2 weeks into school

I think I am almost caught up with blogging. The one thing I didn't write about was Michael's photo entry into the county Fair (his is the photo of the shield on the teal cardstock). He didn't win anything, but we're proud of him for trying. We're not sure why some of the pictures won and others did not. I'm sure they were looking for something specific, but there were a lot of photos that looked better than the ones that won.

We are 2 weeks into the school year and so far so good. They both seem to like their teachers. Life is getting busy. We have volleyball and football practice and music lessons for both. Emily started chorus at school. I'm getting ready to start teaching so, we are in full swing. Pepper is getting a lot of rest time! I don't know if she likes that or not.

Today we helped a couple from the Sunday School class move and stopped by to see Mrs. Schindler while we were on her side of town. I think she was happy to see us. She looked lovely. She had just gotten back from the beauty salon. The picture of her is from a visit earlier this summer. Her birthday is on Tuesday and she has breakfast and dinner plans. Sounds like she is going to have a good day. We are so thankful that God placed that sweet lady in our lives! He definitely knew where to put us when we moved to Nashville!

Our trip to Colorado!

The day after Julie and the gang visited, Gram and Gramps graciously came down and stayed with Emily and Michael while Kevin and I went to Colorado. It's been a busy couple of weeks! Kevin had a business trip to Broomfield, Colorado (between Denver and Boulder) so I decided to tag along since I'd never been there.

We flew out on Tuesday and came home Friday. Tuesday night we had a company dinner at a restaurant called Flagstaff. It's up on Flagstaff mountain and there is a beautiful view of Boulder from there. Wednesday Kevin was in meetings all day, so me and a couple of girlfriends shopped in Boulder on Pearl Street and finished up at the mall in Broomfield. That night there was another dinner at the hotel. Thursday, Kevin played golf and I had a facial - FABULOUS! That afternoon we drove to Estes Park Colorado. It's a mini version of Gatlinburg with MUCH bigger mountains. Friday we flew home. It was a great get-a-way before school started back!

Our visit with Julie, Jeremy, Jacob, Hailee and Dillon

The day after the sleepover we had guests come into town. Kevin's sister and her family came Friday night and stayed through Sunday. It was so good to see them and so nice of them to drive all the way down here. Especially since gas was not cheap then! We hung around the house and went to the pool. Although, the pool was not extremely refreshing since it was so dang hot outside. The boys all sat in the bonus room and played guitar and drums and played the song "Sweet Child of Mine" over and over and over...It was great, though, really! We also ate a lot. What else can you do when it's 100 degrees outside?!

Michael's rescheduled birthday sleepover!

This has been the longest birthday celebration EVER! We had Michael's birthday sleepover on July 31st. We had nine very active 10 year old boys spend the night at the house. It was loud and a long evening! However, much fun was had by them. I'm not sure I can say the same about Emily, Kevin and me!