Moving at an Impeccable Speed

Life is moving by WAY too fast. Take the opportunity to hug you kids, let the dishes wait an extra hour, play ball with your boys, color with your girls.

Our daughter started her first day of college last Friday, August 26. Jadon, Cole & Luke are all in full swing in Fourth, Third and First grades. Baseball is in full force, we are into September and the shelves at some stores have CHRISTMAS decorations out already.

In Washington, my best friend Deena's oldest daughter, Danika officially moved out and is now living on campus at PLU in Tacoma. She is one driven individual and I am certain will accomplish anything she sets her mind to. I hate that I am missing it all. Makes me incredibly home sick. Morgan and Mary will be graduating in two years. If I don't get home before then at least I have that to look forward to!

Hope everyone realizes the statement "there is always tomorrow" doesn't always apply. Take the time to do those things today.

I'm out!

First Day of School

Today was Jadon and Luke's first day of school. Both boys did great and were excited for a new school year. Jadon begins Fourth Grade with Ms. Hampton who is new to Elder and JISD. Luke begins his First Grade year with Ms Loewe (known as Ms Lackey to us!) She was Jadon's first grade teacher and requested Luke in her class last year when he started Kindergarten. I am excited to hear how their first days went today. They grow up so fast!

Team USA vs Team Japan

One of the great perks of working on the Baseball Committee for BYA is the interaction we get to have with cool events like Team USA vs Team Japan. The Japanese baseball players arrived on Monday and we welcomed them with open arms, lots of smiles, food and SUN! Last night was game one of three. Opening Ceremonies we presented trophies for all the drills that were ran on Monday night. Team Japan and Team USA both came out winners in different categories. The highlight of my night was being able to chill on the field with Mark McLemore. MAC ATTACK was one of my favorite players on the Seattle Mariners team. He also played for the Rangers and currently works with the Rangers organization. He was so down to earth and we laughed about the different worlds of Texas and Washington. Tonight is Game 2. Looking forward to another great night at Chisenhall.

Already?

Well we began our last week of Summer today. We had an awesome morning at church and then Luke and I did a TON of coupon shopping. I love having little helpers and that my boys get excited over coupons like I do. LOL!

I can't believe Summer is almost over. How on earth did it go by so fast? I have thoroughly enjoyed every day that I have been home with the kids. Although sis was gone for over 4 weeks in Washington. It's great to have her home. All I can say is that THIS mommy is not excited for school to start. I love my kids and I love having them home with me to play games, go swimming, spend time watching movies, shopping, cleaning, etc. So, here's to hoping the next week doesn't go by too fast!

Raygen

Hey everyone! Bryden's little sister, Raygen, in Chehalis, WA has a blog so you can follow her status and her health updates etc. I think it would be a great way to stay connected so we can be praying for Raygen as she has more heart surgeries in the near future etc. H

Senior Prom

No.....NOT MINE! It was sis's senior prom this last weekend. She and Nick went with Hannah, Christian, Conen and his date. They had a blast. Hard to believe that she took off for her last prom, her senior prom...and next up is graduation. The prom was at The Sheridan in Arlington and then Project Celebration was at the high school. Many pictures, many smiles, laughs, etc. It was a wonderful night of memories for sis and her friends! Now we are on the downward spiral to graduation. The countdown is on!

Dallas Heritage Village

Cole's field trip to the Dallas Heritage Village was yesterday. We had a great time seeing all the old homes, churches, school houses, etc. We got to do a scavenger hunt finding facts about the historical homes etc. Cole had fun with his class mates and I really enjoyed spending the day with him!