Whew....

This week has been quite busy but very good for us!!! YES, i officially now have a Kindergartner!!!! and that is still very crazy for me!! Taylor started school on Wednesday!! (Tuesday we had a meet and greet with the teacher.) Those that know Taylor know she did great. "bye mom....don't forget to come get me".....was what i heard from my five year old.

So far she has been very excited about school...she tells us bits and pieces here and there. I asked her yesterday (2nd day of school) if she had any new friends yet....she said "yes"....so I asked her what their names were....to which she replied "oh, i don't know those yet!!". She received her first STAR on her paper she brought home yesterday and is very proud about that!! She is adjusting pretty well.

we got into our school routine out here...so bedtime is moved up an hour and more strict, meals are served at a certain time....so we can be out of the house at a certain time and things are more predictable around here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This change was GOOD for the girls.....it seems the last 3 weeks at home when we more loose about things....i had more attitudes and fighting from the girls!! How is Madison doing with the change.............LOVES IT!!! she likes to have afternoons just with Mommy....she likes to be my little helper when i do errands and she likes having the toys to herself!!! So, all adjusting is going well. YES things are busy and YES they will continue to get MORE busy but that is ok.

On the work front of things.....Don's travel schedule is about to multiply times 10......end of July he has a camp he is speaking at for a week, the morning after camp he flys out for a regional conference he is speaking at and then maybe one more trip in august. Then comes September where he has meetings in the mountains of Colorado and then his long awaited Young Leaders Conference in South Africa for two weeks. SO he is in and out and very busy for the next few months.....which means come October i may collapse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will get through it though...we always do!!

Now onto pics.....I might be bias....but i thought Taylor was the cutest Kindergartner i have ever seen...she is so proud and so ready...which is GOOD!!
Maddie wanted to make sure she got in some of the pics!!

On the school playground!! VERY CUTE!!!

Last hug good bye!!! awww

These next couple pics are from a couple weeks ago when Grandma and Papa came for a visit (don's parents). it was good to see them. the kids were excited to take them to a bounce house place and show them all their tricks!!!