Our 2017 So Far - May

Stumbled across this field trip photo of my 2nd grade trip to the capitol. 

Chaperones: Mrs. Earl, Mrs. White, Mrs. Campbell

Back row: Holly Bell, Abi Hunt, Ginny Offi, Dawn Washburn, William Campbell, Shanna Holt

Front row: Little me, Mei Ling, Jared Moon, Greg White, Sarah Smith, Amy Reeves

A sweet letter I found that Grandma wrote to me when David and I first got married.  It's full of all kinds of wife tips. 

Now that we got the couch and other furniture out of the storage shed, David set up his desk so he could have a somewhat functional office.  Yes, in the storage shed.  Because we still have a tiny house. (Making it work.)

Some artwork by Rebekah

Bekah started working on this piece. And then I realized that it was an abstract version of Van Gogh's Starry Night!  How cool!

I was able to celebrate my friend, Kristy's birthday. 

Lydia went to the youth group school's-out luau.

Bekah made this cool door art for us from book pages. 

When we were getting photos of the girls, we grabbed a quick one with Thomas. 

And something that's been making us laugh. 

Our 2017 So Far - April

Here's a quick rundown of our 2017 so far:

Rebekah applied for Columbia State Community College for dual enrollment classes.  Yes, she applied TO COLLEGE!

We took this cute picture, so it needed a place here on my blog. 

Bekah went on her first date.  It was a double date.  And we went to a movie in the same theater so we could be close by (and give her a ride...since we still aren't comfortable with her being in the car with new drivers). 

Mom sent me this text asking David to download Grandma's favorite son for the funeral, and she got her caps lock turned on my accident, and it just made me laugh so hard.  I love watching my mom struggle with technology. 

Chloe Cave did a presentation on David's missions for her school project. 

Since Bekah hasn't taken the SAT yet, she had to take a placement exam at the college.  She totally aced the exam! (Of course!)

Bekah sang on the youth worship team again. 

There was a scary incident with the police while Lydia and David were out at dinner.  I got this scary text from David (but also reassuring me that he did not jump into the fray on this one...like when he ran into a burning building!). 

I later found the story online, and later, when we were in the area again, we saw the bullet hole in the shop window!

Bekah got to celebrate her friend Savannah's birthday.  Her parents arranged for her to spend time with different friends in two hour blocks all day. What a fun idea!

And Bekah got to celebrate Rachel's birthday with her.  She chose to invite some friends for dinner and a photoshoot in downtown Franklin. 

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Rebekah's Sweet 16!

Soooo, this is a big one!  Bekah's SWEET SIXTEEN!  

Bekah doesn't want a lot of fuss or for us to make a big deal...but, it's her SWEET SIXTEEN!

So we made something fun for her to wake up to!

And we got her some doughnuts to take to her Sunday School class. And then we surprised her with lunch at Koi, her favorite restaurant!!

Well, lunch wasn't the surprise.  The surprise was that we invited a lot of her friends to join us for lunch!

Bekah got some really fun gifts from her friends, and enjoyed yummy food, and even a dessert!

This.  This is the gift I was most excited about.  Everyone in Bekah's life provided us letters to her to celebrate her 16th birthday, along with photos of them with her. It was so much fun to make, and I'm so thankful she liked it. 

Here's the whole birthday crew - for posterity's sake. LOL

Our 2017 So Far - March

Independence High School put on the play Cinderella, and it was incredible! They had a FLOATING fairy godmother (played by Makayla Boyd)!

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We brought some fun surprises back from Morocco for the girls, including a Fez from Fez for Rebekah, and a jewelry box for Lydia.

Some cool art by Lydia

Bekah hanging with Rachel Roberts

And I moved to a new office (again) and found this stapler.  I think it's been working at CHS longer than I have!!