August Recap

*Recently I went to Chicago for a wedding (more on that later) and we think that while my phone was hooked to a charging station in the international terminal at the O'hare airport someone tried to hack it.  Long story short, I lost all my photos and videos because for some reason my phone had not been automatically backing up since Halloween of 2014 (like I thought it was).   So, thankfully, I had posted some pics to Facebook so I did not lose EVERYTHING!  So here is a recap of August happenings taken from Facebook.*

We had our annual Power Lectureship at the Southaven church of Christ.  (Actually it was the last week of July) These have always been a GREAT source of learning and encouragement and this year was no different.  Robert and I both got to be a little more involved this year, and for that we are so very thankful.  Things at the Southaven congregation are going great!  Below are some pics of the kids during the lectureship.

Our friends, the Perrys, were down in MS where Chris was preaching a Gospel Meeting.  So we got to drive down and meet them for lunch one day.  I was so excited to see him and Danyelle and MY OTHER KIDS!

Back in June my sister and her family moved to South Carolina and we miss them VERY much, but they came back to visit with us over one weekend in August.  Of course this meant that my mom, dad, and other sister all had to come stay with us too!  LOL - it was a packed house with 13 of us in here, but it was a lot of fun!  We headed out to Mud Island and Jerry's Snowcones one day,  Robert and Richard went fishing one morning, and every night was "the best sleepover!"

We had our last swim day :(

Aylin Jewel started 1st Grade!  She was determined NOT to go back to school, but here we are, a month in and she is really liking it!  :)  We headed out for our traditional 1st day breakfast (McDonald's) and then after school to AnnOlivia's Cupcakes for our traditional 1st day after school treat.

I had a nice day of pampering in honor of my 33rd birthday!  Free birthday Starbucks, Cookie Cake slice from Great American Cookie Store, Genghis bowl, haircut, and I used my Christmas present from Bobby for a massage and pedicure.

Aylin finally lost her first tooth!  And the second :)

Weston got really sick for a about a week, he just couldn't break the fevers :( Not long after that Aylin got the dreaded stomach virus, but thankfully the rest of us drank A LOT of grape juice and actually never got it.

The boys and I started going back to story time on Tuesdays and Thursdays!

We were blessed to have a few cooler nights, so we tried to spend as much time as possible outside soaking up the fresh air :)

Finally, we had our annual Bible class promotion day, where the kids moved into their next classes.  This is always an exciting day for the kids.  Aylin was especially excited because she was moving into a combined class (1st-2nd grade), she couldn't wait to have new kids in her Bible class - lol!  Hilton was a little nervous about moving into the 3 yr old room (he is really struggling right now with anything new and being very shy) and Weston, well, he was so excited about moving into the 1yr old room that the teacher had to create a seatbelt to tie him into his seat!  My youngest is always excited and never stops moving!