Texas state!

Look who we ran into at Academy! Too bad Bevi wasn't there!

A week of firsts....1st day of first gradeFirst science labFirst grade massFirst pep rally of the new school year!

My precious boy's first day of 1st grade

Pantry Cooking

This week I am challenging myself... We just wrote a HUGE tuition/registration check, (gulp) and we have to pay registration again in about two weeks (BIG gulp). I am very blessed with a husband that truly busts his tail to support his family so I have to do my part to, and I try my very best to do that... One of the most important is by cutting back as much as I can on unneeded expenses... I only work 4 hours a day, and really, this covers Noahs tuition and the remaining goes toward paying off the last year (yay!) of our car payment... so I am training my family to live on one income... the challenge is to continue to save... So, this week and the next two weeks I am going to cook from what I have in the house, of course I will have to get the things we NEED that do run out like eggs, bread, milk, and lunch meat but other than that, I may be getting a little more creative... we'll see how it goes!

All good things must come to an end...

Today is officially the last day of summer break, tomorrow we are back to schedules, schedules and more schedules... My heart is aching because I know my baby is going to be nervous tomorrow, new class, new teacher. I took off the whole day to be at school, don't know if I can stay with him the whole time but I am hoping just knowing I'm around will be good. He is so much like me that I hate these kinds of things, as much as I didn't want him to be a worrier like me he very much is... makes it hard to let go because it sends me back in time to being a little worrier... my sweet sweet boy, love him so much and I know he will do great. My first grader, growing up so fast....

Phew....

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Sweet serenityMakes me feel like I'm in a wine orchard in Italy!... 

Lean not on your own understanding but in ALL your ways acknowledge HIM and HE shall direct your path....

Look who I found on the way to my SCC... Gotta love the country!

Snuggling with a smurf

My baby snuggling with papa smurf

Oh, the life..... We sure are gonna miss summer!

Love so amazing....

Well, I can't give out too many details out about our wonderful retreat weekend, really because of the river rule :) But mostly because it is hard for me to put it all down, it was, I have to say, the best retreat to date, God was really at work, our team was amazing and every time I think of it I get choked up. Right now I am feeling that love from the Holy Spirit and battling to keep that devil from stealing my joy... I am so truly blessed, I miss my girls so much already I don't think my heart has ever ached this bad after a retreat, we had a BLAST together. Every time I am asked to be on team I put a new goal in my mind, maybe a lesson from last teaming, really not sure why; but my goal this time was to make a personal connection with every team member, sometimes with so many of us if we are not on the same ministries or services we don't get to know eachother as well. I wanted to make sure every face and name meant something to me, but now my heart is so full of their lives and trials that it is busting at the seams for love for them, the shared love for our God and just the joy, laughter, silliness and faith that we have while serving our God... I love my sisters deep down in my heart, I love my sisters deep down in my heart, deep deep, down down, deep down in my heart.... God watch over them and bless them, they are a big part of my life....

Blessed weekend, memories for life, 36 more sisters.... Here is my lovee Roxanne, she was a beautiful Mary... Liturgy team rocks!
"Job well done good and faithful servants"