Grandma A-- 7/27/13

Roger, Ellie-Kate, Chelsea, Emmy, and Grandma A.

July 25, 2013

Britti, Emmy, Chelsea, and Ellie-Kate at the Athens City Pool for 4-H Day at the pool. After we got back from Burr Oak, we launched right back into parenthood, visiting the girls at the pool for 4-H Day. They came home, and we jumped right back into the very last day of VBS :)

"That's a wrap" on VBS-2013: Emmy, Christie, Ellie-Kate, and Chelsea Meagan

Anniversary at Burr Oak State Park-- 7/24/13-7/25/13

 

 

Happy 14th anniversary!! We are so grateful that we were able to go back to Burr Oak! For our 13th anniversary, we had to settle for dinner at Casa. We love Casa, but we LOVE Burr Oak, and we were so sad that it wasn't open for some time due to renovations. Actually, we had no idea about whether or not that it would ever re-open, but it did, and the renovations are spectacular! The restaurant/new bar are just amazing, and the renovated rooms are just breathtaking. We had a great time, and we hope that others re-discover this special place as well :)

VBS-- July 22, 2013

 Ellie-Kate, Emmy, and Chelsea

 Christie and Ellie-Kate

Emmy, Grandma A., and Ellie-Kate

*We had a lot of fun at VBS this year. Ellie-Kate attended so she had fun with the carnival games, crafts, movie, and FOOD! We had carnival food to fit our carnival theme-- popcorn, cotton candy, sno cones. Chelsea and Britti served as leaders, and Emmy worked in the game area. Of course, Christie was in the skits again. We did a Scooby Doo meets Andy Griffith set in a carnival. Christie played Thelma, a ride operator/actress wantabe. Our quest for the week was to identify the Rubber Ducky bandit. No, Christie was not the bad guy :) VBS is always such a great week, and 2013 was no exception!

Still Project Judging-- July 16, 2013

 

Emmy, Coco, Tyler, and Buck-- 1st and 2nd, respectively, in You and Your Dog

Emmy celebrates her great day at Still Project Judging-- 1st in Pet Pals, 1st in You and Your Dog, and 3rd in Self Determined.

Tough to describe...

Hi everyone--

It's really tough to describe just how insanely busy that the past seven weeks have been... Our friends and family are used to hearing about our crazy lives, but I really can't remember another stretch where things have been just this crazy... I'm not exactly certain why... We've always done 4-H judging and the fair, and Chelsea moved to Baylor last year too. However, the circumstances over the past several weeks swirled to create a perfect storm of commitments, opportunities, success, and, well, stress. Here's the quick update:

We went straight from 4-H judgings to VBS to four days at the Ohio State Fair to the Athens County Fair to soccer (Emmy) and Baylor move-in (Chelsea) to back to school for the younger girls and then Roger and I. Wow... After just typing that line, I realize that gloss doesn't even begin to do justice to our experiences. Of course, we are so very grateful for the many rich blessings that we have encountered. It's just been a lot...   

The light is starting to peek through the end of the tunnel and on to the horizon. I'm chugging through my "to do" list; Roger is almost done with his book; Chelsea is safely back at school; Britti is visiting Grandma P in Virginia, and the little girls are doing great in school. Now that I have a bit of time, I'm going to work on catching up our blog.

We've missed you! Hope that everyone had a great end of the summer and start to the school year.

Fondly--

Christie

Twas the Night before Kindergarten...

Hi everyone--

The past month has been an incredibly intense blur!! I'll catch up with photos ASAP, but I have to admit being emotional tonight. Our baby starts kindergarten tomorrow-- WOW! How did that happen? Time keeps slipping by so quickly... Seems like just yesterday that we were transitioning my former office into a nursery with pale pink paint and pretty princess decorations... She's going to do great! The time has just passed all too quickly...

More soon--

Christie