We went to the tobyMac concert at Frontier City!

It's a good thing when you sit with friends!

 Blake and Kyle

 Macey and Grant

This little peanut was tired!

 

First day back!

This prayer was answered - the best for 2nd grade!

 ...for the THIRD time!  How'd we get so lucky?!

Middle school schedule pick-up - he has a locker!

 

Welcome 2018-19! This begins four years of the boys being at three different schools in three different areas of town.  Thank heavens for my friends to help with carpool schedules!

 

Our Middle School stud!

 

Our Junior High stud!

Excited for this new chapter in our lives - I am job sharing with a friend the Office Manager position at our church.  Excited for all of the opportunities it will bring me and to have the chance to be able to minister to others.

Bittersweet - our last first day of school picture in this building (fingers crossed) as the new facility will be completed by next fall!

First stop by 7:20 a.m. - Westwood!

She's just the best - we love Mrs. Fox!

Next stop - Middle school!

Big grin - go get 'em, Kyle Douglass!

Next stop - Junior High (20 minutes away)

a cool, over the shoulder glance... You've got this, babe! You are rocking your life!

The next stop was to the office to take Jason to work and then...

it was off to my new job at UHBC as Office Manager!

Day 1 with Beth!

Our first (and probably only) round of folding bulletins - we are changing it up!

The day ended with a monsoon that lasted 45 minutes - HARD, FLOODING rain. The carpool line didn't budge - I sat here for 30 minutes (and the power went out part of the time).

Bubba's birthday

This wonderful dad turned 66 so we wanted to celebrate him!

I imagine he was simply looking at his beautiful daughter to smile this big!  (HA!)

This was during Grant's time at Falls Creek so he missed out on the fun.

The boys didn't need their whole heads in the picture anyways...

 

I am a pretty lucky girl to have this husband and this daddy. They are both amazing men and role models for our three boys.  I love that they are also friends with each other, which we probably do take for granted, but we do cherish that bond.

a present from the boys...

Phase 10 after bedtime!

sweet summertime

What a blessing it is for all of us to spend summer together!

It was great 3 months, for the most part.  :)

Grant went with our church to Falls Creek and took Max this year.

teammates

While he was at camp, we babysat a friend's guinea pig - Cowboy.

Cowboy and Rosco ended up being super, duper friends.

I think my husband has an addiction to spices and seasonings...

Reiders got a night out to Joes with just Mom and Dad!

I hardly wanted to get up this morning (minus a varmit in my bed!) with Kyle cuddles (a rare thing!)

Aerial picture of the baseball stadium, zoo, and parking lot.

The white cage is the team's warmup area.

I will miss your imagination when you outgrow playing with toys, Reid!

 

Our annual lemonade stand - this year, the boys made $78 but owed $17 in costs, so just about $20/each over a 2 hour period... we have such kind neighbors, friends and strangers all around us!

a very proud moment...

My friend made these earrings.  It's a picture of me that I actually like!

the A's crew with a last shindig!

 

Youth pastor dunk tank...

Drue

Taylor

neighborhood kids at the Lawson's new pool!

Reid and Baylor

Kyle went to Nana's house for a few days.

leave it to him to make weird, high shorts look cute.  :)

Kyle hanging with Bubba

Bubba being ornery...

new sign painted by our youth for their building - pretty cool!

 

We went to Jellystone at Lake Keystone

 I was worn out from the obstacles.  The worst was when you fell off and had to climb back up - no steps or handles.

Chase and Madison finally married!!!

Reid was the ring bearer and G and K were Junior Ushers (program hander-outers!)

 

I took so few pictures... here are the girl cousins.

All of the cousins minus Will who is on the other side of the window

 

Handsome men!

Modeling session during pictures

He felt handsome!

 Gary and Sylvia, Alyson and Ron, Mom and Dad - sibling getaway

 "Oh...yay... another band instrument..."  This is actually Kyle's trumpet for the year but Grant wanted to pull it out and play it while I was driving.  Wanna do my carpool for me?!

Thanks, kids for the pic - life of a Mom - filling out all of the paperwork for the babes!