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Sunday, August 20, 2023

July 2023

July 2023
This moment made me pause as I saw Isaac playing light sabers outside with Josiah and Ethan.  I love that my teenager still wants to play like this! 

We showed up at the Trophy Club pool one day, and the Davises were just getting there also!  It was the first of many fun TC pool days together!







I brought the race track downstairs for Titus to play with, & somehow it became a big hit with Emma and Josiah again too!

a fun night at Pop and Mom-o's! - nothing like a night in Texas!

The church library is always a hit!  Emma and Josiah check out so many books each Sunday and just devour them!  

Summer days were filled with lots of...
baking,

hat wearing (a favorite for Titus!),

laundry (and shoe and hat wearing!),

snuggling,

drawing,

eating favorite meals,

smiling,

napping,
having fun with American girl dolls,


grotto jumping,

running to Mom and Dad's two early Saturday mornings (no picture!),

eating ice cream,

 and lots of swimming with friends at our pool

and the Trophy Club pool.  

We hosted our last Mom and Kid Swim Morning of the summer!  Having friends over to swim was such a highlight for us!  We loved spending time with all these wonderful church families.





Emily and Linnea came for a visit for Em to work in DFW.  We enjoyed lots of time giving Linnea bottles and introducing her to the pool.  Caleb joined a few days later, too!

The next weekend, Nate, Ashley, Jonathan, Jackson, Anna, and her boyfriend Matthew all came up for a visit!  We ate Swedish pancakes, swam at the Trophy Club pool and our pool, celebrated Mom's birthday, and had a delightful lunch at Mac's!








Josiah also enjoyed a sleepover at Papa and Nana's, including playing a game of pickleball!

Saturday, August 12, 2023

VBS week 2023 ~ Upward Bound



set up on Sunday



It was such a privilege to shepherd with Jeri!
We taught a first grade classroom.  A special blessing for me from the Lord was having several of my Shouts of Joy choir students, especially JJ!

Assembly - always a highlight of the day!









This was Emma's last year of VBS!  
She loved being a part of the "S'mores Squad" with all the 5th grade girls!

Isaac was at middle school camp all week.  They stayed nearby at a Trophy Club hotel and did fun activities around town for camp.  On evening during VBS week, we hosted Isaac's small group for a swim party!  It was fun having his friends over to swim, and we were happy to see him!





Afternooons during VBS week were quiet and filled with drawing and naps!







Friday Night Family Night

It was so exciting for Josiah to receive the character award during Friday Night Family Night!

 Character:  The winner of this award displayed the fruits of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control) toward fellow students, their teachers, leaders, and shepherds.   They consistently had a high character throughout VBS, no matter the activity.

One of his teachers wrote, "Josiah noticed another student wasn't having the best day so he gave up his spot as the flag holder to this kid just to cheer him up.  He's also very polite."

Praise the Lord for an amazing week of VBS!


Then and Now

2017 and 2023





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