Back to "Cool"

Well, the kids have started another school year with John Parker in 3rd grade and Avery in 5K.  Time passes by so quickly!!  The kids are both very excited about the new year and love their teachers.  I chaired the Back to School Beach Party and had alot of fun.  It's always fun to do creative things with a fun group of great moms!  John Parker has also started playing football for school and is really excited about that.  It looks like he will be the right tackle.  Avery is ready for soccer to start and for her dance classes to begin.  It should be a very fun and exciting year!!

I Love America!

We had a great Fourth of July holiday.  We went to the annual neighborhood celebration complete with boat parade and the awesome fireworks show.  John Bret got up at 5:00 a.m. to set-up the tent near the water and we went back out later that morning to decorate the tent.  Avery had lots of questions about America--does everybody live there?; do we live there?; who chose the flag?' and so on and so on......She just kept saying how much she loves America.  I thought alot about that too.  With all of our country's issues (and we have plenty), who would want to live anywhere else?  I hope everyone thanked God and let him know that they "love America"!!

Beach Bums

We had a great time on our trip to the beach last week.  The weather started out stormy, but ended up being nice for most of our stay.  The double red flags kept us out of the water most of the time, but our last day there was perfect.  John Parker found an intact sand dollar and was thrilled.  He has told everybody about it!  It's nice to have times to get away with the family and enjoy each other's company.