So Pretty

I know I'm biased, but aren't they beautiful? We are so blessed!

SOCCER!

Gracie and Sarah had their first soccer game today! Their team name is the Tigers, and the games are played at Rose Drive Elementary. They lost today, but seemed to enjoy playing the game.

And on the 8th day, God made pools

We LOVE our pool! It provides the best entertainment throughout all of the hot weather. The girls are getting much better at swimming, and Gracie can jump off the diving board, touch her toes to the bottom of the deep end, and swim to the top. Good times, good times!

Princess Mia

First Day of Kindergarten!

Today was Grace and Sarah's first day of Kindergarten! Carey and I took off the day so that we could be there for this momentous occasion. Last night, we had to sleep over at GJ's house, because our electricity was STILL out and it was too stinkin' hot in our house. So this morning was a tad bit hectic, getting ready at GJ's house and commuting to school. While being put to bed last night, Sarah was filled with tears, saying she didn't want to go to Kindergarten. Gracie seemed fine with it. In the morning, on our way to school, both girls were one big ball of nerves (me too!). We walked the girls into their class, they sat on the carpet and Mrs. Willey read the kids a book called "The Night Before Kindergarten." At the end of the story, she told the kids to "Kiss your parents goodbye." They did, and we proceeded out the door, tears welling up in our eyes. Our 29-weeker, two-pound preemature babies are in KINDERGARTEN! WOW!

HOT!!!!!!

Thank God for electricity, cause I don't think I could live without air conditioning. Over Labor Day weekend, we lost power for over 40 hours. Thankfully, our next-door neighbors didn't lose power (they're on a different grid than us), so with a long extension cord, we plugged in our refrigerators to their power. I had just gone to Costco that morning and spent mucho dinero on food, and would have been really ticked if we lost all of that food. In the meantime, our house was in the high 90s INSIDE the house. We couldn't sleep; it was totally miserable. It wasn't the best of the Labor Day Weekends.