daddy has been giving Peter "challenges" for the last couple months. One of his most recent was to build a K-nex tower that reached the ceiling ...
Day 273. And Matthew was quite delighted when Peter figured out how to design a Duplo version of the articulated steam locomotive "Big Boy." It was pretty cool! :)
Day 274. Matthew's scissor skills are developing ...
Day 275. Hannah gives a pretty good under-dog! :)
Day 276. Mommy got a new hair cut ...
Day 277. Grandma and Grandpa arrived! :) And we had a blast ... and were too busy making memories to pull out the camera. ;) But ... if we had taken out the camera, we could have taken pictures of lots of good fellowship over paper and scissors, hot glue guns and jute. Delicious homemade apple crisp. Wonderful conversation over freshly brewed cups of coffee. Yummy lunches eaten at favorite eateries. Lots of hugs. More coffee. Huge piles of brush cleared out from the creek. Fun shopping trips. The ladies beating the men at euchre. And stuff like that. ;) We know how to pack a lot into a few days. Sigh. ♥ I am not fond of good-byes.
Day 278. Grandma, Hannah, and Mommy had so much fun decorating for fall!!! Yay! (And the added bonus??? Along with enjoying the decorations for the next couple months, we can remember the fun times we had making them together!) ♥
Day 279. And a Sunday morning picture just to prove that G&G were here!!! ♥ We love you, G&G! Thanks for coming down to visit. ♥
2 comments:
Glad you had a wonderful visit
with your folks. The leaf craft
decorations are so cute!
Like your new hair cut:)
Matthew and the cans made me laugh...so cute!
Glad you had a good visit. I'm with you on the goodbyes; they're brutal every single time. :(
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