My Handsome little man!
Us and our co-workers on the Trolley ride!
Preschool with their "home made" pasta jewelry!
Kait all dolled up and ready for church
The beautiful Biltmore!
Walking in the Biltmore gardens
Well, I truly love living in North Carolina, but I do have to say, August is my LEAST favorite month of the year. This is the month that no matter what time of day, no matter what clothes you are wearing, no matter what you are doing, you are hot, sticky and sweaty. We made great memories, had some great fun, but go on August, leave us alone, we are all done!
Do you ever feel like the week you just survived had a theme? Mine would be "Clean up on isle..." For instance, Tuesday morning Tj was retrieving a diet pepsi from a higher area in our house when it dropped and spun around in circle after circle leaving a large spray of diet pepsi along it's path. Wed. Kait was eating applesauce and of course shot it across the table and onto the floor where it turned side ways and leaped out of the container across the floor and into the other room making sure to land on the couch as well. Thursday I was making dinner, like the good wife that I am =), I put potatoes and chicken on a plate right before it jumped off the counter and onto the floor shattering the plate. Luckily the potatoes caught most of the pieces but not before they when down the cupboards, across the floor and all over the stove. Friday we were making biscuits and Kaitlynn was stirring just enough to throw all the flour all over the counter and the floor. To make matters worse, I had JUST finished sweeping and mopping the floor the night before. Needless to say, I am out of clean towels. =)
On a more positive note, our little branch is growing, growing, growing. When we moved here two years ago, there were a total of 38 people in the congregation. Today, there was 91. Our goal is to reach 100 and have to open the over flow! Our primary has increased from 12-15 children to having 30 today. Plus, nursery which was non-existent when we arrived now has 6-7 children every single week. It is so fun to see the growth and to watch this transformation. I am so glad to be a part of this great and wonderful church.
More excitement happened as well, TJ's mom flew out last weekend to watch the kids while TJ and I headed to the Asheville Mountains for a conference and some play time. We had SOOO much fun. We visited the Biltmore, the largest private home in America and the 2nd most visited estate in the the U.S., we hiked some trails, went on a historic trolley ride, ate some GREAT FOOD and when to a dueling piano bar which was SOOO fun, we headed back for a second night. It cost us about $7.oo (for two diet cokes, two songs and a tip) for two hours of great music and entertainment!
We also survived the closest we have come to experiencing a hurricane and I can honestly say, I don't need to have any more experience with one. We had planned to head to Balitmore but decided to stay put since everyone else was trying to evacuate that part of the country. We had some rain, some wind and LOT's of clouds but other then that, not too exciting.
We are off to try to survive another week, hopefully one titled "my children, the littliest angels..." hahehaha
2 comments:
Even when you're doing your best to stay ahead with cleaning, something always comes along :) I hope fall comes your way soon. I stay inside most of the summer.
That's neat that your branch is growing. Are most of them move-ins, or have you had a lot of baptisms?
I'm happy your blogging again. It is fun to see the haps of your life.
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