100th post....

Hey---this is my 100th post! It only took me a few years to accomplish this. :) Oh well, it is still a milestone and I do still enjoy blogging and recording our everyday stuff so one day I can look back and be glad I took the time to jot some things down.

I am a bit behind on my project life goals but am excited to catch back up this coming weekend. Work/personal/baby has been really busy lately with one of our clients hiring me an additional 20 hours a week to help with recruiting for their hiring push. When I add that on to all of my other responsibilities and happenings you have one girl who had lots of balls in the air to juggle and keep afloat. In a nutshell, I have been working day and night which doesn't allow for much else in between. I am lucky to have so much support from my mom who has been getting reacquainted with having a baby around alot--she and Sunday are getting to be good friends! I have also hired help with the never ending bookwork, etc that comes along with this business. What a blessing that has been! I am nearly dug out of the hole that happened about 9 months ago when I brought home our sweetie pie Sunday! Being nearly caught up is a great feeling. Oh well enough of my rambling. Now for some highlights of our daily Project Life pics/thoughts/random highlights of the past few weeks.

Here is sweet Sunday who fell on her back while playing around on the office floor while Mommy and Uncle Jake and Daddy try to work, work, work!


Halle had the honor to be WEEKLY WONDER at school and bring in personal items the represented who she is, as well as photos and some written cards about herself. She chose to bring in her pink baseball glove, pink tennis ball, rock collection from family summer trips to our cabin, a scrapbook she made of herself, and her current favorite book "the Boxcar Children". Her favorite vacation was posted and it was our trip last summer to California, and her favorite bible story which is Jesus dying on the cross and rising again. We love you Halle! You are a treasure to us and Jesus and uniquely you.

Caleb and Sunday are always goofing around together and Caleb is in LOVE with his little sister. I am so glad that they have a bond already.

Halle working on typing up her Biography book report on Helen Keller. They officially typed an assignment at home for the first time to bring in! She was so proud! (so was I)

Meetings up north with 2 kids---Daddy dropped us off at Smashburger for lunch while he attended some meetings. We love bringing you with us to work! What a blessing to have you both with us so much of the time and still be productive with our business.

Here are some pictures from Pajama day at school for Halle...she is corraling her curious and very busy little sister who wants to pull up on anything and everything!


Like I said pulling up....

Snow day on Friday-school cancelled...getting ready to play outside in the white stuff.






That is all I have time for today....as I said work and baby are calling.

Tired...

I have really been exhausted over the last few days and seemed to be lacking my usual level of energy. I went to bed extremely early yesterday and already am headed that way tonight. I hope to refuel and recharge over the holiday weekend. We are full force in the school routine with our bedtime set earlier than it was all summer. Caleb seems to be the only one fighting the earlier time. Last night, we went to close his door after he had been in his room in the dark for nearly an hour and we heard a little voice say "don't close the door, I am sleeping in here" Too cute! I love to hear some of the things that are coming from his mouth these days. He speaks very clearly and is using full and very complete sentences. I just have to cherish every cute little thought and word that comes from him. I love how when Halle gets in the car after school he says "so, how was your day, Halle?" or "what did you do today, Halle?" Halle is loving school and really taking first grade seriously. Her best friend has gone to a different school this year, but other than that she seems to be loving and looking forward to each new day and what it holds.
She comes home each afternoon and goes straight to her room to grab a stack of books and then heads to the back yard to read books in the grass or sit on her tire swing and read for quite some time. She is reading fairly well. She struggles with some of the harder words but is making progress and enjoying the journey, and hey, isn't that what it is about in 1st grade?-making progress and enjoying small everyday successes.

Tomorrow is her first field trip of the year with a picnic lunch at the park near the school and an afternoon of playing with both first grade classes. She is really looking forward to it and the best part-we get to participate, and even her brother gets to tag along! Things have been extremely busy on the home and work front, not to mention the real estate investment we made in the early spring (and all the time devoted to that project), needless to say I am looking forward to an afternoon or at least an few hours free of the cell phone, email, and cleaning rags. My fingernails are currently worn down from all of the scraping of grout, caulk, and paint from surfaces lately. Well enough rambling....I will post a few quick pictures from our weekend trip to Tiny Town-it was so much fun-as usual. The kids were the perfect size and age to enjoy every part of the experience this time around. I loved watching them ride the train in the caboose together while we rode in the car in front of them admiring their bravery and watching their reaction. Caleb was afraid of the train at first but came off smiling.

I am holding onto the last few days of summer before fall comes lurking around the corner. My verse for the day...Psalm 147:3-5 "He heals the heartbroken and bandages their wounds. He counts the stars and assigns each a name. Our Lord is great, with limitless strength; we'll never comprehend what he knows and does." He is sovereign and nothing is too difficult for Him!

This first picture was in the tiny church and I told the kids to praise the Lord and this was their response...love the enthusiasm if only we would praise Him like that all the time.