growing great

been taking inventory lately...

the fall always makes me do that... causes me to pause and look back.

seems our 9
years have been full!

full of growing

full of changing

full of loving!

the days are a blur,

but the memories are clear...

God's grace is always sufficient!

the big K

i officially have more kids in school than i do at home!

time goes so quick...so quick.

our #3 was beyond excited to join his older sibs at school!
he loves his new class, his new teacher and his new backpack!

little #4 and i quietly walked home after dropping everyone off...it was a very strange feeling...for both of us!

last days

we spent labor day weekend squeezing out the last delicious drops of sweet summer!
-no schedule
-no clocks
-no hurry
just slow, unending fun...having no where to go and all day long to skip there...

we visited the Getty Museum (super amazing views, beautiful art work, fun tram ride...plus it was on our list of things to do this summer! check!)

most of the stuff is "no touching allowed!", but we still had fun!

(most of us!)

(check out my seriously handsome guys!!)

another big "to do" on our summer list was to paint our wall!!!
our neighbor replaced the wood wall that separates our two homes (he is so kind! our kids play endless ball wall on this wall!)...and when he finished...
we had a huge new WHITE wall!

he said we could paint it if we wanted!!!

our philly friends lended us an artistic helping hand!

not bad, eh?!

letting go

This is what the LORD says- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.” ~ Isaiah 48:17

our last big plan for summer was (once again) changed at the eleventh hour(literally!).

we had been (so graciously!) invited to take our sweet mess to disneyland!

(being the mom i am) i decided to have it be a huge surprise for the kids, you know, pulling them out of bed early in the morning, breakfast on the road, "does anyone know where we are going!!??"...that sorta thing!

the phone call from our friend came around 11pm the night before...
change of plans...again. :)

(so glad i never told the kids!)

so, since dan already had the day off work...we went to the beach!
(not so bad when your plan b is the beach!)
:)