Apples

Dusty and I took advantage of the beautiful day and went to the orchard with Paul & Heather and Jim & Sarah....oh, and these people!

What can I say, we're a crew! Lots of snacking on apples. A lot of this kind of action going on...

Lots of kids climbing in trees...

Kids of all ages!

Had a lot of fun together. And now I plenty of apples for PIE!

Big Girl at the Dentist

Today was Rachel's 1st trip to the dentist. She did a great job. When they came for her she walked right back, hopped up on the chair, and opened her mouth. Of course my favorite part is when the dentist examined her teeth, looked at me and said, "You may want to prepare yourself for orthodontics someday." WHAT!!! You've looked at her mouth a total of 5.4 seconds. She's 3! There's a long time until that. Whatever....I'm more concerned with getting her to stop sucking her thumb. I'm thinking of stooping to bribery! We'll cross the orthodontics bridge later...much later!

Off to Awana

In another step to move to a more normal schedule, we headed off to Awana tonight. Rachel had her 1st night in Cubbies class. I am helping in the Puggles class (2 year olds). Dusty and Aaron are both up in T&T. Rachel must have had a good time and some sugar in her class because she's been running around the house at breakneck speed yelling, "God loves us and sent His SOOOOOOOOON, God loves us and sent His SOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!"

Don't these little guys look so cute in their shirts!

Happy Labor Day

Always double check the picnic basket!

Cue Rocky Music....

My man returned to his long neglected weight bench this morning. After months of sitting idle while Dusty studied his brains out for his certification, the weights were going in full force this morning. Hopefully he will be able to walk tomorrow.

Meanwhile I busted out some fierce arm curls while heaving dirty dishes into the dishwasher. Feel the burn! Feel the burn! --Happy Weekend!

Prayer Request

My Hope Community blogging friends are already aware of this, but for all my other blogging friends I have a request of you tonight. Please be praying for the Archer family. They are members in our church and our friends. Their 14 year old son Kyle is having surgery tomorrow morning (Aug. 29th) at 10:30 AM to remove an adrenal gland that they found a tumor on. I know that they will appreciate your prayers. --Thanks

**Update - the surgery was successful! The tumor appears to be completely contained and had not affected the kidney or spleen. The doctors said that to the best of their knowledge it appeared to be benign, but they will know for sure when test results come back. Praise the Lord!

It's Awana Time

The kickoff to the 08-09 Awana year was tonight. There was a magic show by Daniel, food, water slides, prizes. All the stuff you need to kick off another Awana year. :) Dusty and I have been in Cubbies for the past 3 years. This year we traded in our blue Cubbie shirts for new duds. Dusty will be with the T&T boys (3-5 grades). I will be in Puggles (2-3 year olds). I must say that my Puggles shirt was a big hit. Who can resist a cute platypus!

Rachel decided that the blue snow cone was a bit hit