be faithful, serve boldly.....

as the school year wrapped up and our church stuff did as well, we were given a mission to work on during the summer.  to be faithful, serve boldly, share Jesus.

we were to as a family, find a task/project, apply for a grant, and execute the project.

we thought, and thought.  then we decided we would do something with FOOD.

that's when we came up with PROJECT YUM-O.  we researched yummy soup recipes, talked to church to find out how many home bound members could benefit from a little yummy-ness, bought the supplies and went to work. 

it was a lot of work, but well worth it.

disclaimer---this looks like it was a great family project from the photos.  and it was for the most part.  but there were a few moments, when the girls pooped out and had to "rest", someone's eyes started watering from too many onions, the rice got scorched in the wildrice soup, i may have raised my voice.  but at the end of the day-we got it done.

~chat soon.

school has started

and so has homework. carpool. practices. lunchboxes. uniforms. form to fill out. meetings.
but we are doing good.
the transistion has gone fairly smooth-minus one explosive melt down from kate on a random thursday at 6:45am. but overall, it's been good.

girls love their new teachers.  anne is at the middle school campus and is LOVING it.  kate i think, is missing her sister at the elementary campus, but is finding her way just fine.

here are some pics from the first day-they aren't awesome. but they are, what they are. :)

loves her backpack!

i can see how nervous they were, now.

new grown up shoes. ;)

summer....

so. today. is the official last day of summer.  so sad.
BUT we have lots to celebrate....it was a great, great, great, summer!
the girls dutifully finished their library reading program and were proud to put the sign in the yard.
so cute!

Looking forward to an awesome school year!
~chat soon!