First Grade

Bekah is now a first grader! This is her locker! I don't remember first graders having lockers! She loves it though! She puts her backpack and lunch box in it all by herself and goes in to class! I think she did better on her first day than I did! She can even read simple books now with litle to no help! She continues to amaze me! She already has a group of friends and their favorite recesss activity is chasing or being chased by the boys! Don't tell her dad though! She has her first play date on wednesday of next week and will begin riding the bus on friday afternoon! So many changes have taken place for her in a short time and she has breezed through them! She is a sweetheart and I am blessed to have her for a daughter!

This picture was taken in Kalamazoo. The kids and I went camping with my parents. Bobby is a tad too short to properly reach the table( without spilling), so my mom made Bobby his own special table! He thought this was the coolest and insisted on eating every meal at "his" table. I think he got a little too comfortable though! =)

Are we there yet?

We are ending a very busy summer! This was actually taken at one of the early camps we did. We just finished up a week in Ohio at Kenyon College. Jason spoke to the Jr. high students and the kids were able to spend most of the day with Jay! They had not been with him for almost 2 weeks straight! He was in ohio at The University of Miami for a week then the kids and I went to Kalamazoo with my parents for a week! Jason is now in Il. He left this morning for his first staff meeting with the Elevate team and to spend the rest of the week in the office. He speaks this weekend to the Elevate students then he goes with them to camp from the 7-11. When he gets home we will have a few days ( sat-tues) to get the rest of the house packed and then he does his last camp and we leave for Il on the 19! Things have all of a sudden become crazy! At the beginning of summer August sounded so far away now I only have 3 weeks left to pack and finalize doctors and school stuff!! Our house is full of boxes and we are running out of room to put more! It amazes me how much one family can have! Jason commented last night that we have packed so much already and it is only stuff we never use! Yet we still packed it! Keep us in your prayers these next few months as we move and get settled in IL!