Feeling Fall-ish

DIY Makeover

Hustle!

Sheridan is jumping in to athletics here. It's helped so much with her transition, she's made friends gotten more confidence and kept busy. She has volleyball every day after school, and practices volleyball two evenings a night. Jordan, Cameron and I follow her, play outside at the soccer fields and cheer her on at the games. They don't win them all, but we're still enjoying this season.

Verse of the Week

Richard picked out our verse this week. The kids are doing so good memorizing. We review all the verses as we drive to and from school. If we're doing one thing right, this may be it. 

Straight Teeth

Sheridan's teeth are in line and there's room for new ones! She has an appointment in November to have them taken off! Yay! She's been a trooper and the pain has paid off. We have had an EXCELLENT experience with Dr Vondran. His entire staff is awesome...from the front door to the back room. I'm very impressed.

Braids

Our sweet friend Tee gave Jordan a new do! She looks so different with braids! It's her first time to have long hair and she's been flipping, tossing and twirling it all week! I remember putting a towel or scarf on my head as a girl, pretending I had long hair to toss. She gets it for real! It's a great look for her and hopefully helping her hair grow out too! Thankful for Tee, braids and this sweet girl!

Quick Trip

It's not like we haven't been busy this summer, but we haven't taken any kind of trip or even day trip! It's good to get out of town every once in a while and have some fun. We decided to load the littles up on Sunday afternoon and hit Silver Dollar City over Memorial weekend. It was a perfect evening and morning at the park as we rode all the rides we wanted to, ate kettle korn, succotash, and listened to some good ole Southern Gospel.

New School, New Friends...

...New Town. New Mascot. New Tshirts.

So thankful for Sheridan's acclimation to her new school. Seventh grade is not an easy grade, and moving during middle school could've been crushing to our girl. I'm so thankful for athletics. She's made some precious new friends who have welcomed her not only on the court but in the classroom.

We're in the thick of volleyball season right now. She's a setter, and doesn't play the whole time, but does get on the court. She's so competitive,  and has watched all her big siblings play in every sport, in many tournaments and for championships. Her expectations of herself are high and she's easily frustrated.

She'll be fine, it's all part of the middle school experience. Go Gales!

Not so Busy Week

It's crazy because since May I have had a huge list of things to do Every. Single. Day. And now, I have no list, no pressing jobs, no have-to-dos.

Now I have the time to do projects like scrapbooks and sewing and reading and whatever I want....things that I sometimes dream about when I'm super busy. So this week is opposite of the last 4 months....and I'm bored. I know, I "need" a few slow days, but it's just not how I'm wired. It makes me reflective or for me, depressed, and it makes me lonely because I haven't made friends here yet.

I know, I know, this is making you depressed if you read this far.

SO for the good news: LIFE groups start tomorrow night, as a side note my kids can't wait either. Richard comes home Thursday, and I found a new Hallmark movie to watch tonight when the kids go to sleep. I've read 4 books this week, I've almost gotten a long awaited project complete, and I've perfected my chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Tomorrow I may work in the garage a little or float in the pool.

Verse for this week...because the kids have been learning about RESPONSIBILITY: