Can You Hear Them? School Bells are Ringing and the Girls are Screaming

 

The week before school started I took my girls…my little girls…to their orientation.  Before arriving they were still my lil’ kindergartener and 2nd grader, but after they turned into these big 1st and 3rd graders….ugh!!  I can’t believe they are SO big!!  Here we are posing for the camera at orientation…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~sweetness and craziness~yep that’s my girls!

In the days following orientation, we got our supplies and backpacks all packed up and ready.  They each got they’re toe nails done, hair ready, outfits picked out…..we were ready!!  Well they enjoyed the shopping and seeing their school buddies, but when the realization of school bells ringing….alarms ringing…..and structure hitting our lives again, they were NOT happy campers!!!

But it’s gotta be done…..and now that we’ve been there for a couple of weeks things are getting easier….THANK the LORD!!

First day of 1st grade and 3rd grade (I got the stomach virus that 1st morning and so Daddy stepped up and took care of everything)….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And for our teachers we got them a ‘lil something too….

I got this idea from pinterest.  The cup had “Sharpie” pens and “Smartie” candies in them.  Too cute!!  And I think the teachers really liked them!

So the bells are still ringing but thankfully the girl’s screaming is coming to a halt. 

Following the Leader

Callaway Gardens 2011

We were very blessed to visit Callaway Gardens last month.  What a beautiful place!  One afternoon we were having a cookout with our Young Farmer group, having a BLAST, and a rainstorm came up and RuInEd our good time.

It may have ruined the cookout but not the Tyre family’s evening.  We rode around and saw beautiful places that were off the beaten path.  It stopped raining so we decided to get on out of the car and explore. 

We found a beautiful peek that had gorgeous gardens and scenery.  Off on our adventure we went.  With Daddy leading the way.  I love taking non-posed pictures.  And I couldn’t pass this one up.  My babies following their Daddy where ever he may go.  The song from Disney’s Peter Pan comes to mind. “We’re following the leader, the leader, the leader.  We’re following the leader where ever he may go.” I love it!!

"For I have chosen him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice; in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him."  Genesis 18:19

God is good….ALL the time,

~jct~