My new crew!

One of the few guarantees we have in this life is CHANGE....and I for one, hate change....never have liked it...always takes me awhile to adjust with it...but it is what life is all about..change...

And here in our household, the last year has been FULL of change...in many diff areas...this one being, my little crew of kiddos who fill my days with busyness, fun and laughter....

Five yrs ago, I was led to some super sweet families, that for one reason or another needed child care help, and I was here to do it...it was wonderful for me, b/c it fullfilled my God given talent to care for and teach children, gave Charlie a housefull of best buddies a few days a week, and gave us some help with raising funds for our trip to Ch*na!
But, after five yrs, as it goes, everything changed...my sweet crew all grew, and have all gone off to grade school except one(who praise God is still w/me..my Addie Boo),and now I am housing a bunch of new faces...new little ones, I'm starting all over again...and as much as I hate change, and never do well with it, this is one area in my life that I am sooooo enjoying and welcoming this change!

I miss my old crew to pieces...which includes my own Charlie boy who is gone again at school all day, but these new precious little faces are quickly melting into my heart, and becoming some of Sophie Su's best buddies, just like her big brother had!

So today, I can say, I am for once, doing well with a change!

Family fun day at the good old zoo!

Although it was short lived...we got a delicous taste of the cooler, but sunny fall weather that is surly on it's way...I pray :) And we spent the day out in it all morning long at the zoo! Love these fun, carefree family together days ;)

My beautiful sister Sarah's wedding, August 21, 2010

 

Me and my sisters at Sarah's wedding, gorgeous bride, gorgeous wedding! So honored to be part of it all!

First day back at school!

Man time flys doesnt it?

C is back in school again....second grade...wow!

People would tell me all the time when he was a baby that time will fly by and before I know it he would be in grade school..yadda, yadda...and I heard them..but I just didn't get it then...and how could I? But I do now...you just dont realize how fast it goes with your babies....how precious each day is and how each day is spent, b/c before you know it, they are gone all day, away...learning and growing away from YOU :(

And for the first time in three yrs(pre-K, kindergarten, first grade)C did not cry this morning, did not tear up, did not get nervous...NOTHING! It was me tearing up the whole walk up to school..lol! I mean, I know he's 7 and all, and "big" and better off up at school growin w/o me, but it still pulls at my heart strings to let him go....
He did have one tiny moment as he was riding his bike up the long hill to school and he said, "mommy, I think I"m going to miss you today, then what do I do?"
And silly me, tears up again, but hides it well, and tells him it's ok to miss me and I'd miss him to, and that's normal, and blah, blah, blah..LOL!

Ahhhh....sigh..... this mom stuff is hard, right? Hardest job I've ever had, and ever will...hard on more levels than I can count...but for me, the hardest is the letting them go part. And praying as you let them go, that you've built them up enough to be strong and kind and courageous and loving, and that they carry w/them all you hope and pray and believe for them to be and become!
Countin down the min's till Soph and I go up to get him, and pray we hear all a/b his GREAT first day!

Random cuteness month of August 2010

Wow, summer sure has flown by as it always does...we've had such a good one, we've travled many places, seen lots of loved ones that live far away, spent lots of time at the pool, enjoyed the company of many diff good friends and played our hearts out!

And praise God, Charlie is (so far) not nervous a/b school for once this year....3 yrs ago, we were starting pre-k and leaving home for first time ever, so "we"(probably mostly me..LOL)were full of nerves then to leave home for three, 2 hr days away...then came kindergarten, first time gone 2 FULL days a wk, first time eating lunch away from home(again, prob more traumatic for me), then came last fall, first grade, first time away ALL day, ALL week long..UGH..that was the hardest for us both I think....

BUT, we got through, we both grew ;) and now, he's going to be a big second grader, and he's so excited,backpack already packed, feels he's a pro now at going to school, all day, eveyday, in a school he now knows well and loves! AMEN to all that!

I can't imagine having to relive all this again in 4 yrs w/Soph..LOL!!!!

Happy end of summer to all and hooray for fall around the corner and cooler days ahead!