Lifegroup Lake Trip

A couple in our life group has a family lake house on Grand Lake in Oklahoma. We had a fun, kid-free weekend there a few weeks ago. A Big thank you to Andy's parents for taking care of M, K & D for us!! It was beautiful, fun & relaxing!! 

Kate's First Day of Preschool!

Kate had her first week of preschool last week. She was so excited! She did wonder why Michael wasn't at her school this year but when I told her David was at her school, she was excited about that! She is in a Mon/Wed 3yr old preschool class - her teachers are Ms. Maggie & Ms. Audrey. David is going to MDO on Wednesdays, so for 5 hours a week I am kid-free! Of course I pack those 5 hours with so much, that I am usually more tired on my kid-free day than the other days :-) Kate loved her first week & I am so thankful for finding such a wonderful school - this is our third year to go here!

Posing in her classroom - Funny how you don't have to tell a little girl to hold out her skirt, she just did this on her own :-)

David at 15months

In the last week David has really become a walking pro. For a while he has been walking some & crawling some, but he is mostly walking now. It is the cutest thing - he is so focused & he babbles & moves his arms a lot. When he falls he says, "Oh." He is doing really well with his sign language - mostly doing 'more,' 'all done,' & 'milk.' He also says hi, bye bye, night night (ni ni), ball (ba) & of course mama & dada :-) He is starting to really get into things he shouldn't so when I say "No, no David" he looks at me & shakes his head no. So funny. Love this sweet stage! 

Awesome Family

Andy had a 2 week work trip the last 2 weeks of August. I was thankful that the kids & I had a packed schedule with lots to keep us busy. Also thankful for all my sweet friends who checked in on us, cooked us dinner & invited us to do things :-) And also thankful for our awesome family who visited on the weekend & gave me a nice break from being "single mom!" Love them! BB, Uncle Steven, Aunt Manda & Uncle Matt were all able to visit! 

 The kids had some fun cousin time - we tried to take a cousin picture but it was a fail. Still cute though!

Sweet Henry & David had fun showing us all their tricks. Amanda & I had tons of fun shopping & going to Starbucks on Saturday afternoon. Uncle Steven & Uncle Matt took Michael & Kate swimming for a little while, although the pool was cold that day! BB played lots of Legos, read books & helped with bedtime. She also babysat while I went to a parent meeting at Michael's school & went out with my Lifegroup ladies to hear Jen Hatmaker. It was a wonderful weekend & much needed relief for me. So thankful Andy is back home with us!