home.

each year we invite our dear friend abbey saxton in to capture our day as we live it.

our family. the way we know it and love it best.

this year she also captured our home.

the place we know and love best.

abs, I'm ever grateful.

you do magic. 

xoxo

After school snack.

After school snack is my favorite time of day.

Reuniting with my babes. 

Filling their little bellies.

And hearing all about

the cafeteria. all the little brown girls.

the big playground.

the big gatrols (patrols).

and his best new buddy.

celebratory sweets after the first day.

back to cool.

Trent had his first day of Kindergarten.

after 5 years of praying about school.

190 days on the wait list.

and three days before school started.

we got the call that Trent was in at the same school I went to.

we have been so blessed and are incredibly grateful and thrilled.

We know as much as we love Trent. 

that God loves him more.

and we know how proud we are of Trent.

that God is even more proud.

We know God has big plans for Trent and

we are so excited to see Trent's light shine in Kindergarten.

fest & feast.

we celebrate the start of school with back to school fest

& a back to school feast.

back to school fest is all about a day of family fun.

and we top the night off with our feast.

we introduce our theme and goals for the year:

 listen & obey

we bless the kiddos and shower them with 

prayer. love. and encouragement.

super summer.

we had the best summer ever.

we made two lists before school was out.

a summer sand bucket list, of fun things to do.

and a learning list, of things the kids needed training or teaching on.

summer sand bucket list:

snowballs (shaved ice @ the beach)

mini golf

camping

little boy david day 

good time to mention the kids made up the list.

slip n slide

see winter the dolphin

paint

cook

put on a play

add a pulley & bucket to the fort

playdates with pals

picnic

legoland

sleepover at grandparents, almost nightly

write letters, mail letters

play in the garden

downtown disney

open gym at gymnastics

service activities

rays game

ride on grandpa johns boat

family dates

columbia in ybor city, see dinner show

food fight

swim at nanas

beach

tie dye shirts 

(we splatter painted instead)

messy day

learning list:

count really high

another one of trent's requests

ride bike

learn address. birthday.

eating out of a lunchbox

making new friends

learn to swim

keep journal

no grumbling

using words

assertiveness

yes mam. no mam.

cleaning and cooking

praying skills

there are a few things we didn't tackle like learning to tie shoes and fishing on the seawall.

and there were a few extras we didn't plan on like giving up the fafa (pacifier) 

and the sweet love the two babes showed for each other.

they were inseparable!

my most favorite part were the long breakfasts.

not having to go anywhere. 

the summer was a super success.

I loved each day together and am so so thankful for this sweet time.